#Lewis

1]One of my personal heroes, Cong. Lewis, {a man I met only once in Selma, Alabama before he was beaten by "deputized" KLU KLUX clansmen and local police} has died.
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H/t @ChelseaHerps: If you visit Google's front page today, you may see a Black guy with glasses. If you're an economist #EconTwitter, you probably know who this is. If not,
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Many moons ago (I think like two weeks) I gave you guys a semi-drunk thread on why you are all wrong about Susan Pevensie from The Chronicles of Narnia. Here
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What we know:1. The CIA started a program called MKUltra.2. MKUltra still remains classified as #TopSecret. Officially, the CIA refuses to acknowledge it. In the aftermath of Watergate, the CIA
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Athletic: The first black mark against Sanllehi came in April 2019, when he led high-level discussions about extending Emery’s contract without first receiving approval from owners Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
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Today in Theatre and Film History + The Details Your College Professor Left OutJune 26, 14831/6Richard III is coronated King of England. 2/6 Richard III had mild scoliosis, but was
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50 years ago, today, the Indian cricket team played the first match against Jamaica during the historic WI tour. Here’s a thread to relive the incredible things that happened, besides
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It's actually astonishing to me how many articles can be written about schools reopening that don't describe any other policy choices that led to this place It's just "teachers unions
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I’m sorry (not sorry) but I will not be participating in the establishment’s desired narrative around this moment. This is another day that exposes all the ways America refuses to
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Here's my issue with Congressional candidate @BurgessOwens. It's always 'tricky' for Black conservatives to acknowledge anything remotely race-related without fearing backlash from the anti-black base they need to appeal to.
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We defeated Donald Trump and his cronies. We won in Georgia and demoted Mitch McConnell. Now we have a short window to repair our democracy.Here's what we can do next
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Paying attn, patterns emerge.RE: The death of Rep. Lewis (not saying he didn't pass and/or wasn't sick) but we also know that notable deaths have been used to provide cover
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If you’ve ever been moved by or used these photos but don’t know anything about Gloria Richardson, take the time and read this. Listen to her wisdom now just like
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Thread. The Mingana-Lewis Palimpsest1/6. In 1895, Mrs Lewis purchased a rare manuscript in Suez. It was a palimpsest: a Christian Arabic text from the 9th or 10th CE, written on
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Congressman John Lewis is a true American hero. I had an opportunity as a kid to meet him. It is a story that I carry with me that changed my
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There's a weird revisionist history that a lot of folks buy into that erases the tactical genius & detailed planning that the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement engaged in.
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