Hu Lean Tee @HuLeanTee

A Louisiana jury acquitted a white state trooper captured on bodycam beating Jacob Brown 18x with a flashlight! This same trooper was involved in 19 use-of-force incidents involving Black people! We are all disheartened by this verdict! apnews.com/article/police…

Why are we always apologizing? Jamie Foxx’s post was not antisemitic. “They killed this dude named Jesus, what do you think they will do to you?” #FakeFriends. Where is the lie? He was clearly talking about being betrayed and not taking a shot at the Jewish community. Black people have never received an apology for a significant role in the transatlantic slave trade, bankrolling slave trading companies in the south, a divisive history of antiBlack racism, and more, yet our people are always found groveling with contrition at every allegation of antisemitism.

Grace Wisher, an enslaved black girl at just 13 years old, helped create the American flag which inspired the national anthem. She is often overlooked in the storytelling of the nation’s most prominent visual emblem. Two hundred years ago, an African American girl made history—literally. She was an indentured servant named Grace Wisher in the household of Mary Pickersgill. Helen Yuen and Ms. Asantewa Boakyewa of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum share her story. The likeness of Grace Wisher is unknown. However, the Star Spangled Banner Flag House is home to a portrait with her figure traced in, to recognize her contribution. Detail of "Placing the Stars on the Flag that Inspired Francis Scott Key to Write Our National Anthem" by Robert McGill Mackall, ca. 1962. Mary Pickersgill is often credited with sewing the Star-Spangled Banner which flew over Fort McHenry in Maryland and inspired Francis Scott Key to write our national anthem. Less known is that Grace Wisher, an African American girl at just 13 years old, also helped make the flag. It's another testament to the deeply rooted, yet oft unmentioned, contributions of African Americans to the very core of this country. Indenture was a waning practice in early 19th century Baltimore, although Maryland law did allow for courts to take away children of African Americans who were considered "lazy, indolent, and worthless free negroes" to bind the youngsters into apprenticeship. Orphans usually met a similar fate. The size of the Star-Spangled Banner and its six-week timeline for completion would have necessitated many people working on the flag, including Mary Pickersgill's three nieces and Grace Wisher. The household also had an enslaved person, whose name we do not know. The home where Pickersgill and Wisher lived is now a museum called the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House. It holds a 1962 painting by famed Baltimore artist Robert McGill Mackall. The portrait features the Pickersgill household and the three men who commissioned the garrison and storm flags for Fort McHenry: Commodore Joshua Barney, General John Stricker, and Colonel George Armistead. As a tribute to Wisher, the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House drew in a ghost figure into the painting that represents the young girl. Due to our uncertainty of what she looked like, the placeholder is a traced line, but the recognition is tangible.

Yes, they wonder how dictators get power! Followers who make them.

The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln

3 years ago

Stop calling them “conservatives” and call them what they are, “extremists”. They chose Trump over America. They’re a threat to our democracy, and they’re still in office.

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I have been receiving a lot of promotional emails/ mail. When did it become acceptable to begin a greeting with my first name. This is business, and we are not friends. Disrespectful. #Respectfully

Mississippi’s lifetime voting ban on individuals with certain felonies has been overturned! This ruling will restore the voting rights of thousands of residents! Those who paid their debt to society deserve to have their voices heard! fal.cn/3AHeT

Speak to every student in an assembly or nice at all.. Outrage erupts as only Black students at Flagler school singled out for low test scores flip.it/b9zzjF

Right on! Teach. tiktok.com/t/ZT81BhLMh/

I really wish I knew these techniques when my babies were young! instagram.com/reel/CshBm9bI7…

Interesting the number from 2011-2022, in almost every state. Only know because someone filed a complaint. Closed mouth don't get fed. File so a pattern can be established to hold a company accountable.

Scripps News @scrippsnews

3 years ago

Imagine racing to the ER in desperate need of medical help and being turned away. A Scripps News Investigation found it's happened to hundreds of pregnant patients around the country. scrippsnews.com/stories/we-don…

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Mr. BAYLESS WAS RUDE! HATS OFF TO BETTER OPPORTUNITIES.

Front Office Sports @FOS

3 years ago

Shannon Sharpe has reached a buyout agreement with Fox Sports to leave 'Undisputed' and his partnership with Skip Bayless, per @nypost.

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So, it’s $13.1M a year!?!? Good Googly Moogly. The #Pistons said screw it.

Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn

3 years ago

Monty Williams has agreed to a six-year, $78.5 million contract with the Detroit Pistons, sources tell ESPN. It’s the largest coaching deal in NBA history.

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Just finished "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson for the 3rd time. The best discussion I have ever had with a group of young men who want to be part of change. I'm excited about the opportunity they will have to be part a better society.

It is not too often i support denial of one's right. This billThe Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act" or H.R. 734I do. It is unfair advantage . Men who become female are and will whip the records of females who remain females. #PROTECT WOMEN

Listen to @brotherjones_. This is a life and death issue—for our children & for our democracy.

Knowing is not denying but seeing truth with respect. KDL "In other words, be alert, keep your eyes open and watch your back — figuratively and literally." cnn.com/2023/04/05/opi…

Respect and Honor. cnn.com/2023/04/05/gol…

@bethminhnguyen I just saw the episode,100% agree. They stated it was a melting pot but all white men.

Will Trent was a repeat. Its ok Billy Pointer did it well..took us to church..#ThatsMyJam #willtrent

@ABCNetwork Disappointed that "Will Trent" is already showing another rerun again. CAN GAIN WITH LEFTOVERS when choices exist.