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On May 2, 2000, South Carolina governor Jim Hodges signed a bill to make Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday an official state holiday. South Carolina was the last state to recognize the day as a paid holiday for all state employees. Prior to this, employees could choose between celebrating Martin Luther King Day or one of three Confederate holidays.

this is our fucking country.

#martinlutherking #mlk #mlkday #southcarolina #racism #blacklivesmatter

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GUERRILLA GIRLS

Early Posters, 1985-1990

prints on paper, 16 3/4 x 22 inches

I am the only Negro passenger at Tallahassee's shambles of an airport. It is an oppressively sunny day. A black chauffeur, leading a small dog on a leash, is meeting his white employer. He is attentive to the dog, covertly very aware of me and respectful of her in a curiously watchful, waiting way. She is middle-aged, beaming and powdery-faced, delighted to see both the beings who make her life agreeable. I am sure that it has never occurred to her that either of them has the ability to judge her or would judge her harshly. She might almost, as she goes toward her chauffeur, be greeting a friend. No friend could make her face brighter. If she were smiling at me that way I would expect to shake her hand. But if I should put out my hand, panic, bafflement, and horror, would then overtake that face, the atmosphere would darken, and danger, even the threat of death, would immediately fill the air.

James Baldwin opening up his essay "They Can't Turn Back," Mademoiselle, August 1960

#James Baldwin #race #racism #whitesupremacy

#blacklivesmatter #ericgarner #mikebrown #icantbreathe #wecantbreathe #knoxville #tennessee #protest #racism #saulyoung #eleanorbumpurs #yvettesmith #tamirrice

can't bring myself to post the video, so the headline itself will do.

#ferguson #nickleback #wtf

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“Nature lends such evil dreams” by V. H. Hammer on Flickr.

Opinion on Stalin and the eastern bloc?

have no idea when you asked this but suffice it to say i know just enough about stalin and the eastern bloc to know what i think doesn't matter too much. for all the successes achieved over there, back then, regular people here, now, see that as all very oppressive and uninspirational, to the degree they care at all.

hope this response finds you well.