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Milton Bowens retweeted
“If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed.”
—Malcolm X
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A quiet moment captured between two children at the end of the 19th century, 1895.
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Saw this painting by Milton Bowens tonight. ( @miltonfiveten )
Imitation flavor.
Authentic talent.
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“I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
— Malcolm X
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He was only 17 years old when he walked out with his hands raised, believing surrender would save his life.
Bobby James Hutton, known as "Lil' Bobby," was the youngest founding member of the Black Panther Party. He joined because he believed Black communities deserved dignity, protection, and the right to live free from police abuse. The Panthers weren't just a protest movement. They organized free breakfast programs for children, monitored police conduct, and invested in their neighborhoods.
On April 6, 1968, just two days after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Oakland police surrounded a house where Hutton and Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver were inside. After an exchange of gunfire and hours under tear gas, Hutton removed his shirt, raised his hands, and surrendered. Witnesses said he was unarmed. Police shot and killed him moments later. No officer was convicted.
Bobby Hutton never lived to finish high school or become the man he might have been. He remains the first Black Panther killed by police, a reminder of how easily Black youth have been treated as threats rather than children. He was not just a Panther. He was a teenager who deserved the chance to grow up.
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Cynthia Wesley. 🕊️
Carole Robertson. 🕊️
Addie Mae Collins. 🕊️
Denise McNair. 🕊️
Rest in Peace
September 15, 1963
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
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Brooklyn, you showed up, as always!
Our second book tour stop was special, and I loved every moment.
@BKLYNlibrary, you’ve created an extraordinary space rooted in love and community.
Thank you for welcoming my family.
@nhannahjones, thank you for all that YOU do. I appreciated your thoughtful questions and our thorough conversation.
My memoir, THE PERILOUS FIGHT, is in stores NOW or order it at Kaepernick7.com
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@theviewabc: “We should all want to live in a society where everyone feels safe, everyone feels like they have the opportunity to thrive.”
We must never stop the pursuit for accountability.
Two Klansmen drove around Mobile, Alabama looking for any Black person to kill. They found a 19-year-old walking to the store for cigarettes.
His mother spent the next six years dismantling the Ku Klux Klan in a courtroom. Michael Donald. March 1981.
They beat him, killed him, and hung his body from a tree on a residential street, across from a Klansman's house, so the city would see it in the morning.
Police initially suggested it was a drug deal.
It was not. It was a Klan retaliation for a jury's failure to convict a Black defendant in another case — a life taken at random to send a message.
Beulah Mae Donald refused every version of the story except the true one. She pushed until the FBI reopened it. One killer confessed. The other was executed in 1997 — the first white man executed in Alabama for killing a Black person since 1913.
Then she did the thing nobody expected. She sued the United Klans of America itself.
In 1987 an all-white Alabama jury awarded her seven million dollars. The Klan had no money — so it handed over its national headquarters building. The organization was finished.
A mother buried her son and bankrupted the Ku Klux Klan.
Milton Bowens retweeted
Still can't get over the level of authenticity in The Wire.
The craziest part of the show's history is that they cast Melvin Williams, the legendary real-life kingpin who controlled Baltimore’s heroin trade in the 70s and 80s to play the Deacon.
Williams was the primary real-world inspiration for Avon Barksdale. He ran a massive, highly sophisticated empire before serving a long prison sentence. But instead of putting him on screen as a flashy villain, the show gave him a full-circle redemption arc by having him play a quiet, wise community elder trying to steer kids away from the game.
Watching a man who used to run the city's actual underworld stand next to characters like Avon and Cutty, dropping real-life gems about survival and purpose, gives the show a crazy meta-layer. Television will never be this authentic again.
#TheWire #Avon #Cutty #MelvinWilliams
Milton Bowens retweeted
“They only want you to be the slave. They only want you to be the entertainer.”
Jaylen Brown and Mahershala Ali get candid about the pressure on Black athletes and artists to be “more digestible” — and why embracing the fullness of yourself can be an act of resistance in THR’s Game Recognize Game. hollywoodreporter.com/busine…
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#Lanterns episode 3 writer #VanessaBadenKelly explains the significance of #HalJordan & #JohnStewart's first-ever meeting in the latest episode of the #DCU series ❇️
All Power To The People ✊🏾
Keith Lee's latest visit to Gary, Indiana is a reminder of what can happen when visibility turns into action and community answers the call.
After seeing residents of Gary struggling in the aftermath of the August 11 storms, Keith used his platform to bring attention and resources to the city. In just days, that call grew into a massive relief effort with 40+ food trucks, hundreds of volunteers, more than 10 companies and thousands of residents receiving food, cleaning supplies and other essentials.
Keith contributed $15,000 toward the effort, with Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton matching his donation for a combined $30,000. The Salvation Army, City of Gary, Ace Hardware and others also joined the effort.
Gary, we see you. 🤎
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RIP Samuel Monroe Jr., aka Caffeine. 🕊️
A familiar face in Black cinema, with memorable roles in Menace II Society, Tales from the Hood, Set It Off, Don’t Be a Menace and The Players Club.
His work became part of a generation of ’90s classics. Rest In Peace 🙏🏾
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Before they were enslaved, they were free human beings.
They had names, families, languages, cultures, histories, gifts, and dreams. In August 1619, captured Africans were brought to Virginia and subjected to a system that would grow into generations of racialized chattel slavery.
We must tell the truth about what was done to our ancestors without allowing what was done to them to define the fullness of who they were.
Dehumanization requires us to stop seeing people as people. That is why remembering this history matters now. When we deny the humanity of any group, when we reduce people to categories, commodities, threats, or problems to be controlled, we move further away from justice.
Let truth strengthen our commitment to create the Beloved Community, where every person’s dignity is recognized, protected, and affirmed.
#BlackHistory #HumanDignity #1619 #BelovedCommunity
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Remembering Julius Carry, whose unforgettable performance as Sho’nuff continues to entertain generations of fans. Thank you for bringing us the greatest movie of all time, The Last Dragon.
Rest in power. March 12, 1952 – August 19, 2008.
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My memoir, The Perilous Fight, is out September 15, 2026.
I’ll be visiting cities across the country to talk about the experiences that shaped me, the convictions that continue to guide my work, and how we build collective power.
RSVP to join the conversation when I’m in your city kaepernick7.com.
See you soon.
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