#BlackHistoryMonth comes to an end today. But that doesn’t mean our learning and appreciation of Black history should end with it.
Let’s meet some of the people fighting to ensure history is not rewritten.
Voting rights leader @MsLaToshaBrown gave us a history lesson in U.S. voting laws and why Black women have always been the ones to get sh*t done.
As the fight over critical race theory threatens Black history, @ProfJeffries breaks down the importance of teaching “hard history” and why he's betting on students to see through the lies.
Award-winning author and illustrator @OgeMora opens up about her Nigerian American upbringing and why she tells stories that celebrate Black joy instead of pain.
Deborah Scott, a lifelong activist and the CEO of @GA_STANDUP, has dedicated her life to Black voters.
In 2020, when Georgia turned blue for the first time in 28 years, the world finally started paying attention to her work.
Let’s end where it all began: Meet Carter G. Woodson, the “father of Black history” and the reason we have a #BlackHistoryMonth in the first place.
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Going, going gone: MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announces the first two series of the regular season are officially cancelled.
"We're prepared to continue negotiations. We've been informed that the MLBPA is headed back to New York."
"The concern about our fans is at the very top of our consideration list."
— MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, representing the owners, who locked out the players, after canceling regular season games
Following the cancellation of some games, MLBPA executive director Tony Clark calls out MLB owners for using the lockout as a "weapon" against "the greatest asset they have: the players."
"The mayor of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has said there are no Russian troops in the city, as it continues to defend itself from attacks." bbc.com/news/live/worl…
President Zelenskyy today, thru translator: "The last night in Ukraine was brutal. There was shelling again, bombarding of residential areas, civil infrastructure."
Later he said, "We will fight as long as it takes to liberate the county ... glory to Ukraine"
Unconfirmed numbers on Russian losses from Ukraine's Defense Ministry, via @KyivIndependent
Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya: “During this meeting, the President of Russia Putin ... made a decision for a special military operation ... We will aim to demilitarize and degenocide Ukraine.”
Ukrainian Ambassador to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya calls for Russia to be ousted as president of the UN Security Council:
“And I ask the members of the Security Council to convene an emergency meeting ... It's too late, my dear colleagues, to speak about de-escalation. Too late.”
Ukrainian Ambassador: "There is no purgatory for war criminals, they go straight to hell."
Russian Ambassador responds: "We aren't being aggressive towards the Ukrainian people, but against the junta that is in power in Kyiv," then quickly adjourns UN Security Council meeting.
Between Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill and this new Texas policy, governors in two of the biggest states are trying to roll back queer rights this week.