@BmbEmpower Yep that house is still there today. Roland Burris, who went on to be Illinois Comptroller for years, lives there.
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Journalism, Writing, Reading Embarrassed NABJ Member and a lot in between.
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The Queen of Gospel music Mahalia Jackson mowing the lawn at her new $45,000 Chicago home, 1956 -- the equivalent of about $538,100 today.
Almost immediately after she moved in, a sea of “For Sale” signs aggressively popped up across the lawns of her white neighbors.
Many white residents chose to flee the neighbourhood rather than live next door to a Black woman, even if that woman was an internationally beloved superstar.
Photo: Isaac Sutton/Johnson Publishing Co.
#mahaliajackson #gospel #gospelsinger #gospelmusic #blackhistory #americanhistory #chicago #jazzstage #jetmagazine #blackpress #womenshistorymonth
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Good, that's what the showrunner gets for wanting to make a splash instead of going with one of the great women from Grant's season. Reap what you sow. #TheBachelorette
Variety@Variety
ABC has pulled "The Bachelorette" following domestic violence allegations involving Taylor Frankie Paul. “In light of the newly released video just surfaced today, we have made the decision to not move forward with the new season of ‘The Bachelorette’ at this time, and our focus is on supporting the family,” the statement from a Disney Entertainment Television spokesperson reads. variety.com/2026/tv/news/t…
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@jaycaspiankang I would like to be interviewed for your book. My uncle, Mac Irvin, and Sonny Vecaro started travel basketball. It was never meant to be what it has become. I have a ton of info.
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the book I've got coming out soon is about how so much of child raising for the middle classes is built off this model, how this leads to alienation and loss of community (and doesn't produce better athletes, mathematicians, or anything). Stay tuned.
Coach Switala@CoachSwit
Travel baseball has turned into: Pay tons of money to play. Pay to travel. Pay to stay. Pay to watch your own kid. And somehow… this became normal. Will it ever change or just get worse?
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The teaching methods and approach of Black American Educator Marva Collins in her West Side Preparatory School in 1981 Chicago, Illinois.
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@CoachSwit It is in every sport because cities around the nation that used to offer these same sports for nominal fees in your local PARK DISTRICT, which you pay for with your TAXES, stopped offering them or weren't good enough for some parents who thought they had the next Babe Ruth.
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Travel baseball has turned into:
Pay tons of money to play.
Pay to travel.
Pay to stay.
Pay to watch your own kid.
And somehow… this became normal. Will it ever change or just get worse?
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Better start carrying...only a matter of time....
Sarah Adams@sarahadams
This should be interesting…..
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@HisfavoriteTing Agreed. But there is a reason why our music artists, (J-Hud, Common, Cube, LL, Ice T) and others try to go mainstream. Because it's where the real $$ is and how they can impact the community greater. It is a Catch-22. And with Diablo Naranja in the Caso Blanco, we all in danger.
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@jaycoyden I mean they made enough money to have a business that white folks felt.the need to burn down. I think we had to have been profitable enough to survive. Just think if we collectively only spent money with us? Many of us are the only reason they have had thriving business for years
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Black twitter.... honest opinion.... do you feel as though our community was better off segregated?
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@HisfavoriteTing And by the way, I love that you asked this question. It is one where I don't think there is a right or wrong answer. Just a lot of damn thoughts.
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@jaycoyden We owned alot of those businesses back then. If course not as much as they did. But that if we had the same access to ownership they did? Something to ponder
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@LuckyLefty_5 I've officiated both. There is a difference in how they play. Girls tend to travel more and have more jump balls, not sure why this is. It's not a bias, just a reality. Boys are faster, jump higher and have more agility. I played in hs, coached girls hs and reffed for 8 years.
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The day referees officiate girls as BASKETBALL PLAYERs and not girls, we will have more exciting games!
Don’t let this message go over your head !
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I hate to harp on the @IHSA_IL. But, the state boys basketball finals used to be so good. As a child, I would watch the state tourney on TV. Glued to it all weekend. The Do-or-Die Friday. Packed gyms each weekend. It was a spectacle. It’s never coming back.
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Everybody in House Of Hope KNEW that Jesse Jackson service wasn’t gonna end by 2pm 😂
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Leader ethos right here 👇🏽
MIKΞ STAHL@mikeastahl
Taylor Sheridan got lowballed on Sons of Anarchy, FX said he "wasn't worth more," so he quit, wrote Sicario, Hell or High Water, and Wind River, then created Yellowstone. Now he runs half of Paramount's lineup. Turns out getting disrespected is a pretty solid origin story.
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Defending my PhD in aerospace engineering as the 4th Black woman to do so at Georgia Tech during the 100th Black history month was >>>>
First generation college student
First generation Doctor
6.5 years of masters + PhD done. I GOT OUT and I’m a helluva engineer!🚀
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@DrewSXZLL @BrooklynsOwn90 Not your list Drew the other one floating around.
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@jaycoyden @BrooklynsOwn90 I have Love Jones on my list. It’s the last one there.
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Spook who sat by the door
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Uptight
Do the right thing
Antwone Fisher
She’s gotta have it
Killer of Sheep
Rosewood
Lackawanna Blues
Fresh
Juice
12 Years a Slave
A Soldiers Story
Fruitvale Station
Ray
Nothing but a man
Eve’s Bayou
Malcolm X
Love Jones
Ladé@LadePlatinum
Top 20 Black American Films Edit: Take “Oversimplification” out and add Cooley High
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@BrooklynsOwn90 @DrewSXZLL No Love Jones or Set It Off? Sorry can't roll with this one.
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@USAWP @ChapmanSports @theAshJohnson Great job Zoey, my homegirl Ashley and USA Water Polo as I gear up for my 14th season as a referee. Continue to grow the sport in non-traditional communities will make the sport even better.
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Great story about @ChapmanSports women's water polo goalkeeper Zoey Francis making history with an assist from 2x Olympic gold medalist @theAshJohnson! #BlackHistoryMonth
athletics.chapman.edu/news/2026/2/25…
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