#Selma

Latif Nasser

latifnasser

Before I tell the story, I should say I first heard it eight years ago from @rkrulwich. And I never forgot it. Parts of this story might be obvious to some

Latif Nasser

latifnasser

Ok here we go. Look at the electoral maps by county for the last few decades of US presidential elections. You’ll notice that the South goes almost uniformly Republican red every

Legal Defense Fund

NAACP_LDF

In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested and jailed in Birmingham, AL. From his jail cell, he wrote one of the most important indictments of American racism and

Rodney D. Pierce

MrRDPierce

Alabama Congressman Benjamin S. Turner, who was born into slavery near Weldon in Halifax County, NC (where he has a historical marker) was one of the first Black members of

Latif Nasser

latifnasser

The US election is tomorrow. If you, like me, are tired of horse-race-style reporting, and need to zoom out, I wanna tell you a story. It’s about an ancient force influencing the

Kevin M. Kruse

KevinMKruse

Sure, let's do this.https://twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/1013910622801747971 As I've noted before, focusing solely on Southern Democratic politicians who officially switched parties -- instead of ordinary voters, as scholars emph

Eric Michael Garcia

EricMGarcia

We forget how backbreaking and soul-sucking sharecropping was for black people in the Jim Crow South. People talk about Payday Lending but Obama mentioning Lewis's family "Picking somebody else's Cotton"

Sherrilyn Ifill

Sifill_LDF

I have a lot of work to do tonight, but this warrants a THREAD. The obscenely distorted narrative that white people embraced civil rights leaders during the Civil Rights Movement,

KEPT THE FAITH, BABY! SI SE PUEDE!

JamesMWilliam18

#OnThisDay 1898 Melvin B. Tolson, author of Rendevous with America and Libretto for the Republic of Liberia, was born. He was also the famed coach of the Wiley College Forensic

Greg Giroux

greggiroux

Thread of former U.S. Senators and House members who passed away in 2020. Listed alphabetically by last name: Mark Andrews (R-North Dakota): House 1963-81, Senate 1981-87https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000208Elected to Senate in 1

SpinnMovieSpot

SpinnMovieSpot

Here is the thread #SpinnMovieSpotMOB/ MAFIA MOVIESGood Fellas: 8.9The Godfather: 9.3Road To Perdition: 8.3 HEIST MOVIESInside Man: 8.0The Bank Job: 7.6Ocean Eleven: 7.8#SpinnMovieSpot WAR MOVIES Saving Private Ryan: 9.1HackSaw Ridge:

Respectable Lawyer

RespectableLaw

MLK, Communism, the Highlander Folk School: How red-baiting continues to obscure the most potent elements of MLK’s message. Many of you know the picture above, but fewer know where it

Rags&Doogle🥰

DoogleRags

“This just in... In FUNNY CASTING NEWS...we find out who will play who on the second season of #Sanditon ??” TV execs cannot wait to showcase the new cast ...

Jen Kinney wants to abolish the death penalty

jenkinneydotcom

Let’s talk about comparing what happened at the Capitol on Wednesday with Civil Rights protests for Black lives, and why it’s problematic. A lot of people have been quoting Dr.

George Bennett

gbennettpost

Twenty-one of my favorite Roberto Clemente cards. The great Number 21 was born on this date in 1934. More in the thread... @ClementeCards21 @ClementeMuseum @SABRbbcards @CardboardHistry @PostWarCards @CardsCigarbox @johnpheinen The

Erik Gellman

ESG2424

This @nytimes obituary of @ctvivian covers much of his impactful activism but largely elides what Vivian considered was one of his most formative periods of democratic protest leadership: his Chicago

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