VPHarris met with Black Women voting rights advocates in the Roosevelt room

[Budi]

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JULY 16
@VP
Harris met with Black Women voting rights advocates in the Roosevelt room, compared them to civil rights leaders like Ida B Wells.

She says she also spoke w/ Germany’s Angela Merkel about it.

“... this is also an issue that is about American’s standing in the world.”


The one Gentleman in the group is
Cedric Richmond


“Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. There is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than the duty we have to insure that right.” — LBJ to Congress, March 1965


(Nina Turner stated that Sen Kamala Harris was Biden's choice simply to "check off a box" )
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[SheltieLover]

1. Memphis is doing a big tribute to Ida Wells!

[SheltieLover]

2. Memphis honors Ida Wells

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wreg.com/news/memphis-celebrates-ida-b-wells-with-parade-statue-unveiling/amp/

[Budi]

3. Thank you for posting this tribute to Ida B Wells

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After a week’s worth of events honoring civil rights activist and journalist Ida B. Wells, her statue was unveiled in downtown Memphis Friday morning.

Two of her descendants, Daniel Duster and Michelle Duster, led a parade from Beale Street and Main Street to Beale Street and Fourth Street to celebrate her legacy.

“This is an amazing day for our family to basically come back home to Memphis where my great grandmother got her start as a journalist and activist,” Michelle said.

The statue of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, the African American civil rights advocate and journalist who fought against racism, segregation and lynching, is unveiled in the new Ida B. Wells Plaza on Beale Street on Friday, July 16, 2021.



Ida B Well's great-grandaugher, Michelle Duster, speaks during the statue unveiling of great-grandmother, the African American civil rights advocate and journalist who fought against racism, segregation and lynching, in the new Ida B. Wells Plaza on Beale Street on Friday, July 16, 2021.

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"The southeast corner of the intersection features more than just the statue.
There is a metal tree, "The Tree of Strange Fruit," in memory of Wells’ three friends who were lynched in 1892 and inspired her to continue documenting lynchings.
Also, there are pavilions that feature each of the roles — journalist, suffragist and entrepreneur — Wells took on during her time in Memphis. "

A proper tribute 🍃





Wouldn't this be an incredible place to visit!
~History

[SheltieLover]

4. If we weren't in a pandemic & random shootings weren't a daily factor here

I would have loved to be there!

Please feel free to make separate post if you wish.

[Budi]

5. Thank you VP Kamala Harris

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