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A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.

90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.

Bessie Coleman, a Black female airplane pilot in 1921. She is standing on the wheel of an early plane, getting ready to enter and fly it.

As a media historian, I can't allow Dear Leader to erase the achievements of African-Americans. So... it's Women's History Month & Bessie Coleman was the first American Black woman to get a pilot's license (1921). She gave flying lessons, was a stunt pilot, and died doing what she loved-- flying.

The President just called for the repeal of the CHIPS Act which includes investments in Georgia technical colleges, advanced manufacturing jobs, and small businesses. All to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy.

This is wrong and I will oppose any efforts to repeal it.

About to finish reading this book. It's been great so far.

BREAKING: As Texas Faces Worst Measles Outbreak in Decades, Lieutenant Governor Focuses on Renaming ‘New York Strip’ Steak.

28/28: the last book I chose bridges Black History and Women’s History Months. If you have been to the GYN, you should know Anarcha.

Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women's Health
Book by J. C. Hallman

27/28: I picked this one because one of my friends recently pointed out how people who fight for right often have a savior complex and often overlook the most basic needs. A good, yet uncomfortable read for me.

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

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26/28:

The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee

A classic in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a comment on the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of black militancy.

25/28: My pick wasn’t intended to highlight Joy Reid’s firing or the POC’s firings from MSNBC, but obviously this choice is slightly ironic as it points out more work needs to be done. She’s a talented author, who has told the story of Medgar and Myrlie Evers.

Medgar and Myrlie by Joy-Ann Reid

24/28:
Heavy by Kiese Laymon

From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to time in New York as a college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling.

23/28:
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project offers a revealing vision of the American past & present, reframing the its history by placing the consequences of slavery & the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the United States' national narrative.

In case it wasn’t clear before, the U.S. is officially aligned with Russia

22/28- I first read about the racial divide on Nashville Hot Chicken on @bittersouth.bsky.social webpage, it turns out Ms. Martin has a whole book about it.

Hot, Hot Chicken: A Nashville Story by Rachel Louise Martin

21/28: it’s the end of Engineers’ Week, so let’s celebrate these Black women.

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

19/28: Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot by Rebecca Burns

The summer of 1906: anger simmered in ATL, a city where the races lived peacefully, if apart. Racial hatred came to the forefront during a political campaign, & whites attacked & killed at least 25 blacks.

20/28:
Negrophobia: A Race Riot in Atlanta, 1906 by Mark Bauerlein

1906: in a bitter gubernatorial contest, GA politicians played the race card & white supremacists trumpeted a Negro crime scare. Bauerlein traces the origins, development & brutal climax of Atlanta's descent into hatred & violence.

18/28:
James Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree
James Cone explores these symbols & their interconnection in the history & souls of black folk. Both the cross & the lynching tree represent the worst in humans & yet a thirst for life that refuses to let the worst determine our final meaning.

17/28:
The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C.: Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson

Go-go―the only musical form indigenous to Washington, DC―features a highly syncopated, nonstop beat and vocals that are spoken as well as sung. The book chronicles its development and ongoing popularity.

16/28:
March (trilogy): by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and drawn by Nate Powell

Discover the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of one of its most iconic figures, Congressman John Lewis. March is the graphic novel trilogy recounting his life in the movement.

14/28: On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy: Mel Watkins

This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Watkins offers surprising reassessments of seminal figures, looking at how they paved the way for contemporary comics.

13/28: Between the World and Me by
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.

12/28: another recommendation to me.

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
By Isabel Wilkerson

An account of the Great Migration of six million Black citizens who fled the South for the North and West in search of a better life, from World War I to 1970.

11/28: This one looks like it will involve a lot of self-reflection for me.

Stamped from the Beginning: Imbram X. Kendi

10/28: Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest & Politics

Civil resistance to violent uprisings, criminal justice reform to war resistance.
Despite these achievements, Rustin was relegated to the back; silenced, beaten, imprisoned, & fired from leadership positions, bc he was gay.