A.K.A. First Lady of South Africa and Mother of the Nation.
Category: activism
Black History ‘Erryday’: Happy 65th Birthday bell hooks
Founded bell hooks Institute at Berea College in 2014.
Black History ‘Erryday’: Happy 49th Birthday Van Jones
by Kiki Anthony Kapel Jones 9/20/1968 Jackson, Tennessee. TV host, political contributor, author, and activist. He has a twin sister. … More
Black History ‘Erryday’: Happy 38th Birthday Shaun King
A.K.A. ‘Facebook Pastor’.
LGBT Lives Matter: It’s our Lives, sans an Agenda
And yes words matter, but the meaning behind the words is that LGBT folks are other and not worthy of having a life as straight (read normal) folks do.
Black History ‘Erryday’: Happy 67th Birthday Henry Louis Gates
Discovered the first books by black writers.
Happy Birthday Margaret Sanger (R.I.P.)
In 1916 opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. Organized the first birth control clinic staffed by all women docs. Established a clinic in Harlem with an all black advisory board which included W.E.B. DuBois.
The Meaning Behind ‘Black Lives Matter’
In affirming that Black Lives Matter, we need not qualify our position. To love and desire freedom and justice for ourselves is a necessity for wanting the same for others.
LIFE SANS CAR
Between not liking to drive everyday, the costs of insurance maintenance, parking, tickets, etc, for me it’s less of a toll financially and emotionally to be sans car ownership.