Professional storyteller traveling the world running my mouth:)
Los Angeles area
Joined May 2009
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Michael D. McCarty retweeted
Have you heard The Gary Hensley Band Live by Gary Hensley Band on #hearnow? garyhensley.hearnow.com/the-…
Album #4 was a Live in concert recording of us jamming at the Down Home.
I could use your help reaching my fundraising goal. Every single share and donation makes a difference. gofund.me/1fb70ad2
Michael D. McCarty retweeted
Watch FREEDOM RIDERS on @PBS until 7/19 from award-winning filmmaker @StanleyNelson1 buff.ly/3DmLwn8
ALT The film poster which has black and white mug shot photos of a diverse group of people who participated in the freedom rides. In the background a bus is featured. The graphic is framed by a yellow tint. The words "A Film By Stanley Nelson, Freedom Riders" is layered on top.
Mutulu Shakur, Black Liberation Army activist and stepfather to Tupac Shakur, dies at 72 amsterdamnews.com/news/2023/… via @NYAmNews
Michael D. McCarty retweeted
As the current administration in #SierraLeone praises itself for receiving congratulatory messages from #Russia, these are the messages coming out from longtime allies. It’s clear that Bio x his gvt only care about “running” the country & not its future #SierraLeonedecides2023
President Sall’s commitment to adhere to his original two-term limit will further consolidate #Senegal’s democracy at a time when West African countries are regressing. This is in contrast to #SierraLeone where @ECsalone failed to hold a fair, credible, & transparent election.
Michael D. McCarty retweeted
Sierra Leone deserves true democracy, not a travesty with politicians controlling every sector of life from media, to arts & now shockingly votes. Am urging activists, artists & thinkers to stand up & denounce gross violation of human rights in our nation
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Michael D. McCarty retweeted
I’ve just returned from Tijuana where I visited UNICEF-supported shelters to meet families displaced by violence in Mexico. One third of those fleeing their homes are children.
@UNICEF @UNICEFMexico – at Miguel Hidalgo, Distrito Federal
Michael D. McCarty retweeted
"Clearly, there's no moral obligation to write in any particular way. But there is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless"
Chinua Achebe
Michael D. McCarty retweeted
A sundown or sunset town was a town, city, or neighborhood in the US that excluded non-whites after dark.
The term sundown came from the signs that were posted stating that people of color had to leave the town by sundown.
A THREAD!
Michael D. McCarty retweeted
"Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women." #MayaAngelou 🌍 Happy #InternationalWomensDay
ALT An image of Maya Angelou and her mother, Vivian Baxter Johnson.
Michael D. McCarty retweeted
BREAKING: Jennifer McClellan has been sworn in as the first Black congresswoman to represent Virginia. cnn.com/2023/03/07/politics/…
Michael D. McCarty retweeted
“fuck it, i’ll do it!” —black women
Black women are routinely erased from public memory and historical narratives of resistance.
Black women powered the civil rights movement, but rarely became its stars. #InternationalWomensDay
A THREAD!
