Motown baby: I am the black gold of the sun🌞

@CornCobbMan @charise_lee @grok Thanks for watching 👀 😁 Anything with flavour, soul, rhythm, colour and enhances your life in some way. It was probably a person of African descent who invented its blueprint first.

@charise_lee @grok what other useless things are black people claiming “white people stole” from black people

Before Hollywood crowned Betty Boop, there was baby Esther Jones, a black child performer, whose style, sound, and whole persona were stolen, softened, and sold back to America as “original“‼️ Baby Esther Jones, THE original Betty Boop‼️

In 1778, Joseph Knight won a historic legal battle in Scotland, challenging slavery and forcing the nation to confront its role in colonialism. His case proved that slavery was not a settled institution but one open to moral and legal challenge. His courage helped shape the abolitionist movement and still inspires the fight for justice today. #JosephKnight #BlackHistoryMonth #Abolition #BHM2025 #HumanRights blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/sectio…

Sculpture by Blessing Ejiroghene

“We’ve received French aid for 63 years, but our country hasn’t developed. Cutting it off won’t kill us, it will push us to work and rely on ourselves”~ President Ibrahim Traore

Meet Nigerian figurative sculptor, Ejiro Blessings Fenegal and her sculptures. 👏🏾

What are we watching in 2025, we hear you ask? We’ve put together a curated list of 12 must-see Black theatre shows for 2025. ❣️

A British-Ugandan athlete has arrived in London after running all the way from South Africa to raise awareness about racism.

We could not be prouder of our Founder and inspiration, Dr Mark Prince OBE, who tonight won the Helen Rollason Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. We know Kiyan will be watching on, bursting with pride for his amazing Dad. #SPOTY #thepowerofchoice thekpf.com

Tomorrow as a collective we need to be outside the Royal Courts of Justice supporting the appeal against the caging and convicting of the Manchester 10. The Criminal Punishment System continues to harm and criminalise Black communities but tomorrow we push back &chant #FreeMCR10

@blackpoppies14 @WeHaveWaysPod Lovely meeting you this evening ☺️

Stephen Bourne is taking part in a panel following a screening of Blitz next Wednesday 27 November at 5.45 at the Genesis Cinema in the Mile End Road. It is organised by The New Black Film Collective. For further information click on this link: tnbfc.co.uk/events/blitz-qa

.@OnThisDayHisto @omid9 .@tan_laub Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee& Tawakkol Karman were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2011 for their nonviolent struggle for women's safety& rights #freedom #WomenSafety #ThankYou

Real Reasons why Gaddafi was killed: 1. Libya has no electricity bill, electricity came free of charge to all citizens. 2. There were no interest rates on loans, the banks were state-owned, the loan of citizens by law 0%. 3. Gaddafi promised not to buy a house for his parents until everyone in Libya owns a home. 4. All newlywed couples in Libya received 60,000 dinars from the government & because of that they bought their own apartments & started their families. 5. Education & medical treatment in Libya are free. Before Gaddafi there were only 25% readers, 83% during his reign 6. If Libyans wanted to live on a farm, they received free household appliances, seeds and livestock. 7. If they cannot receive treatment in Libya, the state would fund them $2300+ accommodation & travel for treatment abroad. 8. If you buy a car, the government finances 50% of the price. 9. The price of gasoline became $ 0.14 per liter. 10. Libya had no external debt, and reserves were $150 Billion (now frozen worldwide) 11. Since some Libyans can't find jobs after school, the government will pay the average salary when they can't find a job. 12. Part of oil sales in Libya are directly linked to the bank accounts of all citizens. 13. The mother who gave birth to the child will receive $5000 14. 40 loaves of bread cost $0.15. 15. 25% of Libyans had all Ilisna diplomas. 16. Gaddafi has implemented the world's biggest irrigation project known as the "BIG MAN PROJECT" to ensure water availability in the desert. Your thoughts on this

We also won’t forget @KathyBurke the valiant service of #Black women in. #Blitz WW2- including in health pre-NHS -with thanks to @blackpoppies14 for promoting our shared history as BlackBritons-@SheilaSobrany @Nadine_Writes @NHSC_BMELeaders @JJyabbas @tylerperry @JacquiMckenzie6

Remembering Kiyan Josiah Prince who sadly lost his life to knife crime. Today would've been his 34th birthday. Kiyan Josiah Prince 🙏🏾❤️ 25.11.90 - 18.05.06

Paul Stephenson, civil rights icon who recently passed away, was evacuated during the #Blitz His mother also volunteered for the armed services. Yes, Black people on this island and in the colonies fought, died and we're integral to the war effort google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…

A history written in blood cannot be unwritten by lies written in ink

first look at our BFI/Film4 short film ‘Leaving Ikorodu In 1999’ (UK-Nigeria 2024), starring Motunrayo Abiola-Oloke, Tomi Ojo, Tobi Bakre and Sheila Atim. it’ll be having its first Nigeria screening at Surreal16 Film Festival. if you’re Lagos-bound this December, come through 🇳🇬

Guys pinch me🤩. So I am currently in Rio, Brazil, as an Expert to assist in the drafting of an international declaration on discrimination in the criminal justice system. This work is often lonely, but moments like these feel surreal.

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So much creative talent in Wood Green! Yesterday’s N22 Open Studios trail saw visits to printmakers, drama workshops, music studios, podcast studios, artist studios, including @IllusionTerrain - “If you can imagine it, we’ll make it! ” Sun 10 Nov 12-6: collage-arts.org/event/n22-open…