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"Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit" (bell hooks) || journalist || campaigner || @amnesty || Easily distracte

May 30, 2020, 5 tweets

99 years ago - on 31 May, 1921 - white mobs ransacked & burned down “the Black Wall Street” of Greenwood, Tulsa.

26 black people died & more than 800 were injured. #TulsaRaceMassacre #riots2020 #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
#BLACK_LIVES_MATTER #GeorgeFloyd

Why is what happened in Tulsa a century ago👆or what happened in the Deep South two centuries ago relevant to today?

Kimberly Jones explains discrimination, inequality & institutional racism in USA - using Monopoly. #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #Trump  (PART 1)

“You broke the social contract when you came & you killed us in the streets.”

Powerful, eloquent & angry.

#MustWatch Part 2: Kimberly Jones on racism in America #BlackLivesMatter  #EndRacism #BLACK_LIVES_MATTER #GeorgeFloydProtests #GeorgeFloyd

“ A dark shadow stalks our land.”

Incredible photo by @dougmillsnyt of @realDonaldTrump boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, to fly for to Tulsa. #TulsaRally #TulsaDeathRally #TrumpTulsaRally #DonaldTrump

“It is entirely up to the American people whether or not they are going to face & deal with and embrace this stranger whom they relied on so long." (James Baldwin, 1963)

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. #IamNotYourNegro #TulsaTrumpRally #TrumpRally #TulsaRally #Tulsa

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