“black children are taking their lives at 2x the rate of white children” and other Tweeted links…

Heartbreaking study from @JAMAPediatrics shows black children are taking their lives at 2x the rate of white childr… [twitter.com]

The Only African American Female Stockbroker On The New York Stock Exchange [v103.iheart.com]

Scores of Ethiopians drown off Yemen coast [bbc.in]

#Ethiopia 6 months ago had access to only 1 seaport, Djibouti. Since then it has successfully secured access to Ass… [twitter.com]

Study: Voting Precincts with More Black Voters Have Longer Wait Times Because of Fewer Machines, Workers… [twitter.com]

[]( "Chris Evans [notcapnamerica]") White people: watch the Starbucks arrest video. See the white folks arguing with the police and asking why two inn… [twitter.com]

Minneapolis Mayor Unveils Plan to Undo History of Segregation [nextcity.org]

Tulsa race riot took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921, when a white mob attacked residents and businesses of t… [twitter.com]

[]( "Philip Lewis [Phil_Lewis_]") The massacre that destroyed America’s wealthiest Black neighborhood began 97 years ago on this date in Tulsa, one o… [twitter.com]

Today in 1921, the deadliest racial massacre in U.S. history began in the thriving Greenwood African American commu… [twitter.com]

[]( "BlackInformant [BlackInformant]") After a Black female postmaster was wrongly pressured out of her post in Mississippi in 1902, President Theodore Ro… [twitter.com]

Farmers in India were forced to grow opium instead of food crops. Millions starved to death for Britain's drugs tra… [twitter.com]

On the Kidnapped African Boy Who Became a German Philosopher [lithub.com] via @lithub

“What’s still popular from different periods in history is almost never the obvious choice. Accolades, Grammys, and… [twitter.com]

This Black Newspaper Archive Is Bringing All Of Its Records On Black History Online, For Free [blavity.com] via @blavity

Why Americans Invented the RV | Essay | Zócalo Public Square [zocalopublicsquare.org]

Two things about Wombats: 1) Larger than you'd expect 2) Literally shit bricks [twitter.com]

Genetically-modified salmon is now in Canada, but no one will say where [macleans.ca] unethical #cdnpoli

Two Million Wondrous Nature Illustrations Put Online by The Biodiversity Heritage Library [openculture.com] [twitter.com]

Devastated to hear that #ArethaFranklin the Queen of Soul and Music has passed. All of my musical heroes are leavin… [twitter.com]

Theaster Gates leaves DuSable Museum board - Consumer News - Crain's Chicago Business [shar.es] via… [twitter.com]

Mae Morgan, 90-year-old Navajo master weaver #womensart [twitter.com]

[]( "Stereo Williams [stereo_williams]") If you need reminders that the music industry ain’t shit, remember: The Jacksons had to give up their original name… [twitter.com]

Fri, May 18 "A TRIBUTE TO JUNE JORDAN" an exploration of the legendary teacher, activist, & poet’s life, work, & le… [twitter.com]

Netflix is finally getting serious about building a library of African movies and shows [qz.com] via @qzafrica

“I Wanted to Make Art that Told a Story”: Alison Saar on Her Eloquent Sculptures. [hyperallergic.com] Image:… [twitter.com]

After retiring as a professor of American history from Princeton University, Nell Painter embarked on a new chapter… [twitter.com]

Our @PS_ARTS Teacher @JuneCarol_E currently has an art show @LAMAGBarnsdall Check it out! #ArtsEd [twitter.com]

L.A. gave local artists [ @JuneCarol_E ] $10,000 to create work. An exhibition at Barnsdall Art Park shows off what… [twitter.com]

The great Charlie Murphy passed away one year ago today. Let's always remember the man who taught us to not be a "h… [twitter.com]

In just 7 months, the US public domain will get its first infusion since 1998 [boingboing.net]

The Oldest Black-Owned Restaurant in the U.S. -- In Business For More Than 100 Years! [bit.ly] [twitter.com]

[]( "virgo season! [mxdkays]") my mom has been complaining about how hard it is to find this specific ethiopian spice she doesn’t know the english… [twitter.com]

I feel like this might be a bit much, even for East London [twitter.com]

Please don’t ask me to write no thinkpiece. We have thought about this every day for the last “400 years.” Read and… [twitter.com]

@OmowaleAfrika @ddehewty One of the earliest gangsta mogul songs said “I hang with my dogs, man // f*ck a gorilla”… [twitter.com]

The "Black people should just build their own" never takes into account all the times when Black folks did build th… [twitter.com]

The Hip Hop Mogul/ Black Hollywood elite generation is by far the most dangerous class of black people, white supre… [twitter.com]

[]( "TheBlackProtector [_BlackProtector]") Black people tonight is the perfect time to admit to ourselves: White people defeated us in 1994 They still own o… [twitter.com]

@BreeNewsome This is an excellent observation that is not repeated to young people enough. The seduction out there… [twitter.com]

@ShadowLeagueTSL @taraw The Rick James sketch is finery of screen history. It was funny but effortless with its emb… [twitter.com]

Young bruh, the traditional, wisdom-based cultures of Africa were designed to produce the happiest and the healthie… [twitter.com]

@KinteSpace I definitely remember reading somewhere in college (over 30 yrs ago) that African infants in the 1950s… [twitter.com]

The Norwegian flag is the Swiss Army knife of flags: It contains six other flags! [twitter.com]

[]( "悲 🇮🇶⛓ [Fawzibruh]") I hate when I tell people I’m from Iraq and they’re like “oh cool my insert family member here served there!” Lik… [twitter.com]

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