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Watch "A Labor of Freedom: Then and Now with The Movement History Initiative" on ASALH TV Wednesday, Feb. 11th at 6 p.m. EST!
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Black history isn’t just remembered—it’s honored, discussed, and carried forward!
Watch "A Labor of Freedom: Then and Now with The Movement History Initiative" on ASALH TV Wednesday, Feb. 11th at 6 p.m. EST!
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OG photography and social justice workshop! Photos matter, still today. Next week SNCC veteran Judy RIchardson will join Masaru Edmund Nakawatase, + community advocate Kiyoko Judy Hanazawa in Vancouver to lift up Tamio Wakayama's powerful justice photography www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/events/panel...
Make sure to add this to your plans NEXT WEEK⬇️
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 11th
Time: 6:00 p.m. EST/ 5:00 p.m. CST
Link: buff.ly/rmAnwy8
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The type of vibes you can catch this #BlackHistory Month ⬇️
✨ Education
✨ Joy
✨ Resilience
✨ Creativity
✨ Community
✨ Reflection
✨ Abundance
✨ Empowerment
✨ Legacy
Catch a vibe with the #MovementHistoryInitiative all month long! What vibe are you bringing into the month? Let us know!
📅 Jan 23 is the birthday of Bob Moses (1935–2021) — a powerhouse of SNCC’s voter registration work in Mississippi.
From the Freedom Struggle to the Algebra Project, he believed: “Leadership is there in the people.” ✊🏾
Learn more about him here▶️ buff.ly/8LAvE37
#SNCC
We're gearing up for an exciting and educational year at Duke University Libraries! Join us this week for a two-day event to learn more about historic Black Durham and the contributions of Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore!
Learn more info: duke.libcal.com/event/16031741
duke.libcal.com/event/15976490
The day after #MLKDay, the question remains:
How should we be teaching Dr. King’s legacy today and what lessons still matter now?
Check out "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story" a comic used as political education during the Movement.
What stood out to you in these pages?
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Welcome back, Duke students! 💙📚
No better way to get to know your university than by visiting the #archives. Come explore stories of student #activism & #Blackhistory that shape #Duke.
📍 Stop by the John Hope Franklin Research Center!
#BackToSchool #Duke #Archives
📸: duke.is/8/6q82
Honoring Dr. Zoharah Simmons, SNCC veteran & lifelong activist.
In 1964, she joined #SNCC in Laurel, MS, building Freedom Schools & fighting segregation. Her work for Black liberation & women’s rights continues to push the #Movement Forward!!
Learn more➡️ snccdigital.org/people/gwen-...
On August 6, 1965, the Voting Rights Act became law — a victory won through SNCC’s organizing, Selma’s courage, and relentless struggle.
The fight isn’t finished. We honor the past by continuing the work.
#VotingRightsAct #OnThisDay #CivilRights
Check out more ways to celebrate, remember, and grow during Black August and make sure to follow for more in-depth #MovementHistory ➡️ buff.ly/xUgO3hW
#BlackAugust #Liberation #Freedomforall
The Fourth of July rings hollow when freedom remains unfinished business. None of us are free until all of us are free. #SNCC knew freedom for some has never meant freedom for all—and the fight for true liberation continues!
#July4th #Liberationforall #Freedom
#OTD in Movement History ✊
One man’s courage became a movement’s turning point. On this day, James Meredith began his 220-mile March Against Fear.
The legacy lives on. Follow us for more #MovementHistory.
Learn more at buff.ly/Xyk2hAl
#Marchagainstfear #SNCC #NAACP
Today, we honor a revolutionary! His fierce call for #Black self-determination shaped #SNCC’s evolving strategies and global vision. He challenged the limits of American #democracy and inspired movements to dream bigger.
#MalcolmX
#OTD in #MovementHistory… the Supreme Court declared that separate is not equal. Brown v. Board wasn’t just a legal victory—it was a promise to future generations. The struggle for justice continues, and so does the dream. ✊🏾
#BrownvBoard #EqualEducation
🎉 Today we celebrate the courageous #DianeNash. One of the founding members of #SNCC and a fearless strategist behind the #FreedomRides and #Selma campaigns, Nash showed the world what disciplined, loving resistance could do!
Learn More➡️ buff.ly/G61hs5g
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The post below includes more about the life and murder of Rev. George Lee from @mhimovement.bsky.social, the Civil Rights Movement Archive, and a free, streaming 43-min. documentary about the Rev. George Lee case by @keithabeauchamp.bsky.social
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Septima Poinsette Clark's teaching contract was not renewed in 1956 because of her affiliation with NAACP. #TeachTruth
Read @mhimovement.bsky.social profile of Septima Clark on SNCC Digital Gateway below. Defend right to teach "literacy for liberation."
snccdigital.org/people/septi...
Tonight’s the night!
Join us virtually as we listen and learn from the women of SNCC and their experiences within the movement!
Will we see you there?
Click the link to register and join the conversation! buff.ly/h6Wf6jF
Ready to learn from Movement Veterans?
We’re going in on Women, Gender & Organizing this Monday at 7PM EST.
Come be in community—virtually.
🖇️Click the Link to RSVP! buff.ly/h6Wf6jF
#SNCC #BlackLiberation #OralHistory
Join SNCC Veterans: Judy Richardson and Dottie Zellner, Movement Historian: Emilye Crosby, and Moderator: Jessica A. Rucker during a virtual community conversation!!
Register here buff.ly/h6Wf6jF
This #NationalPoetryMonth 📜, step into the soul of a movement. “In the Furrows of the World” (1967) by Charlie Cobb offers #poetry rooted in #resistance — forged in the civil rights struggle and filled with hope, rage, and vision.
Read it here ➡️ buff.ly/fxMOqta
#SNCC
Ready for our next Virtual Community Conversation??
Date: Monday, April 21st
Time: 7 p.m.- 8 p.m.
Topic: Women and Gender ♀️
Click the link to learn more!! buff.ly/h6Wf6jF
#SNCC #MovementHistory #GrassrootsOrganizing
Paul Robeson, born #tdih 1898 was one of the most important figures of the 20th century.
He was a “renaissance man” — a lawyer, intellectual, cultural scholar, author, speaker, actor, singer, athlete, and internationally-renowned political activist.
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Join the #SNCC Vets to discuss the Importance of #Women and Gender within the #Movement!
HAPPENING NOW!
Click the link to join the livestream: duke.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We're in for an exciting weekend at Claflin University. #SNCCVeterans Judy Lawson and Judy Richardson are hosting a 2-day Roundtable & Workshop alongside #SNCCHistorian Emilye Crosby!
All are welcome to attend.
See here for more details: sncclegacyproject.org/sncc-grassro...
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