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I refuse to argue about my actual humanity, history, or right to exist in certain spaces.
MLDwrites
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MLDwrites
@MichelleDuster
Author @rebelliousmag | Public Historian
#IdaBtheQueen (1/26/21) + #VoiceOfTruth (1/4/22) abt my gr-grandmother #IdaBWells | Bookings: [email protected]
- Don't be embarrassed that you did not know something you were never taught. Be proud that you are now willing to learn.
- My great-grandmother #Idabwells endured death threats and everything she owned was destroyed by a mob because she dared to tell the truth. She deserves a monument. It's #Idastime newsy.com/stories/women-… via @NewsyVideos
- What an amazing honor for my great-grandmother #IdaBWells to be recognized by @PulitzerPrizes almost 90 years after she gained her wings! Her life is a testament to the importance of #truthtelling, even in the face of danger. May she continue to be an inspiration! #Pulitzer
- "We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” - James Baldwin
- I am convinced that one of the reasons my great-grandmother #IdaBWells was able to write and publish her powerful editorials and pamphlets is because she OWNED the news outlet. No gatekeepers censoring her voice.
- I often wonder how much generational wealth would have been accumulated over the last 130+ years if my great-grandmother #IdaBWells' printing press hadn't been destroyed by a mob in 1892. We have never been compensated for that loss.
- This lynching changed my great-grandmother #IdaBWells' life. They were only guilty of being successful businessmen. Her journalism chronicled this domestic #terrorism. Her printing press was destroyed & she was exiled from Memphis for exposing the #truth.On this day in 1892, a white mob in Memphis lynched three Black men who had opened a grocery store earlier that year, threatening the racial order by forcing white business owners to compete. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
- Herstoric suffrage marker unveiled today honoring the Alpha Suffrage Club, which was founded by my great-grandmother #IdaBWells. At 31st & State in #Chicago.
- My great-grandmother #IdaBWells was 50 yrs old, had been fighting for justice & equality for 30 yrs, had founded a suffrage club, and then was asked by White women half her age to march in the back of the 1913 Suffrage Parade! Luckily she ignored them! #TheVotePBS
- The marker in honor of my great-grandmother #IdaBWells that was placed today (7/13) in the square of her hometown, Holly Springs, MS. A long overdue honor! #herstory #BlackHistory #Mississippi #journalism #BlackSuffragists
- My grandmother's mother, #IdaBWells, was born into slavery in 1862 Holly Springs, MS. How is that ancient history? Also, my great-great-grandparents and their parents were enslaved. #Juneteenth is significant and should be known by everyone.
- Rosa Parks was not the first. Say Claudette Colvin's name! bbc.com/news/stories-4…
- Feeling the indomitable spirit of my great-grandmother #IdaBWells at the newly installed #IdaBWellsMonument called LIGHT OF TRUTH. 👊🏽 37th & Langley #Chicago #Bronzeville #RichardHunt #BlackExcellence
