This Twitter account is managed by Gail V Wells, President, CopperTown Block Club, 100 taxpayers in the Michigan Street African American Heritage neighborhood.
Buffalo, NY
Joined February 2016
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BuffaloBlackHeritage retweeted
"My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant - before I knew her as my mother. It is a common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age. Frequently, before the child has reached its twelfth month, its mother is taken from it, and hired out on some farm a considerable distance off, and the child is placed under the care of an old woman, too old for field labor. For what this separation is done, I do not know, unless it be to hinder the development of the child's affection toward its mother, and to blunt and destroy the natural affection of the mother for the child. This is the inevitable result."
-Frederick Douglass, 1845 as he wrote in Chapter 1, "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass."
BuffaloBlackHeritage retweeted
For every 1.8-degree Fahrenheit increase in global temperature, the amount of moisture in the atmosphere increases by 6%-7%, resulting in more intense and frequent precipitation
BuffaloBlackHeritage retweeted
It’s sad that we need a Hollywood movie for people to know of him, become interested in him and ultimately research his work and his views.
He created and opposed something which can destroy humankind. Certainly he deserved recognition all along, long before media resurfaced him.
BuffaloBlackHeritage retweeted
Netflix’s first original African animated series premiered on Thursday in a debut its creator said she hoped would pave the way for more productions from the motherland.
theblackwallsttimes.com/2023…
BuffaloBlackHeritage retweeted
I will remember Tony Bennett joining the March from Selma to Montgomery for Voting Rights in 1965. He performed, under the threat of violence, for those fighting for their rights. Harry Belafonte asked him to join the movement. We lost both of these icons months apart. God Bless
BuffaloBlackHeritage retweeted
THIS WEDNESDAY! Join us at Wilkeson Pointe for the Waterkeeper Walk.
Please see more details below.
BuffaloBlackHeritage retweeted
[READING]
"The USDA announced it is now accepting applications for its Discrimination Financial Assistance Program, which...provides financial assistance for farmers who experienced discrimination by USDA in the agency’s farm lending prior to 2021."
thegrio.com/2023/07/07/black…
BuffaloBlackHeritage retweeted
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Christine King Farris, C'48, Spelman Professor Emerita and sister of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We will continue to celebrate her impactful legacy on generations of Spelmanites and extend condolences to her family.
BuffaloBlackHeritage retweeted
In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people.
The boy, Ronald McNair, went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him.
BuffaloBlackHeritage retweeted
Gov. Greg Abbott signed a racist law that orders all state-funded colleges and universities in Texas to close their diversity, equity, and inclusion offices. Let’s put this action in perspective. A thread. 1/
nbcnews.com/politics/politic…
BuffaloBlackHeritage retweeted
#Juneteenth with #MLK
My father talking about the economic injustice of America not distributing land to Black people.
Racial injustice and economic injustice go hand in hand.
The continuum of justice for Black people MUST include economic justice/reparations.
#Juneteenth2023
BuffaloBlackHeritage retweeted
People DIED last night who HAD plans for today… If u are ALIVE thank
God 🙏🏽🙏🏽
BuffaloBlackHeritage retweeted
Beyoncé via Instagram:
“My beautiful first born 🙏🏾 I’m so proud and thankful to be your mama. You bring us so much joy, my sweet angel.”
