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29 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
So the top line story is that Trump has hired as one of his impeachment attys an atty who was found to have struck Black ppl firm jury service 3 yrs after the SCOTUSreinforced the unconstitutionality of the practice. But the undercard is pretty impt. 1/ huffpost.com/entry/trump-im…
Because here’s what happened to this lawyer who violated the Supreme Court’s admonition in Batson v Kentucky:
Jury service is, like voting, one of the core expressions and rights of citizenship. Keeping Black ppl from jury svc is unconstitutional and is as ugly and pernicious as voter suppression.
The consequence for a lawyer found to have committed this violation should not be control over federal prosecutions in your state, advising the Gov., overseeing ethics violations, or ultimately representing a former President of the United States.
That’s why we’ve sued the district attorney in Winona, MS for his systemic removal of Black ppl from juries in MS’s Fifth Judicial District. We filed suit w the MacArthur Center for Justice on behalf of Black prospective jurors. naacpldf.org/press-release/…

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Gentlemen, my problem with this argument is that they were teaching civics in school during Massive Resistance to Brown; during the violent resistance to the Little Rock 9, racist violent resistance to busing in Boston & to integrated housing in Cicero, IL.
I’m a proponent of civics - a deeper, richer study of history, democratic governance here & abroad, economics, the rights & responsibilities of citizenship, &!guidance in how to read critically. All undergirded w/the essential foundation of race, gender & class.
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If you’ve studied white supremacist lynch mobs then what we are seeing is devastatingly familiar - including the defiance vs. law enforcement. When the MD Gov called the National Guard to arrest the men who lynched George Armwood in 1933 another mob formed to challenge the Guard. Image
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I know there’s a lot to absorb tonight, but please read and share this. buzzfeednews.com/article/emmanu…
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31 Dec 20
Thinking over the moments that motivated me this year & how powerfully & clearly this country revealed itself. It was confirmation of all I have known, but I also learned so much more. The clarity with which I see the challenges we face has strengthened my resolve beyond measure.
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I cannot think of a more fitting replacement. #BarbaraJohns is an American hero. At 16, she defied school leaders and led a walkout at her segregated HS in Virginia. Her action led to the Virginia Brown v Bd case. Learn abt this extraordinary activist pbslearningmedia.org/resource/bf10.…
Whew! Tears. #BarbaraJohns did what great activists often do - pushed the civil rights attys at @NAACP_LDF to file the Va. Brown case before they felt ready. Her HS in Va. is now a museum, regarded as the birthplace of the modern civil rts mvmt motonmuseum.org
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22 Dec 20
Why isn't there a serious, public demand for access to remdesivir for ordinary ppl? It is unconscionable that ordinary, ill Americans don't have access to this therapeutic. Trump taunts us w/his "recovery," when his privilege has insulated him frm the reality of COVID.
The focus on the vaccine is important. But saving lives is also important. A great way to build Black support for taking the vaccine, is to equitably provide access to remdesivir & other therapeutics to Black & Brown patients disproportionately suffering & dying from this virus.
So let’s do both. Push for vaccine equity and access and demand the same for therapeutics.
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