James Baldwin (1924-87) was author, activist & intellectual. His 1st novel, the semi-autobiographical Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), was ranked 1 of the 100 best English language novels by Time & Modern Library of the 20th century. #Pride (2/3) ➡️ bit.ly/2OBonm2
This clip of these two icons having a conversation spoke to me today. Baldwin: "If I love you, I love you." (1/3)
Know someone who loves working with teens? The Mississippi Youth Media Project needs volunteer chaperones this summer (June 8 – July 17, downtown Jackson). Must be 21+. See what these young journalists are already doing at jxnpulse.com, then email [email protected] to join the team.
Baldwin's work explored themes of race, sexuality & spirituality. Click to read the entry on Baldwin: bit.ly/2OBonm2.
Interested in even more??? 🤔 Check out his book Fire Next Time and the novels Giovanni's Room, Another Country, and If Beale Street Could Talk. #Pride (3/3)
This month I'll be highlighting some of the entries from our Uplifting LGBTQ History page. Stay tuned! Also, feel free to check out the page any time!➡️ bit.ly/4xoJM7G
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#tdih 1965 More than 100,000 students boycotted Chicago schools to protest inequality & segregation.
Many Black students were forced into overcrowded trailers & underfunded schools while white schools had many open seats.
The protests helped spark the Chicago Freedom Movement of 1965–1966. 🧵
James Arthur Baldwin, a fiction writer, essayist, dramatist, and poet, was born on August 2, 1924, in Harlem, New York, during the Harlem Renaissance. After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School ...
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This special section of BlackPast.org is dedicated to presenting the history of people of African descent who are also Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered & Queer (LGBTQ).
The attempted assassination of James Meredith during his March Against Fear in 1966 Sibley “turned a personal pilgrimage, walk, into a march, into a movement," said Roslind McCoy Sibley.
The move rescinds a 2021 policy implemented by the Biden administration that required ICE to report to Congress and investigate deaths of detainees that occur within 30 days of their release.
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In June 1966, James Meredith began his March Against Fear, defying racism in Mississippi and seeking to galvanize Black voter registration.
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ICE will no longer report deaths of detainees who have recently been released from its custody.
