Flipboard Picks in Culture@flipboard.social · 4 months agoIn 1939, the Dongs, a Chinese American family, could not find a house to rent in Coronado, Calif., because of racially restrictive housing laws. Emma and Gus Thompson, a Black couple, allowed theplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareIn 1939, the Dongs, a Chinese American family, could not find a house to rent in Coronado, Calif., because of racially restrictive housing laws. Emma and Gus Thompson, a Black couple, allowed theplus-squareFlipboard Picks in Culture@flipboard.social · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
The Conversation U.S.@newsie.social · 4 months agoFor decades, it has been common for people to throw around terms like “voodoo politics,” “voodoo economics,” “voodoo science” and “voodoo medicine” to reference something that they think isplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareFor decades, it has been common for people to throw around terms like “voodoo politics,” “voodoo economics,” “voodoo science” and “voodoo medicine” to reference something that they think isplus-squareThe Conversation U.S.@newsie.social · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Flipboard Picks in Culture@flipboard.social · edit-25 months ago"Rhapsody in Blue," George Gershwin's iconic, soaring work, premiered on Feb. 12 1924 as part of "An Experiment in Modern Music," a concert that sought to "make a lady out of jazz." Ryan Raulplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-square"Rhapsody in Blue," George Gershwin's iconic, soaring work, premiered on Feb. 12 1924 as part of "An Experiment in Modern Music," a concert that sought to "make a lady out of jazz." Ryan Raulplus-squareFlipboard Picks in Culture@flipboard.social · edit-25 months agomessage-square0fedilink
fulanigirl@blacktwitter.io · 5 months ago#politics #trump #fascism #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitterplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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D. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-210 months agoRodney King suffered a fractured skull and cheekbone after being beaten by 4 Los Angeles, CA police officers, who were charged with a number of offenses. Many Angelenos felt certain of a conviction. Aplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageRodney King suffered a fractured skull and cheekbone after being beaten by 4 Los Angeles, CA police officers, who were charged with a number of offenses. Many Angelenos felt certain of a conviction. Aplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialD. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-210 months agomessage-square0fedilink
D. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-211 months agoIn WW2, the movement of millions of American troops to Britain, known as the “friendly invasion,” brought to light stark differences concerning racial segregation. Many Britons struggled to understandplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageIn WW2, the movement of millions of American troops to Britain, known as the “friendly invasion,” brought to light stark differences concerning racial segregation. Many Britons struggled to understandplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialD. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-211 months agomessage-square0fedilink
D. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · 11 months agoIssued on July 26, 1948, Harry Truman’s Executive Order 9981 eradicated segregation in military. The response from the military units, however, ranged from muted to outright hostility. This was no surplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageIssued on July 26, 1948, Harry Truman’s Executive Order 9981 eradicated segregation in military. The response from the military units, however, ranged from muted to outright hostility. This was no surplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialD. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · 11 months agomessage-square0fedilink
D. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · 11 months agoExactly 75 years ago, President Harry S. Truman repudiated 170 years of officially sanctioned discrimination when he signed Executive Order 9981, calling for desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces. Thplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageExactly 75 years ago, President Harry S. Truman repudiated 170 years of officially sanctioned discrimination when he signed Executive Order 9981, calling for desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces. Thplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialD. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · 11 months agomessage-square0fedilink
D. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-211 months agoField hollers, work songs, shouts, & cries held immense significance for enslaved Black Americans. Sounding like noise to slaveowners, these songs conveyed secrets through encrypted codes, retold Biblplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageField hollers, work songs, shouts, & cries held immense significance for enslaved Black Americans. Sounding like noise to slaveowners, these songs conveyed secrets through encrypted codes, retold Biblplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialD. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-211 months agomessage-square0fedilink
D. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-21 year agoThe perception of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X is one where the two men are diametrically opposed figures in the battle against white supremacy (political insider vs. political renegade). The plus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageThe perception of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X is one where the two men are diametrically opposed figures in the battle against white supremacy (political insider vs. political renegade). The plus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialD. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-21 year agomessage-square36fedilink
D. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · 1 year agoBlues, once a popular and influential musical genre, has become scarce in many Black communities, with seeming abandonment by young Black-Americans. At just 24 years years old, Kingfish (Christone Ingplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageBlues, once a popular and influential musical genre, has become scarce in many Black communities, with seeming abandonment by young Black-Americans. At just 24 years years old, Kingfish (Christone Ingplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialD. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
