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Black Culture Unfiltered Joined April 2017-
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William DeHart Hubbard was the first Black athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal when he won the long jump at the 1924 Paris Games
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X meet for the first and only time following the former's press conference in Washington, D.C. on March 26, 1964
15-year-old Latasha Harlins was fatally shot on March 16, 1991
"I'm not a white woman, I'm a faded Black person." Jane Elliott
"White people think they are better than Black people, and they want to oppress us." - Ernie Chambers
"We ain't never been free" - Pops
"Nobody's rich in the ghetto."
"America has never wanted to pay for the education of African-Americans" - Dr. Barbara Sizemore
"Since we met you people 500 years ago, look at us. We've given everything you are still taking.... Where would the whole Western world be without Africa?" Speaker = Ama Ata Aidoo, née Christina Ama Aidoo
On March 1, 1892, Anna Mangin was awarded a patent for the Pastry Fork. Designed with angular tines and cutters that allowed the user to beat eggs, mash potatoes, prepare salad dressing, and work together butter and flour without having to touch the food with his your hands.
"The mother and the children are better off if the husband isn't working or if the husband isn't there"
February 27, 1988 — Figure skater Debi Thomas becomes the first African-American to win a medal (bronze) at the winter Olympic Games
On February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was fatally shot in a gated residential community in Sanford, Florida, while walking home from a nearby convenience store.
Iyanla Vanzant says Black men are dehumanized and are only valued based on what they can do
"American culture... is Black culture to a larger degree." - Barack Obama
On February 19, 1992, 24-year-old John Singleton became the youngest and first Black film director nominated for an Academy Award for his movie, Boyz n the Hood
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The Black Detour is an independent media outlet that advocates for Black people to not only be empowered but informed on issues in the Black community
Beverly Mascoll went from being a receptionist to the owner of a multi-million dollar beauty supply business in 1970’s Canada theblackdetour.com/beverly-mascol…
"Where's the white outcry against white racism" - Sister Souljah
I would boycott University of Florida games at this point—University of Florida bars its own faculty from testifying in voting rights lawsuit against @GovRonDeSantis’s administration. UF is now fully complicit. UF students should now consider transferring. washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10…
"This is white folks book... the truth is lying there if you read behind the words"
@theblackdetour Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School
Excerpt from Malcolm X speech 'The Ballot or the Bullet'
Here’s a video of me drunk @ 10:26am in Miami because yay!!
“We shall overcome...” ~a message for us from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"There will come a time when Black people wake up and become intellectually independent enough to think for themselves." Malcolm X
"We have been socialize and we have integrated ourselves into nothingness integration was the worst thing that ever happened to Black people it was worst than slavery because at least in slavery we knew what we were fighting against." David Banner
Do you agree with the following statement? "Racism is not a noun it's a verb... in order for a person to practice racism or to be a racist they have to not just have prejudice they have to have power to influence the success or failure of another groups life."
Do you agree with Yvonne Orji's response to do African's look down on Black American's?
Has the glorification of being a independent woman caused some women to devalue the importance of having a man in their lives?
Do you agree with Shahrazad Ali? "The Black woman disrespect and rebellion against the leadership and authority of the Black man is a direct cause of the breakdown in our Black family structure."
Black mother describes the ongoing conditions in Flint, MI water crisis. "Four years later, my son, for example, we still can't safely use our water. He can't take a bath without telling me it burns...things are not better" Flint has been without drinkable water for 1,604 days
A Black man was arrested for riding a bike without a bell on it in Seaside Heights, NJ. Full Story = bit.ly/2NxQcOH