Mollie Mol

A classic by Faith Ringgold

"The Sunflowers Quilting Bee at Arles" by Faith Ringgold

33 3/4 x 35 in (85.7 x 88.9 cm, silkscreen on paper, limited edition available at blackartinamerica.com

People march holding signs.

“Dontae, I love you, and I’m sorry this happened to you, but I want to keep fighting. I'm going to die on this hill,” said Goode. baltimorebeat.com/photostory-f...

The hilarity...

YouTube video by DMXVEVO DMX - Slippin'

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Shellshocked and homeless, Hurricane Melissa survivors wa... British-Jamaican communities in the UK are raising funds to help rebuild a shattered island

“I thought I wasn’t gonna survive." As the devastation of Hurricane Melissa is revealed, Nadine White explores how British-Jamaican communities in the UK are raising funds to help rebuild a shattered island.
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Hurricane Melissa deals another heavy blow to Jamaica’s farmers and fishers The updates sent by friends and neighbors on WhatsApp confirmed what fisher Prince Davis already feared: Hurricane Melissa put a hole in the stern of his 50-foot (15-meter) fishing boat, and damage…

Hurricane Melissa deals another heavy blow to Jamaica's farmers and fishers

He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’ For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are ...

"Even as the hunger and fear of living under siege and bombardment made him desperate to leave, Douda remained inside El Fasher, constantly working to let the outside world know what was happening to the people there."

PD gonna PD. Wait until Wired finds out it’s not just Kansas. #YallJoking? #PDPDing

11Alive news headline: "Woman sits in car for 14 hours to get food during New Birth Baptist church food giveaway More than 2,000 people waited in their cars in line Saturday morning in order to receive food."

Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.

Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.

'No help, no food, no water': Hurricane-hit Jamaican towns wait for aid

Days after Hurricane Melissa hit, communities are isolated with little food, no water, and no idea of when normalcy will return.

lol your life is worse off because too many white people hate Black people.

"Why does my life suc-" because mee maw hates Black people.

"Why don't people support welfare programs?"

Racism. More specifically, anti-Blackness.

White folks asked about who welfare serves overestimate the number of Black people on welfare. Not only that, but just the mere THOUGHT of who welfare supports led less white people to support it. #blacksky

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@jackohman.bsky.social

@benchilton.bsky.social

Criterion Collection edition of Killer of Sheep, a film by Charles Burnett shot in 1977 and released in 1978. The image is a black and white still from the movie showing four black children playing by a graffitied wall.

Today, I watched Killer of Sheep (1978), streaming on Criterion. Directed by Charles Burnett, this black-and-white indie has no real plot; instead, it’s a slice of life of close-knit groups Black adults and children in a post-Watts Rebellion Los Angeles. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_... #movies #70s

Resource for Atl Folks:

Don't stop at Spotify

Boycott EVERY corporation that supports fascism

African American / Black Home Insurance Agent in USA share.google/jk2LDgNStMFd...

Freedom Papers: Evidence of Emancipation - Dolph Briscoe Center for American History February 5 — June 28, 2024 Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas Weatherby Gallery, Sid Richardson Hall Unit 2

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️

🧵 During the antebellum period in the United States, free Black people were required to carry official documents known as Certificates of Freedom, or “Freedom papers". (cont)

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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students are writing "unalive" in their papers for class now and I am concerned that the slang that has become popular for evading censorship online is not being differentiated from appropriate language for formal writing.

Venezuelan Opposition Leader And Nobel Prize Winner Claims Military Escalation Is The Only Way To Remove Maduro "This process is about saving lives, millions of lives," Machado added

Nobel Peace Prize winner everyone.

Sound On 🔉 😂 💯

LAPD literally getting there early to beat the crowds

If you're in line to bat at Game 7 of the World Series STAY IN LINE

People’s Boycott 2025: Taking Back the Holidays from Corporate America Ms. AWashington | ARW-RAW

While corporations profit off our debt and politicians gut our safety nets we say enough. From
Thanksgiving to New Year’s, join the #PeoplesBoycott2025 — a national refusal. No Black Friday. No Cyber Monday. No Big Box purchases. ‼️
#blackout #indivisible #forthepeople

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Impact of SNAP and WIC on Family: Stability, Economic Resilience, and Community Health Ms. AWashington | ARW-RAW

Real-talk #SNAP | #WIC are
national #foodsecurity obligations
not optional programs. Restoring full benefits strengthens families—
supports communities;protects women and children’s futures.

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Fully funded SNAP isn’t charity;it’s
smart, necessary policy.
#BlackSkyWellness

Love to see it….tourists that are stuck in Jamaica are helping with the cleanup after Hurricane Melissa 💪

Never have, never will. One friend tried it and learned.

Same for Amy Winehouse jokes. Fuck all the way off laughing at people’s suffering

My ancestors carried me through this year in ways I cannot even put into words. I feel their love and protection more than ever.

This Emmy is for them, and for Gary, Indiana.

If you have a moment, please watch this story. It is my heart, my home on screen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Yl...