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(created by Anna Edwards (dwardslife on Instagram))

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Ways to support Black Lives Matter Anti-Racism Resource Guide (including films, tv series and literature) Donate without money

SELMA (2014) dir. Ava DuVernay

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Evening specials

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stormy last light

by Denny Bitte

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some of the best tweets from the last few days

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Sometimes you just need to listen to the same song for an entire afternoon 

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@jar.key 🖤 I first made this work in 2015. Five years later and our call is the same. Let that sink in. #nojusticenopeace Donate to charities. Tell Black folx you love them. Correct your family when they say or do racists things.

#SupportBlackArt #JarrettKey https://www.instagram.com/p/CA8btdoBpEn/?igshid=w7z6svr5grpx

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Odera Igbokwe @odyism 🙏🏾 We’ve got alot to be mad about. Ancestral rage is present day rage. We’ve got *alot* to be mad about.

#SupportBlackArt #OderaIgbokwe https://www.instagram.com/p/CA9DqDsh0Wr/?igshid=13wdnebpjm7f5

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In memory of George Floyd. Words seem to fail in these moments of considerable pain and grief but some words remain absolutely vital for championing change, humanity, and justice: Black Lives Matter. 

Featured artists: Max Ulichney, Amandine Comte, Ross Tran

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Support the BLM movement. Black people were the backbone of the pro-LGBTQ+ protests and riots in the 1960’s and without them, we would not have the rights that we have today. The LGBTQ+ community is an inclusive one, and it has no place for racism. We need to be loud and we need to be heard #BlackLivesMatter

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After learning what Black Out Tuesday was originally intended to be, I too would like to use this opportunity to boast about some black creators and their work that needs more attention.

These are the three books, two graphic novels and one poetry book, that I will be reading this week.

✊🏾 I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina and illustrated by Stacey Robinson & John Jennings with a foreword by Bryan Stevenson:

When an off-duty officer mistakes a clothes hanger for a gun, Alfonso Jones wakes up in the afterlife guided by fellow victims of police shootings. Meanwhile, Alfonso’s family and friends struggle with their grief and seek justice for Alfonso’s murder.

✊🏾Your Black Friend and Other Strangers by Ben Passmore:

Described as required reading for those seeking to be useful allies in the fight for justice, this collection of culturally charged comics tackles race, gentrification, the prison system, racial micro-aggressions, and more with both humor and relatability.

✊🏾Say Her Name by Zetta Elliot and illustrated Loveis Wise:

In this collection of haikus and poems, Elliot creates a chorus of voices celebrating the creativity, resilience, and courage of Black women and girls while also paying tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists championing for the Black Lives Matter cause.

I encourage everyone to check out these books, support a independent bookstore (especially Black-owned ones!!!) and your local libraries. And as always, BLACK LIVES MATTER! And please don’t forget to let your Black joy shine!

- Veronika ✊🏾

IG: @black_girls_lit

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“I’m speaking to you from my heart. Look, I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this, but fuck that. Today is about innocent people who were halfway through their process, we don’t know what George Floyd could have achieved, we don’t know what Sandra Bland could have achieved, but today we’re going to make sure that won’t be an alien thought to our young ones. Every black person in here remembered when another person reminded you that you were black. So none of you out there, all those protesters on the other side, protesting against what we want to do, protesting against what we want to try and achieve, burn you, this is so vital. I need you to understand how painful this shit is. I need you to understand how painful it is to be reminded every day that your race means nothing and that isn’t the case anymore, that was never the case anymore.” John Boyega at The Black Lives Matter protest in Hyde Park June 3rd 2020