Eric Adler

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In 1969, when Black Americans were prevented from swimming alongside whites, Mr. Rogers decided to invite officer Clemmons to join him and cool his feet in a pool, breaking a well known color barrier. On an episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he invited François Clemmons, who played Officer Clemmons, to sit beside him and cool their feet together in a small pool. No speeches. No shouting. No confrontation. Just two men, side by side, sharing water. At a moment when shared pools symbolized exclusion, this simple act became a powerful rebuke to racism. Mr. Rogers didn’t preach at children—he showed them. He modeled equality, dignity, and friendship in a way that even the youngest viewers could understand. And when he gently dried Officer Clemmons’ feet afterward, he reinforced something even deeper: care, respect, and shared humanity. This wasn’t accidental. It was intentional. It was courageous. And it was revolutionary in its softness. Change doesn’t always arrive loudly. Sometimes it comes quietly, through kindness, through example, through the decision to treat another person as fully human when the world says otherwise. This moment reminds us that representation matters. That teaching children love is one of the most powerful tools we have. And that small actions—done sincerely—can ripple across generations.

The thought is heavy, but true.

The most repulsive family in human existence ✊✊✊✊✊✊

Something horrifying is happening in America: Because he was filming ICE Nazis, whuch is protected under the constitution, an American citizen in St. Paul, Minnesota was brutalized to the point of becoming unresponsive. What happened in Nazi Germany is happening in America. 😳👇

Is anyone surprised ?

"If they come for us in the morning, they will come for you in the night" Sticker spotted in Seattle

Question of the Day...

@NobodymrRobert Building a new 'coral' reef.

Figure this one out " First time for me " You"

Another day, another video of ICE unlawfully demanding that a U.S. citizen “prove” their citizenship in the Chicago area. Reminder: In Illinois, U.S. citizens are not required to carry ID. Demanding proof of citizenship… or detaining anyone for not having it… is illegal.

@InternetH0F Perp was lucky that the cops didn't shoot him for disobeying: "Keep your hands up!" "On the ground, all the way!" "Keep your hands up!" Two cops giving conflicting instructions. Bad police training, or easy excuse to get away with shooting?

Shop owner was using 100% of her brain 😂

The family bought "cat proof table" for their apartment 😹😂

There you have it.

Space fact: Michael Collins, the astronaut who took this photo, is the only human, alive or dead that isn’t in the frame of this picture, 1969.

Heist Cohorts; The images from our photoshoots are now available! Check them out: ow.ly/EPZO50V2uTY

There’s an immigrant taking people’s jobs… his name is Elon Musk. He’s snatching farms, government jobs (even those in which they manage our national security), and definitely those whose jobs are to root out fraud (inspector generals), & those that are keeping us safe (FAA), meals on wheels workers, head start, and the list goes on, so I’ll be the bigger person and admit to MAGA that I was wrong when I said immigrants wouldn’t take our jobs. You were 1000 percent correct.

@j00ny369T @73SNAngel I'd say power-wash it and make that the building face again, but I can see how badly they chiseled away at the top of the faux-collumn to get it flush for the brickwork. 😤

Brick removal on downtown Cincinnati building reveals 19th century facade.

@ccapitalllc @AfricanArchives Which people are 'those' people? Cops? South Carolinans? Whites? Blacks? You're painting with a VERY broad brush there, and your vagueness is not helping.

On this day in 1946, Isaac Woodard, WWII veteran, hours after being honorably discharged, was attacked by South Carolina police while still in uniform when taking the bus home & left permanently BLIND The officers were acquitted by an all white jury. —Isaac enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C, and served in the Pacific Theater as a longshoreman in a labor battalion. In February 1946, the decorated soldier received an honorable discharge at Camp Gordon, which is located near Augusta, Georgia. Along with other discharged soldiers, Woodard boarded a Greyhound bus on February 12 to travel home. A conflict was triggered when the white bus driver belittled the army veteran for asking to take a bathroom break. At the next stop, Woodard was met by the Chief Linwood Shull of the Batesburg, South Carolina police. While still in his army uniform, the police forcibly removed him from the bus and arrested him for disorderly conduct. They beat Woodward, and the next day he was convicted of 'drunken and disorderly conduct' and fined $50. They also refused to take him to hospital after beating him for several days. The beatings that he suffered while in police custody caused him Permanent Blindness. —check out my blog posts on ko-fi.com/africanarchive… and subscribe to get my posts on your email.