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Rep. Adam Smith
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As we continue to honor #BlackHistoryMonth, we recognize Rev. Dr. Samuel McKinney and his instrumental role in the civil rights movement.
Raised and rooted in advocacy, Dr. McKinney served as a pastor of the historic Mt. Zion Baptist Church, fought for equality, organized Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Seattle visit, and established the first black-owned bank which worked to challenge discriminatory practices.
Dr. McKinney’s legacy still holds true today. We honor his decades of service and the impact he left on generations to come.

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Rep. Adam Smith
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From the very beginning, the president, Donald Trump Jr., the Attorney General, a whole series of people have consistently lied about their interactions with Russians.
President Trump has made it very, very clear that he wants to stop this investigation. And that flirts with obstruction of justice. The more often he says that, the more potential legal jeopardy he is in.
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True Republics
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#BlackHistoryMonth is designed by the insurgent system to keep people distracted with no real remedy to freedom. You talk about Black slaves came here and the pioneers made history for black people. What most people don't know as U.S. Citizens, Asians blacks, Hispanics & whites
...are voluntary slaves via 14th Amendment Section 2. When you vote for this system you forfeit your natural rights and set up to be criminals! Civil Rights is part of the privileges & immunities Section 1 of 14th Amendment that can be taken away at anytime.
You all think your free...Nope. If you have a license to do anything...you are NOT free. You get permission from your elected masters...Let that sink in.
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Anirvan Chatterjee
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It's #BlackHistoryMonth, and someone emailed me about the BlackDesiSecretHistory.org website, and why South Asian Americans owe a debt of gratitude to African American activism.

Here's the truth: without the Civil Rights movement, South Asian America as we know it might not exist.
U.S. laws long restricted immigration from South Asia. While several thousand South Asians had made their way to the United States by the early 20th century, the Immigration Act of 1917 explicitly barred our immigration.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigrati…
The 1946 Luce-Cellar Act allowed Indians to naturalize, and loosened immigration restrictions—but allowed in only one hundred Indian immigrants per year.

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Elizabeth Warren
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#BlackHistoryMonth starts today: a time to honor African Americans and their powerfully important contributions to our country. All month, we’ll be celebrating black women & the barriers they've broken – often in the face of systemic racism.
Let’s start #BlackHistoryMonth by honoring Fannie Lou Hamer: a fierce civil rights leader. Fannie Lou championed women’s rights, voting rights & workers' rights. She endured violence to help thousands of people register to vote & fight illegal segregation. washingtonpost.com/news/retropoli…
Today on her birthday, we celebrate a powerfully important voice in the fight for racial justice: #RosaParks. Her courageous act on a Montgomery bus changed the civil rights movement & showed our country the power of protest. cnn.com/2018/12/01/us/… #BlackHistoryMonth
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Amontè L. Martin
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The first day of Black History month will always be dedicated to my unsung hero. Thread. 👇🏾
Betty Jean Owens is an African American woman who was brutally raped by four white men in Tallahassee, Florida in 1959. Her trial was significant in Florida, and the South as a whole, because the white men were given life sentences for their crimes.
This severe of a sentencing had not occurred for white men in the South accused of raping black women previous to Owens' case. Below: The first picture is of Florida A&M students sitting in the courtroom during Betty's trial.
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Southern Poverty Law Center
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Today is Alabama's first #RosaParksDay, commemorating the date — Dec. 1, 1955 — of her arrest for refusing to surrender her seat to a white passenger on one of Montgomery's city buses, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott.
Alabama is the fifth state in the country to set aside a day to recognize Rosa Parks. Events commemorating her contributions to the civil rights movement took place throughout Montgomery.
Alabama State University held a ceremony recognizing the importance of her role in the movement. The university's archives contain documents pertaining to Rosa Parks' arrest.
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Alright ayo it's @Claystanman here and for #BlackHistoryMonth we're thinking it'll be a good idea to try and spread knowledge of the history of Black American/African solidarity with and black folks' presence in #SouthAsian resistance.
Bayard Rustin, a gay black man who worked in movements for civil rights, socialism, and gay rights (later known as one of MLK's foremost organizers) organized the Free India Committee & was often arrested for protesting against British colonialism in Africa and India in the 40s.
Bayard's work in supporting the Indian independence movement was reflective of his internationalist approach.

He also participated in the March for Survival at the Thai-Cambodian border in 1980, and in 1982 founded the National Emergency Coalition for Haitian Rights.
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