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We said we will stop the chaos. And we will. We said we will turn the page. And we have. The work of change begins today.

Thank you Coventry South ❤️ I am honoured beyond words to be re-elected to Parliament — now with a 10,201 vote majority. I will continue to use my voice to fight for social justice, for peace and equality, and for a better future for us all.

🎉 Today Is The Day 🎉 They're all having a party today & we're not invited ❌ It's fine, we're going to crash it instead 💥 Call your friends & family, together we're going to make our voices heard today ✊ 🚨 Don't forget! You'll need your ID to vote 🎫 #blackvotesmatter

This was one of the bleakest pieces I've had to write 14 years of Conservative immigration policy theguardian.com/politics/ng-in…

On my way to the polling station - change will only come if you vote for it 🌹 #backbayo #thechangeweneed

76 years ago today, the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks 🧡 To celebrate #WindrushDay is to appreciate how migrants define Britain in so many positive ways, and to recognise that the fight for justice for the victims and families of the Windrush Scandal is still ongoing.

Well this cheered me up a bit!!

Today marks 7 years since the Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed 72 lives and left many people injured and homeless. We will remember them.💚 This was an avoidable tragedy and I pay tribute to survivors and families still fighting for justice. Justice delayed is justice denied!

I’m proud to be your Labour Party Candidate here in Clacton and for the surrounding villages. #VoteLabour🌹

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. Ronald McNair was 9 when a South Carolina librarian told him he could not check out books from a segregated library in 1959. Refusing to leave, a determined McNair sat on the counter while the librarian called the police, as well McNair's mother. The police arrived, told the librarian to let the young boy have his books, and McNair walked out alongside his mother and brother. McNair went on to earn his Ph.D. in physics at MIT and became one of the first African Americans selected as astronauts by NASA, alongside Guion S. Bluford, Jr. and Frederick Gregory. McNair's first spaceflight was the STS-41B mission, aboard the "Challenger" shuttle. He successfully maneuvered the robotic arm, which allowed astronaut Bruce McCandless to perform the first space walk without being tethered to the spacecraft. On this day in 1986, the second space flight for McNair would be his last. He, along with six other NASA astronauts, were aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it exploded 73 seconds after takeoff in 1986. Everyone on board the shuttle was killed. Today, the library in South Carolina where McNair was refused books is named after the heroic boy determined to make a difference. 🖊️As the only admin behind this page, I try to research to educate. If you appreciate this effort, you can support to help the page thrive on ko-fi.com/africanarchives (link in bio) Your support is deeply appreciated! Or just follow the page for articles.

Thank you team Burmantofts & Richmond Hill!! It was a wonderful day. Well done to all partners 🙏🥰

Did you know @BlackEquityOrg & @OpBlackVote have teamed up? They're on a mission to ensure Black voices are front and centre in shaping the future of the UK through voting & the Black Britan’s Mandate: blackequityorg.com/shaping-the-fu…

With a general election coming this year, BEO and @opblackvote want to hear what issues concern you most. We want to hear from you as to what will help Black people of Caribbean and African heritage thrive in the UK. Make your voice HEARD: blackequityorg.com/black-britains…

I wrote for @guardian about institutional Islamophobia and anti-Black racism in the Labour Party and the abhorrent treatment of @HackneyAbbott and @faizashaheen. Racism is never about individuals and is always about structures of power. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

With a general election coming this year, @blackequityorg and OBV want to hear what issues concern you most. We want to hear from you as to what will help Black people of Caribbean and African heritage thrive in the UK 👇 l8r.it/iKCf #blackvotesmatter

‘Muslim communities are held to double and inconsistent standards’ ✍️ As Muslims exercise their democratic rights alongside millions of other British citizens, the rise in Islamophobia has reached an intolerable cacophony, writes our CEO @shabnabegum 👇runnymedetrust.org/blog/british-m…

Diane Abbott is "free to go forward as a Labour candidate" at the general election, party leader Keir Starmer tells BBC Follow live bbc.in/3X3SRmt

Remind you of something? Black men sue American Airlines for racial discrimination bbc.com/news/articles/…

As I said yesterday it is up to Diane Abbott to decide what she does next In 2005 there were just two Black women Diane & myself. I was excited to meet & sit in the green benches with such an icon! To many she is Aunty Diane & the party must recognise that importance & respect

I am truly honoured Sir for the kind post. Truly appreciated.🙏