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Douglass on why he believed it was justified for enslaved people to rebel, and to use violence if necessary, against slaveholders. (via @ProfMSinha)
The relationship between Frederick Douglass & John Brown is one of the most fascinating in all of history, I think. Douglass deeply admired Brown & Brown shaped Douglass’ own evolving radicalism, but he also thought Harper’s Ferry was a huge mistake & refused to be a part of it.
Brief but good primer on John Brown & Frederick Douglass’ relationship by David Blight:

ap.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era…
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If you can, consider buying a new book from a writer who has one coming out this week or in the weeks that follow.

So many authors have spent years working on book projects that are coming out in what is now a really uncertain time. Your support can make a huge difference.
If you have a new book you’d recommend for people, put it in thread below.

I’ll start: you all should buy STAMPED by @JasonReynolds83 & @DrIbram. An incredible, essential text for young people on understanding both the history & contemporary manifestations of racism. Out today.
An important reminder, always, but especially now.
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A reminder that if public schools shut down, millions of children will lose their access to some of the only meals they receive each day.

Food banks will become more important, and I've learned the best way to help is not to donate your spare canned goods, it's to donate money.
“With 37 million Americans experiencing hunger, donating your extra or purchased dry and canned goods might seem like the best way to help families in need. But, the best way to support your local food bank is actually through donating money”

feedingamerica.org/hunger-blog/do…
"Rather than paying retail prices, our network of food banks works with major manufacturers, retailers, and farmers to secure healthy food...when you donate a dollar, you’re able to put more meals on the tables of families than if you donated food you'd purchased at the store."
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Whatever happens from here, I’ll always be grateful to Bernie for being the only candidate with a policy platform that includes the right to vote for incarcerated ppl.

I spend a lot of time w/folks in prison & know how much this means to them. It’s made them feel less invisible.
If you’re unfamiliar, the vast majority of people in prison are counted by the census as residents of the place where they are incarcerated, but they don’t have the opportunity to vote there. Their bodies are counted, their voices are not.

npr.org/sections/codes…
This is not to say every incarcerated person is a Bernie supporter necessarily, incarcerated ppl, like everyone else, have a complex range of views that shape their politics & beliefs.

Still, I haven’t met a single incarcerated person who doesn’t deeply appreciate his position.
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Lincoln was raging racist. Imagine if Maddow would have had to listen to some of his words, she would fall over with heart attack. He would not have gotten elected if he voiced what he really felt about blacks. Different time though, keep in mind.. Lincoln was a political animal,
Still, probably one of the US's greatest politicians. Lincoln was a smart man, played his cards right. Politics back in the day were even more dirty and cutthroat than they are now, if you can even imagine it.
He would probably talk about crap all day if the topic of crap would get him elected. How he presented himself politically and what he said in politics didn't always match what he said in his own private life.
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My #BlacksForYang Series 21-28 October.

Sign up for Notifications each time I post...It will be like one of those Twitter Op Eds I did, helps put everything in one place.

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