Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

My late father-in-law was born in 1917. It took 3 more years, on this day, for his mother to be eligible to vote.

I was 4 yo when , on this day, MLK Jr & masses citizens marched on Washington.

This is not ancient history. The forces opposing women's & black equality still live.

https://www.wfla.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-multiple-people-killed-in-jacksonville-store-shooting-mayor-says/

The Florida shooter declared in several manifestos that he wanted to kill black people.

#Jacksonville shooting was racially motivated and shooter left a manifesto; directly targeting black people. The gun has a swastika on it.

After America’s summer of extreme weather, ‘next year may well be worse’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/26/us-summer-extreme-heat-wildfires-climate-crisis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

BREAKING: Joe Biden’s mugshot released!

"I Have A Dream!"

Thousands converged Saturday on the National Mall for the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington, saying a country that remains riven by racial inequality has yet to fulfill his dream
#AureFreePress

https://apnews.com/article/march-on-washington-mlk-dream-speech-anniversary-washington-7639b60f26948fe614978dc6a763cc84

Fucking hell nz. Teach nz history. Not just to kids. This whole nation is adrift because most don't have the anchor of knowing our past. NZers know more about Henry Tudor than the land they're standing on

Learn the treaty. He whakaputanga.
Fenten agreement.
Invasion of the Waikato. Parihaka.
Poll taxes. Gum digging. Gold rushes. Labour movement. Coal.
Land wars.
NZ's concentration camps in boer war. Crimea. The Russian scare. Featherston internment camp.
The musket wars. Horrors in Rekohu.

He became the first Black mayor of a rural Alabama town. Then a white minority locked him out

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/26/black-mayor-alabama-town-locked-out

#AlabamaTown #BlackMayor #RacialInjustice #LockedOut #CivilRights #SmallTownPolitics #Politics #News

I never knew this.
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#caturday

That makes sense.
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@MissingThePt

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Best. Edit notification. Ever.

Largest U.S. Women's Group Makes Early Biden Endorsement, Citing Abortion Rights Threats

The National Organization for Women (NOW) has offered its earliest-ever endorsement for a presidential re-election campaign.

https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2023-08-25/largest-u-s-womens-group-makes-early-biden-endorsement-citing-abortion-rights-threats

#Politics #Women #WomensRights #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #HumanRights #sexism #misogyny #patriarchy #voters #voting #elections #BidenHarris #healthcare #health #hate #SexualAbuse #Democracy #Democrats #GOP #Republicans #VoteBlue #VoteBlueToProtectWomen

Palm Beach County lawyer files legal challenge to disqualify Trump from 2024 presidential race

https://www.pnj.com/story/news/trump/2023/08/25/florida-attorneys-14th-amendment-lawsuit-aims-to-disqualify-trump/70672653007/

#PalmBeachCountyLawyer #LegalChallenge #DisqualifyTrump #2024PresidentialRace #14thAmendmentLawsuit #FloridaAttorneys #Politics #News

Fulton County Jail: where poor black dudes accused of petty crimes rot and die in bug-infested, overcrowded Fulton County Jail; where a rich white dude accused of (essentially) high treason gets a motorcade and a photo-op. America in a nutshell.
#uspol #trump