The 1619 Project was not a legal claim. It did not declare that the nation was born in bondage. What it said—plainly—was that America’s founding ideals were inseparable from its founding crimes. Black Americans were not passengers. They were agents. Not beneficiaries—Builders.

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#history #blackmastodon #histodons #blackandwhite #photography #photo

Image: The book by Nikole Hannah-Jones at a bookstore on November 17, 2021 in New York City (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images).

Feeling rage for my country and love for myself tonight. I was inspired by a friend this morning to do ✨️Fairy Things✨️ today. Excellent decision.

#DailySelfie #BlackMastodon #QueerMastodon #QueerJoy #BlackJoy #DrStarshine

Next, he'll try to have Mayor Bass and the entire city council removed and replaced by white military generals.

And try to make Los Angeles White Again.

LA hasn't had a right-wing leadership since 1973.

Fuck off, #Taco the 🤡.

#blackmastodon
abc7.com/post/trump-administra…
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Trump administration sues LA, Mayor Bass and City Council over sanctuary city immigration policies

The Trump administration sued the city of Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass and the City Council over L.A.'s so-called "sanctuary city" policies.

^{ABC7 Los Angeles}

MYTH: Sunscreen prevents melanoma in everyone.

FACT: Most melanomas in Black people aren’t caused by the sun — and sunscreen won’t help.

A dermatologist explains:
theconversation.com/its-a-myth…

#health #summer #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon

It’s a myth that sunscreen prevents melanoma in people of color – a dermatologist explains

While sunscreen has the potential to reduce skin cancer for light-skinned people, it has never been shown to do the same for Black people. Yet that distinction is lacking in public health messaging.

^{The Conversation}

Another jackleg preacher.

AND he supports the 🤡

All skinfolk are not kinfolk.

God must be dead if he's alive.

#florida #blackmastodon
atlantablackstar.com/2025/06/2…

‘He Is Disgraceful’: Florida Pastor Faces Backlash for Bragging About Receiving $10,000 In His Personal Ac ...

In a shocking display of boastfulness, a Florida evangelical pastor’s comments during a sermon about how he raised money during a White House visit has

^{Shelby Erdman (atlantablackstar)}

“Dunbar used folk dialect to give voice and dignity to the experience of Black Americans at the turn of the 20th century.”

theconversation.com/the-brief-…
@histodons #Histodons #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon

The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience

Paul Laurence Dunbar became the first Black writer to earn international acclaim through his poetry, essays and musical lyrics.

^{The Conversation}

May 26, 1637, the Puritans and their allies surround the Pequot Indian stronghold called Mystic Fort near what is now Stonington, Connecticut. They set it ablaze, then shoot those who flee the flames. By dawn, over 400 are dead—mostly women and children.

And yet, we still call Puritans the “peaceful” settlers.

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Image: The Puritans’ massacre of the Pequots. A 19th-century wood engraving. Source: The Granger Collection, NYC.

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’

When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired.

theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/…

#Slavery #Harvard #BlackMastodon #History #Genealogy

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

In Jim Crow Atlanta, even the courtesy of being called “Mr.” or “Mrs.” was denied to Black people.

But in one overgrown cemetery, headstones quietly pushed back – restoring dignity in death where it was denied in life.

A powerful story of memory, respect and resistance: theconversation.com/how-black-… #Juneteenth
@histodons #Histodons #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon

How Black Americans combated racism from beyond the grave

Tombstones that used the honorifics ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’ restored a sense of dignity to people who had been denied it in life.

^{The Conversation}

In today's Good Life newsletter, we featured the story of Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," and what she's doing now that she's achieved what she set out to do. Find it in this @Flipboard Storyboard, alongside articles about the Juneteenth flag, recipes, and how to celebrate the holiday when civil rights are under threat.

flipboard.com/@theculturedesk/…

#Juneteenth #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon #America #USA #History @histodons

What to Know About Juneteenth

On June 19, 1939, 12-year-old Opal Lee and her family were forced from their Fort Worth home by an angry white mob. Ironically, it was Juneteenth, which marked the day in 1865 when the last slave was emancipated.

^{The Culture Desk (Flipboard)}

As a grad student at the College of Charleston, Lauren Davila found an ad for the auction of 600 enslaved people — the largest known slave auction in the U.S.

The discovery prompted a small group to spearhead the creation of a historical marker in downtown Charleston.

(Published Oct. 2024)
propublica.org/article/charles…

#SouthCarolina #BlackHistory #Juneteenth #USHistory #BlackMastodon

Charleston Adds Historical Marker to Remember Largest Known U.S. Slave Sale

As a graduate student at the College of Charleston, Lauren Davila found an ad for the auction of 600 enslaved people. A ProPublica story last year revealed her discovery and unearthed the identity of the family responsible for the sale.

^ProPublica

The freedom that is celebrated on #Juneteenth is still denied to the thousands of Black Americans who are incarcerated despite not being convicted of any crime.

theconversation.com/juneteenth…
#BlackMastodon @blackmastodon

Juneteenth: Freedom’s promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable to make bail

Just as with so many other criminal justice policies, pretrial detention disproportionately affects African-American men and women, destabilizing black families in the process.

^{The Conversation}

Last year, Beyoncé became the first Black artist to win Best Country Album at the Grammy Awards. Now, the Recording Academy is ensuring that doesn't happen again by renaming that award Best Contemporary Country Album, and creating a new one, Best Traditional Country Album. It's not gone down well, HuffPost says, with fans suggesting that the new category was meant to appease racists in the industry. Here's more.

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#Music #Entertainment #Beyonce #CountryMusic #GrammyAwards #Beyonce #Beyhive #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon

Grammys Add A New Country Category One Year After Beyoncé's Win

Beyoncé is the first Black artist to win Best Country Album at the Grammys.

^{Paige Skinner (HuffPost)}

Dating platforms both reflect and reinforce racial stereotypes and biases common in American culture.

When seeking a romantic partner, people gravitate toward others who are similar and familiar to them – not people whom they have been taught to see as fundamentally different from their family, friends and neighbors.

And part of that is the lasting legacy of laws designed to keep races segregated.

theconversation.com/laws-meant…

#LovingDay #relationships #bias #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon

Laws meant to keep different races apart still influence dating patterns, decades after being invalidated

Romantic attraction is driven by a complex set of factors, including who people grow up around and what is familiar and comfortable to them. But discriminatory laws also play a role.

^{The Conversation}

Love the pitch.

Relooted is an Africanfuturist heist experience on PC and Xbox developed by South African studio Nyamakop where players steal cultural artifacts from the west and bring them back to their home.

butwhytho.net/2025/06/relooted…

#afrogaming #gaming #linuxgaming #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #antiWesternism #africanFuturism #africanFuturist #africa

South African Studio Nyamakop Announces Museum Heist Game ‘Relooted’

Relooted is an Africanfuturist heist experience to PC and Xbox where players steal cultural artifacts and bring them back to their home.

^{Kate Sánchez (But Why Tho?)}