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Vishwas Gaitonde<p>'How A Schoolboy's Punishment Benefited America'<br>🤔<br>The teacher who punished Thurgood Marshall at school had no idea how that punishment would one day change the social landscape of the United States<br><a href="https://medium.com/@weareji/how-a-schoolboys-punishment-benefited-america-cc7720eebd9c?sk=2b9544ddeb907fcd296bc5253c55a959" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@weareji/how-a-scho</span><span class="invisible">olboys-punishment-benefited-america-cc7720eebd9c?sk=2b9544ddeb907fcd296bc5253c55a959</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/segregation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>segregation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThurgoodMarshall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThurgoodMarshall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/punishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punishment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[Thread] So, it took having to do a search on the website, but I managed to find the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> audio archives on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WMPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WMPG</span></a> website. Hopefully, the ones from 2025 will also be posted on their website (and the ones already posted won't disappear...).</p><p>Black History month - daily short history audio features</p><p>Posted February 3, 2021 by 'mpger</p><p>"Everyday in the month of February (Black history month), WMPG is airing a short audio feature about an influential Black man or woman in history. We’ll hear about people from Maine to Malawi. We celebrate scientists, radicals, teachers, preachers, musicians, athletes, and those who fought to followed their dreams. You can hear them all again right here: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BillieHoliday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillieHoliday</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeonardCummings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardCummings</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaconBollingAllen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaconBollingAllen</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HarrietTubman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrietTubman</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NelsonMandela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMandela</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShirleyChisholm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShirleyChisholm</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarshaPJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarshaPJohnson</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GordonParks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GordonParks</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JackieRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackieRobinson</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AngelaDavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngelaDavis</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThurgoodMarshall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThurgoodMarshall</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StevieWonder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StevieWonder</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lizzo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lizzo</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CornellWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CornellWest</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrevorNoah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrevorNoah</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaeJemison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaeJemison</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaranaBurke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaranaBurke</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlvinAiley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlvinAiley</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JosephineBaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JosephineBaker</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RhiannonGiddens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RhiannonGiddens</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SunRa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunRa</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaverneCox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaverneCox</span></a>."</p><p>Link to mp3 audio files:<br><a href="https://www.wmpg.org/black-history-month-daily-short-history-audio-features/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wmpg.org/black-history-month-d</span><span class="invisible">aily-short-history-audio-features/</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMusicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMusicians</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackHistoricalFigures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoricalFigures</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityRadio</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WMPGFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WMPGFM</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>Dec 1 1955, 69 years ago:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RosaParks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RosaParks</span></a> refused to give up her bus seat and became a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> icon</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrowdervGayle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrowdervGayle</span></a> ruled public transport <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/segregation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>segregation</span></a> unconstitutional in 1956, but Rosa was not party to it- her case was stuck in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lawyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawyer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FredGray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FredGray</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NAACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAACP</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThurgoodMarshall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThurgoodMarshall</span></a> used earlier cases of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackwomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackwomen</span></a> refusing to give up their seats for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Court</span></a> action:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClaudetteColvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClaudetteColvin</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MaryLouiseSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaryLouiseSmith</span></a></p><p>Ancient history?</p><p>Fred, Claudette and Mary are all alive today</p>