Robin Hurwitz @RobinHurwitz

Genealogist, former children’s librarian, Mom, gardener, history buff, life long learner Joined September 2014

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Shehan Jeyarajah @ShehanJeyarajah

3 years ago

This was Jaahnavi Kandula, 23. She was a masters student in Seattle supporting a single mother in India. In January, she was killed by a police cruiser going 50 MPH through an intersection. Hours later, the VP of the police union was laughing about her death on a phone call.

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Marysia @marysia_cc

3 years ago

Lucy Grossmith Peaceful Afternoon

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#WOMENSART @womensart1

3 years ago

Jane Wormell, contemporary UK artist, known for her depictions of nature, particularly plants and flowers #WomensArt

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#WOMENSART @womensart1

3 years ago

Baroque Paper Wigs by Asya Kozina who also designs life-sized sculptures, wedding dresses and masks, 100% out of paper #WomensArt #Tuesday

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Joel Meyerowitz @joelmeyerowitz

3 years ago

@alexrollsuk joelmeyerowitz.com/publications-/…

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Marysia @marysia_cc

3 years ago

Down the Shore by Joy Laforme

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Marysia @marysia_cc

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Marek Brzozowski Wanderer's Night Songs

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#WOMENSART @womensart1

3 years ago

'Peace' by Diane Leonard, contemporary US painter #WomensArt

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Olga Tuleninova 🦋 @olgatuleninova

3 years ago

Jean Pierson, (Franch, b.1964)

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Marysia @marysia_cc

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Georges Lambert (1919 - 1998, French) L'Étretat

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Rochelle Riley @rochelleriley

3 years ago

Eye on the ball. As @POTUS continues to clean the Trump swamp, he must ensure that the Postal Service Board of Governors fires #LouisDeJoy before the next election cycle. The man ruined the service. Neither rain nor sleet nor snow should delay his ouster. bit.ly/FireLouisDeJoy

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Historic Vids @historyinmemes

3 years ago

This is the burial site of Leonard Matlovich. Following three deployments in Vietnam, Matlovich earned both the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. On March 6, 1975, after a dozen years of service, he handed a letter to his commanding officer, disclosing his homosexuality. Despite his commendable achievements and outstanding military record, Matlovich was declared unfit for service and promptly discharged. He initiated a legal battle to regain his position, swiftly becoming a prominent figure in the gay rights movement during a period when LGBT advocacy was still striving for recognition in the United States. Here's an excerpt from Matlovich's conversation with Studs Terkel, just a few months following his discharge: "My philosophy now is that everyone in the world should be allowed to do what they want, when they want, where they want to do it, as long as what they're doing does not violate the rights of another human being.” "What two consenting adults do in their bedroom is their business and no one else's. And for someone to put them down or... Just that two men can touch and love and have feelings of to want and be wanted and to need and be needed and to desire and be desired and just to love and be loved, I think is very, very beautiful. And that parents growing up today will give our little children guns, and we are very proud of them when they play Cowboys and Indians and run around. But when they show emotions and, and love, and two little boys touch, people get uptight, and they're so afraid that their child may, may love. It's very sad."

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Francisco Ribeiro @fraveris

3 years ago

Pam Carter

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Marysia @marysia_cc

3 years ago

Fyffe Christie, The Artist's wife reading, 1953

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#WOMENSART @womensart1

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'Twisting and turning' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered #WomensArt

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Historic Vids @historyinmemes

3 years ago

Ronald (left) and Carl McNair (right) were born 10 months apart in the Segregated South. The two were inseparable as toddlers and well into adulthood. In 1959, 9-year-old Ronald McNair went to a public library in Lake City, South Carolina because he was looking for more advanced books on science. Carl accompanied his younger brother and described what happened next: "So, as he was walking in there, all these folks were staring at him - because they were white folk only, and they were looking at him and saying, you know, 'Who is this Negro?' So, he politely positioned himself in line to check out his books. Well, this old librarian, she says, 'This library is not for coloreds.' He said, 'Well, I would like to check out these books.' She says, 'Young man, if you don't leave this library right now, I'm gonna call the police.' So he just propped himself up on the counter, and sat there, and said, 'I'll wait.'" The police and their mother were called to the library. Despite the librarian's protest, the police officer allowed Ronald to borrow the books. Ronald went on to get a PhD in Physics from MIT in 1976 and then soon after applied to join NASA. Carl supported his brother all the way, often in disbelief: "So how was a colored boy from South Carolina-wearing glasses, never flew a plane-how was he gonna become an astronaut?" Carl went on to say that "Ron was one who didn't accept societal norms as being his norm... That was for other people... he got to be aboard his own Starship Enterprise.” Ronald became the second Black astronaut when he flew as a mission specialist from February 3rd to 11th, 1984. Ronald was then chosen to be one of the 7 astronauts onboard the space shuttle Challenger. He died along with six other crew members on January 28, 1986, at the age of 35. Today, the library that refused to lend him books is now named after him.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org

3 years ago

On this day in 1619, traffickers brought the first enslaved Africans to a VA colony on the James River. They sold some enslaved people for food and sold others to white enslavers in Jamestown. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…