A reminder that white supremacy in 2024 isn’t only a KKK terrorist wearing a hood—it’s also South Carolina Board of Education removing AP African American Studies from its curriculum, but proudly keeping AP European History.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) June 11, 2024
This is how systemic racism continues to thrive today.
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The South Carolina Department of Education said AP African American studies will not be offered in the state’s schools anymore https://t.co/6gjinkvU7l
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 10, 2024
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The more Black people support a policy in the U.S., the *lower* the likelihood that U.S. institutions write that policy into law.https://t.co/Wr6vKfnvnG https://t.co/3R0LWOuU7i pic.twitter.com/bXfF8mZBF3
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) June 10, 2024
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After an appeals court ruled against the Fearless Fund for black women-run startups, critically acclaimed actor @WendellPierce speaks out. Why he shared his experience with modern racism. “I wanted to show the damaging effect of when bigotry is memorialized in law.” pic.twitter.com/rUgXZfIPPM
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 5, 2024
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3 Black male passengers recount their humiliating experience of being pulled off an American Airlines flight with other Black passengers over a reported complaint about body odor. The men didn’t know each other or sit near each other! They are now filing a lawsuit alleging racial… pic.twitter.com/z4pLMtVZ1E
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 30, 2024
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A team of Public Integrity reporters, editors, & researchers used Freedmen’s Bureau records to identify 1,250 Black men & women who had earned land as reparations after the Civil War. A year and a half later, almost all the land had been taken back. READ: https://t.co/l04c7WfagE
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) June 15, 2024
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BREAKING: The Oklahoma Supreme Court has dismissed the Tulsa Race Massacre case, in what was likely the final opportunity for survivors to receive justicehttps://t.co/5AOAwneh0e
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 12, 2024