Make Your Damn Bed

“White supremacy is a toxin. The older history textbooks were like syringes that injected the toxin of white supremacy into the mind of many gene rations of Americans.” - Historian Donald Yacovone.

here's to ridding ourselves to that toxin, as best we can.

resources for relearning:

pbs program: https://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/actions/actions_platform.html 

Kenneth Stampp's article: https://www.commentary.org/articles/kenneth-stampp/the-tragic-legend-of-reconstruction/ 

learning for justice project: https://www.learningforjustice.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/classroom-videos 

zinned project: https://www.zinnedproject.org/ 

learning for justice: https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts 

other resource guides: https://www.blackpast.org/research-guides-websites/ 

other researchers I love: https://www.kianacox.com/research.html 

THE 1619 project resources:

The Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1619_Project 

The Original: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html

The Curricular Resources: https://1619education.org/curricular-resources

The Show: https://press.hulu.com/shows/the-1619-project/

My favorite Tiktok creators for learning:

https://www.tiktok.com/@kahlilgreene

https://www.tiktok.com/@dwarfismhistory 

https://www.tiktok.com/@crutches_and_spice 

https://www.tiktok.com/@th.readings 

https://www.tiktok.com/@mikaelaloach 

AMBER RUFFIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCya-XjjBsc 

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Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and _________.

Lewis Howard Latimer has been erased from history lessons but the man should absolutely be a household name.

Here's what I found:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Howard_Latimer 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/us/biden-lightbulb-black-man-trnd/index.html 

https://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/historical-connection-lewis-latimer/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnehQD9NCrE 

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Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and _________.

Lewis Howard Latimer has been erased from history lessons but the man should absolutely be a household name.

Here's what I found:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Howard_Latimer 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/us/biden-lightbulb-black-man-trnd/index.html 

https://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/historical-connection-lewis-latimer/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnehQD9NCrE 

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if it hasn't been clear by now, Angela Y. Davis is one of my favorite writers and humans to follow when it comes to revolutionary thinking and theory. This book: are prisons obsolete, was 128 pages of information that we should all have in our back pocket - since it affects each and every one of us in some way or another. it's all connected, and Angela Y. Davis has a knack for reminding me of that while also telling me what to do with that, to improve it for all of us.

RESOURCES:

buy the book: https://www.akpress.org/areprisonsobsolete.html

or get from library? https://www.overdrive.com/media/586899/are-prisons-obsolete

pdf copy? https://theanarchistlibrary.org/mirror/a/ay/angela-y-davis-are-prisons-obsolete.pdf

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"The prison industrial complex is fueled by privatization patterns that, it will be recalled, have also drastically transformed health care, education, and other areas of our lives." - Angela Davis

Get the book: https://www.akpress.org/areprisonsobsolete.html

PDF copy of it: https://collectiveliberation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Are_Prisons_Obsolete_Angela_Davis.pdf

RESOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis

Angela's Twitter!?: https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2Fangeladavis_

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“I’ve come to the conclusion that our work as activists is always to prepare the next generation,” she says. “To create new terrains so that those who come after us will have a better opportunity to get up and engage in even more radical struggles. And I think we’re seeing this now.” - Angela Davis

WOMEN'S MARCH SPEECH TRANSCRIPT: https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a42337/angela-davis-womens-march-speech-full-transcript/ 

INTERVIEW IN PARIS: https://archive.is/20231217175936/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2023/12/17/angela-davis-revolutions-don-t-happen-with-a-stroke-of-the-clock_6352217_30.html

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Originally released in 1971, the album Free Angela was sold to raise money for the National United Committee to Free Angela Davis. This is a sample of just some of the songs, including the title track Free Angela by Larry Saunders.

Fun fact: Larry Saunders is the father of the multi Grammy nominated artist Ledisi.

SOURCES: https://www.discogs.com/master/614033-Various-Free-Angela

https://www.funkmysoul.gr/larry-saunders-the-prophet-of-soul-strangers/

https://www.discogs.com/artist/371682-Larry-Saunders

BUY REMASTERED COPY OF ALBUM HERE: https://shop.secretstashrecords.com/products/free-angela?variant=829399363 

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Angela Davis is a lot of things. A scholar, an author, a philosopher, an activist, an advocate, an educator, and a badass. Let's talk about her.

RESOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/30/archives/miss-davis-tells-of-buying-guns-but-denies-plot-role-miss-davis.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/19/t-magazine/angela-davis.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soledad_Brothers

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Angela Davis is a lot of things. A scholar, an author, a philosopher, an activist, an advocate, an educator, and a badass. Let's talk about her.

RESOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/30/archives/miss-davis-tells-of-buying-guns-but-denies-plot-role-miss-davis.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/19/t-magazine/angela-davis.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soledad_Brothers

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Angela Davis is a lot of things. A scholar, an author, a philosopher, an activist, an advocate, an educator, and a badass. Let's talk about her.

RESOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/30/archives/miss-davis-tells-of-buying-guns-but-denies-plot-role-miss-davis.html

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