#charleston9

[farmertucker]

I believe that every person has the right to liberty and to be treated with dignity as an equal human being. recognize the injustice - use your voice for what you stand for…
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I can go birding (#ChristianCooper).⁣
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery).⁣
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson).⁣
I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark).⁣
I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).⁣
I can play loud music (#JordanDavis).⁣
I can sell CD’s (#AltonSterling).⁣
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)⁣.
I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).⁣
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).⁣
I can go to church (#Charleston9).⁣
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).⁣
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell).⁣
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant).⁣
I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland).⁣
I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile).⁣
I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones).⁣
I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford).⁣
I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher).⁣
I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott).⁣
I can be a 10-year-old walking with our grandfather (#CliffordGlover).⁣
I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese).⁣
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans).⁣
I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood).⁣
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo).⁣
I can run (#WalterScott).⁣
I can breathe (#EricGarner).⁣
I can live (#FreddieGray).⁣
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED (#GeorgeFloyd⁣). (at United States of America)
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[joseaesquea]

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Reposted from @sharonleedelacruz FYI and to be clear: Black people We can’t go jogging (#AhmaudArbery). We can’t relax in the comfort of our own homes (#bothamjean and #AtatianaJefferson). We can't ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride). We can't have a cellphone (#StephonClark). We can't leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards). We can't play loud music (#JordanDavis). We can’t sell CD's (#AltonSterling). We can’t sleep (#AiyanaJones) We can’t walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown). We can’t play cops and robbers (#TamirRice). We can’t go to church (#Charleston9). We can’t walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin). We can’t hold a hair brush while leaving our own bachelor party (#SeanBell). We can’t party on New Years (#OscarGrant). We can’t get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland). We can’t lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile). We can't break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones). We can’t shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford) . We can’t have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher). We can’t read a book in our own car (#KeithScott). We can’t be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather (#CliffordGlover). We can’t decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese). We can’t ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans). We can’t cash our check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood). We can’t take out our wallet (#AmadouDiallo). We can’t run (#WalterScott). We can’t breathe (#EricGarner). We can’t live (FreddieGray). We’re tired. Tired of making hashtags. Tired of trying to convince you that our #BlackLivesMatter too. Tired of dying. Tired. Tired. Tired. So very FUCKING tired. That’s how I feel. Please feel free to cut, paste and share as a reminder of the names of these black people. Never forget. — (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_5jN-kJTRw/?igshid=kyoj8anh1rqk

[abt7742]

Saw this at a school I was working in today #Charleston9 #neverforget #dopepic

[shopapanaki]

It's was 5yrs to the day of the killing the Charleston 9. An Open Letter to North Charleston Cultural Arts Department re: Madonna and Child - The Sacred and Profane 2016 The Madonna and Child: The Sacred and Profane was first conceptualized for the Holy City: The Art of Love, Unity and Resurrection Exhibition in honor of the Charleston 9, who were viciously struck down at the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Due to the flooding, the exhibition was postponed to the following year. I was an honored to be the only Canadian Artist to be accepted into this prestigious art festival for the second time. A Piece of Peace - the Art Festival’s theme - was a wonderful opportunity to express my interpretation through my unique art practice. It couldn’t have come at a better time since it’s almost a year to the date of the terrible incident. When I was given the opportunity to create and showcase this very personal yet pivotal artwork, as part of the 10th Annual African American Fiber Exhibition, it has taken me on a journey. The Madonna and Child not only honors my Orisha religion and Christianity, but the various themes such as Black Lives Matter, the racism in the South and freedom of speech. The image of the Madonna and Child is an iconic one. My original artwork is full of spiritual imagery from the whirls of the sky and the sea in the background to the bullet rounds used to create the halos above the heads of the mother and her babe. The original statute that grace the halls of the Vatican are of the Black Madonna and Child. One of the holiest symbols of Christianity the Madonna image remains a robust synthesis of religion and art and helps many Christian faithful focus prayers and other devotional practices. It is also used as an opportunity for artists to express, simultaneously, their creativity and their religious devotion. In using the symbol in its original form, it is literally a statement on Christianity and colonization of these images to excluded people of color. #charleston9 #whitesupremacyisterrorism #thisisamerica #madonnaandchild #thesacredandprofane #shopapanaki #apanakitemitayom #blacklivesmatter (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQMDD7oNeJP/?utm_medium=tumblr

[kayprism]

This the hate that #45 incites. This teenage boy's Mama was his accomplice driving him across state lines with a gun breaking 3 laws to PROTECT what???!!! And like fellow murderous #dylanroof who killed #charleston9 in a house of GOD... police apprehended him off-site without violence. This doublestandard is so obvious but #sheeple still refuse to see it!! I am #sickandtired and #icantbreathe because #handsupdontshoot only applies to White people. Even when they are DEAD WRONG and TAKE LIVES (even if they kill White people): Insert #whiteprivilege HERE along with yet ANOTHER example of #systemicracism 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Please #vote EARLY if you can and MAKE SURE everyone you know votes (and confirm your registration and polling place NOW) cuz the soul of #america is literally bleeding out!!!! https://www.instagram.com/p/CEb7T0xpr61/?igshid=jdbdfa6ciz6r

[noobianqueen2020]

It's been 4yrs ago today since we've last been reminded of what Dylan Roof took from us. 2 of the 3 survivors from the Charleston 9 addressed the DNC in Philly and the theme then was UNITY. Today let us not forget Sen. Pinckney and the Charleston 9 as we dwell on this day in remembrance of John Lewis. #charleston9 #RIPJohnLewis #unity (at High Point, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDENU6OnbZJEnOi8qmJrVWOjh_fVtTrhNPE91M0/?igshid=vkxrmz0pj7w4

[celinabarajas]

#Repost from @oprahmagazine @barackobama Perfect ending to the week. Back when we had a President with compassion and regards for others. This was at the funeral for one of the #charleston9 What a difference a Presidency makes. Hope to see compassion and respect for human life return to the Presidency one day. Until then, I'll reflect..... #soulfulsunday #sundayeveningreminder #amazinggrace #presidentbarackobama #barackobama https://www.instagram.com/p/CCAMvvjj8rA/?igshid=rl8lxkz8bthb

[coreyblingbling]

Five years ago this evening in South Carolina, a self-proclaimed white supremacist entered Emanuel AME Church. Shouting racial slurs, he murdered nine Black worshippers. They are angels now: Clementa, Sharonda, Myra, Tywanza, Ethel, Cynthia, Susie, Daniel, DePayne. #Charleston9 😢😢 https://www.instagram.com/p/CBji3kynTQLLkSDTAvmgPVn3vkEJl4ySRxktlE0/?igshid=1dmgexatkic8w