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Taja-Nia Henderson

@hyphenatedprof

LawProf. Historian of prisons and slavery in the US. JD, PhD, if you're into that. Co-author of #LivingWhileBlack: Blackness as Nuisance, https://teapaw.org/t.co/cGqHVZZbO1

Joined February 2019
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We ran from John Council’s plantation in Bladen County, NC, east of the Cape Fear River, on the night of Sept. 4, 1863. He started advertising for us, dead or alive, when he didn’t find us after a week. We may have headed to the Union forces at New Bern. Our names are UNKNOWN.
$600 REWARD. DESERRETTE P. O., Bladen County, N. C. RUNAWAY FROM THE SUBSCRIBER, on Saturday night last, six NEGRO MEN, who are supposed to me making their way to the Yankees. I offer one hundred dollars each, dead or alive. JOHN T. COUNCIL. Sept. 12. 6-4t*

ALT $600 REWARD. DESERRETTE P. O., Bladen County, N. C. RUNAWAY FROM THE SUBSCRIBER, on Saturday night last, six NEGRO MEN, who are supposed to me making their way to the Yankees. I offer one hundred dollars each, dead or alive. JOHN T. COUNCIL. Sept. 12. 6-4t*

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Beloved, lissen.
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@drhonor.bsky.social@drhonor19 Jul 2024
Much conversation this morning about the important contributions of Walter Johnson’s Soul by Soul at 25 years, but particularly grateful that Rashauna Johnson pointed out the beauty of its writing. For me, that’s the part of the book that really sticks. #shear2024
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Knees deep in a thread of people in a Facebook group I am not a part of, having a discussion, trying to figure out if **I** am going to join the neighborhood country club or not, debating if I will even be allowed in because of the color of my skin 🥴
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Leah Goodridge@leahfrombklyn23 Jun 2024
New law signed: Medicaid now covers doula services for New Yorkers. There will be a statewide directory of doulas as well. This legislation was introduced by Sen. Brouk due to high maternal mortality rates, especially among Black women.
New York Medicaid recipients now have access to doulas, in statewide effort to improve maternal health

ALT New York Medicaid recipients now have access to doulas, in statewide effort to improve maternal health

Samra Brouk

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The national incarceration rate of Black people is 6x the rate of white people and more than twice the rate in every single state. It’s time for the US to end racial injustice in the carceral system and beyond.
A graph showing the racial disparities in prison incarceration rates; the national incarceration rate of Black people is six times the rate of white people and more than twice the rate in every single state.

ALT A graph showing the racial disparities in prison incarceration rates; the national incarceration rate of Black people is six times the rate of white people and more than twice the rate in every single state.

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@NewsHour19 Jun 2024
A new investigative report reveals that while the federal government did grant land to the formerly enslaved after the Civil War, it also took that land back and returned it to white southerners. @IAmAmnaNawaz speaks to @AlexiaCampbell to learn more.
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Famous14u@famous14u11 Jun 2024
If this don’t break the Internet. I don’t know what else you’ll need to put a smile on your faces.. Not The Luther Vandross Musical 🎶 but way 🔥
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When I see you, I'll tell you the story of my summer swim lessons at the local high school . . . prepare to be ⚰️!
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