Ruby Bridges is still alive and only 63 years old. This was not long along. Many of the people who endured cruelty and humiliation and faced down racism are still with us and have important stories for us to hear and digest. #BlackHistoryMonth
Christina Greer
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Christina Greer
@Dr_CMGreer
Political Scientist; Assoc. Prof at @FordhamNYC; Analyst; Author of Black Ethnics; Co-Host @FAQNYC; Co-Host of @inthethickshow
New York, NY
Joined March 2012
- The LAYERS to this cover. Layers!!!!! One could teach an entire semester on this cover alone. @NewYorker is out here…Inside this week’s issue of The New Yorker: newyorker.com/magazine
- This ad will be taught in Race Politics classes for years to come...it is doing A LOT of silent heavy lifting. @NCOBPSTweetsI told you the smear ads were coming, but Georgians will see Sen. @KLoeffler’s ads for what they are.
00:00 - His use of past tense is funny.If you are 40 or older I guarantee your family owned these. GUARANTEE
- I know today is a important day for #Georgia. I’d also like to say it’s my own @staceyabrams Appreciation Day. 🍑🧡🍑🧡 #vote
- They. Are. Not. Rioting. These are rebellions.
- I truly hope this man decides to run for a spot on this school board.
- There’s a teen who hangs out in front of my bldg and never wears a mask. I finally asked him if he had one & he said he did not. I gave him 2 new masks & he said he really appreciated it. We never know why ppl don’t wear masks sometimes. It’s real out here.
- I can’t stop watching this.To pay tribute to all the enslaved people buried in cemeteries with no name, artist Craig Walsh put a face in the trees to honor their souls in an installation in Charlotte, North Carolina, called "Monuments" [read more: buff.ly/3ChbM2N]
- I just coordinated a Zoom party for my mom and her 10 friends...all in their 70s...none of whom had ever used this technology. If I don't receive a @NobelPrize I will riot!
- As we honor #Juneteenth #Juneteenth2018 let’s not forget the Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order, one of the powerful tools given to POTUS. Here’s a brief explanation.
- This is beyond accurate.
