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@KamalaHarris @JoeBiden Where are the Africans?

Too many minority-owned small businesses have been left out of getting federal contracts. President @JoeBiden and I have committed to increasing federal contracting by 50% for minority and underserved businesses—and we're on track to do that.

@deadriafp I need one! XXXL!

Time to wake up! Blessings! freedman65.com

@deadriafp We are completely ignored and our sufferings are used to enrich everyone else. SMH!

The leaders of the United States "Black reparations" movement are now gathered in Ghana to represent us for "slavery reparations." Lloyd's of London has just pledged slavery apology money to Africa, the Caribbean and South America for underwriting slavery. The USA gets nothing. We urge our leaders to at least do what other humans do: 1. Demand return of our war prisoners -- you know, us. The descendants of the humans trafficked out of Africa antebellum. Today we call that return Dual-citizenship and land. 2. Demand a share of the slave trade Benin bronzes. (video evidence attached) 3. Demand that Africa use its power to command reparations for ALL OF US, not just Africa and CARICOM. That's how the Japanese got their reparations -- Japan commanded it. And others got their's that way too. @kammh @Nkechi_Taifa @JasmineMickens @BrittaRedwood @b_urassa @RobinSimmons888 @DrRonDaniels1

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CALL TO ACTION! The Smithsonian has secretly deaccessioned 13 more Benin bronzes. It is unknown whether they have transferred them to Nigeria or the Benin kingdom yet. This was done in spite of the fact that a lawsuit is pending to determine if their new "ethical policy" for transfers is legal. We believe they violate United States law and in this case it denies American citizens access to their cultural property -- in particular, descendants of Africans enslaved by the Benin kingdom in exchange for the metal used to make the brass relics. Write the Smithsonian Board of Regents and demand to know where are the 13 bronzes. Tell them to stop transferring the Benin bronzes! They belong to all of us! CONTACT: Porter Wilkerson WilkinsonP@si.edu Recently Posted Deacessioning Minutes: approved_april_2023_board_minutes.pdf (si.edu) @VP @potus @MichaelEDyson #theybelongtoallofus #beninbronzes @dwnews @thelocalgermany @DeutscheWelle @GermanyDiplo  @derspiegel @dojphofficial @ap @upi @ReutersWorld @bbcBreaking @bbcWorld @politico @nytimesarts @UNESCO #reparationsnow #restitutionstudygroup @BreakingBrown @KamilahVMoore @NEGROREPUBLIC @AmericaFreedmen @blackdetta @CarlaRK3 @FlitterOnFraud @HeirsofSlavery @ClausDeimel @IAMFridayJones @AfricaHarrell

@deadriafp @BreakingBrown @HeirsofSlavery @IAMFridayJones @kammh @TubmanHouse @NEGROREPUBLIC @AP They Belong To All of Us!

British Museum in Benin Bronzes row over African kingdoms ‘benefiting from slavery’ “The metal [used to make the bronzes] mostly comes from European slave traders, in exchange for our ancestors the Benin kingdom stole and sold into transatlantic chattel slavery. “They have unclean hands and cannot claim legal or moral ownership greater than the descendants of the people who paid for these relics with their lives. telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/2… @WashingtonTylon @AlexanderSoros @humboldtforum @metmuseum @britishmuseum @HornimanMuseum @pennmuseum @potus @vp #theybelongtoallofus #beninbronzes @dwnews @thelocalgermany @DeutscheWelle @GermanyDiplo  @derspiegel @dojphofficial @ap @upi @ReutersWorld @bbcBreaking @bbcWorld @politico @nytimesarts @UNESCO #reparationsnow #restitutionstudygroup

The @berlinerzeitung article by @BenediktHerber entitled "Benin Bronzes: With the bronzes, our history has been stolen" is so full of fiction from chiefs and royals, it inspired a series of responses. My brothers, remember: "United we are rock, divided we are sand." Response # 1:

@hofrench You fail to mention the bronzes were made with blood metal manillas. They sold us for 300 years for the metal, melted it down, and refabricated them into bronzes. The argument to keep them is moral. Giving them to slave trader heirs is rewarding them for crimes against humanity!

Some thoughts on the restitution debates involving the Benin Bronzes and by extension, much other precious African art. By me. foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/25/ben…

Shame on you @hofrench. No one makes the moral argument you present here. We argue that the 16th to 19th century bronzes were made with melted metal manillas the Benin kingdom was paid in exchange for our ancestors they sold into transatlantic slavery. foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/25/ben…

@christi83353917 The answer is in the article. Well done Mr. Frum! They Belong To All of Us!

Why not the Country and its Citizens?

@NEGROREPUBLIC @deadriafp @davidfrum Let’s make it happen!!!

@deadriafp @davidfrum Would love to coordinate a screening at Black Gotham whenever you get able to! Would love to bring this to the family!

Today @davidfrum writes: I spoke and corresponded with Farmer-Paellmann in late May, as she was preparing to leave for the Cannes Film Festival to present a film she had made about the slave-trade origins of the Benin artworks, They Belong to All of Us. “It feels like we are being sold all over again,” she wrote to me after we had spoken. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

@Ceecee_Freedmen Great job sisters Ester and Deadria! Stopping folks from getting paid twice for selling our ancestors into slavery!

This needs legal investigation!

We took our demand for co-ownership of the Benin bronzes to Cannes' Marche du Film. WDR TV station followed us part of the day before we screened our short film "They Belong to All of Us - The Benin Bronze Slave Trade Story." Catch the full broadcast here: www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/west…

There is blood on the bronzes! The blood of the people sold by the Benin kingdom in exchange for the manillas melted into bronzes and our blood for the vestiges of slavery we still suffer from. Video excerpt from my award acceptance speech in Cannes, on May 25, 2023. @karlbard

Benin Bronze Slave Trade Story Wins Two Awards in Cannes -- Restitution Study Group Celebrating Recognition Thank you International Cell Phone Cinema Showcase! - Best Film for Social Purpose - 2nd Place for Short Film in 2D. @RSGincorp1 @TylonakaUsavior rsgincorp.org/2023/05/27/ben…

Y'all remember this woman? The one who said she never heard of a manilla and denied their Benin bronzes were made with slave money? She's now the "former director" of the Smithsonian Museum of African Art!" She's been "pushed out." God and the ancestors.🙌🏾 theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/09/smi…

@deadriafp My first tweet! twitter.com/deadriafp/stat…

@deadriafp I'm there!

BENIN BRONZE ALERT! Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 3-4pm The Smithsonian Board of Regents will hold its annual public forum live in virtual webcast. Reporters & the public can view the webcast and ask questions using a chat function. Link: si.edu/regents/webcas…