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“I used to be somebody but now I am somebody else.” Consultant. Best-sellers: “Love That Boy” & “Applebee’s America”. Ex: @AP @TheAtlantic @crainsdetroit
Feb 17, 2021 9 tweets 4 min read
Listening to @Morning_Joe ask guests to highlight a #BlackHistoryMonth hero. Mine is Daisy Bates

In the late 1980s/early 1990s, then-Arkansas Governor @BillClinton honored her with a ceremony at the state Capitol. I covered the event. What I saw inspired and angered me. 1/ Daisy Bates (1914-1999) was a civil rights activists, journalist and publisher who organized and guided the Little Rock Nine, the nine Black students who segregated Central High at the point of a gun. womenshistory.org/education-reso… 2/