Happy juneteenth does your academia only include white people? Does your idea of valuable culture only mean rich Europeans? Where did you acquire the idea that white people’s art is more sophisticated and their literature more intellectual and why do you still perpetuate it? What ways has white supremacy colored your love for learning and what will you do to diversify?
[ID: thread of tweets by Clint Smith @/ClintSmithIII dated 6/19/17 including a series of images of newspaper clippings
first tweet reads: Spent Juneteenth rereading ads taken out by formerly enslaved ppl searching for their family. Freedom was often accompanied by so much grief
newspaper clipping 1: INFORMATION WANTED OF my husband and son. We parted at Richmond, Va., in 1860. My son’s name was Jas. Monroe Holmes; my husband’s name was Frank Holmes. My son was sold in Richmond, Va. I don’t know where they carried him to. My husband was not sold; I left him in Richmond, Va. and I and five children, Henry, Gabriel, Charles, Dortha and Jacob were sold to a trader who lived in Texas. I am now old, and don’t think that I shall be here long and would like to see them before I die. Any information concerning them will be thankfully received by Eliza Holmes, Flatonia, Fayette Co., Texas.
newspaper clipping 2: INFORMATION WANTED. I would like to know the where about of my mother, who went by the name of Mary Jackson. She was owned by a man whose name was Allen Tyler, who lived three miles east of Brunestown and was sold down south in 1846. The last time I heard of her, she was in New Orleans. Any information will be thankfully received by MATILDA HARRISON, Jeffersntown, Jefferson Co., Kentucky.
newspaper clipping 3: Information wanted of my people—Jennie Moses, Mela Fields, Selia Fields, James Fields and Felix Fields. The first three are my sisters, the fourth is my brother and the last is my step-father. They all belonged to Charles Baren. My sister Jennie and myself were sold to Jack Felder. My sister Jennie was sold again to Buchanan. Any information concerning them or their children will be prayerfully received by me. Minder Latson, Postoffice, Brenham. Washington Co., Tex. Rev. J. S. W McLay.
newspaper clipping 4: INFORMATION WANTED.— Of my mother Rachel Embry. My name was Henrietta Embry when I was taken from home. I left my mother in Baltimore, Md., and came to Texas with Rutineth Barafe. My name is Henrietta Anderson. Any one who can tell me where my mother is, I will reward them. Address me, care Rev. W. H. Anderson, San Angelo, Green Co., Tex.
newspaper clipping 5: INFORMATION WANTED.—Of my mother Mrs. Louisa Hacket. She was the wife of Lloyd Hacket. They lived in Prince George County, Maryland, near Laurel Mills. There were two brothers, George and Greenberry, and sisters Annie, Caroline, and Emily Hacket; have not seen them for near 44 years. Any information from these people will be gladly received by me. Address Mrs. fanny Robinson, No. 1227 Bainbridge street, Philadelphia, Pa.
tweet thread continues:
As we commemorate Juneteenth, we should be sure to remember the enormous toll that 250 yrs of enslavement took on millions of families.
Even after the Emancipation Proclomation & the end of the Civil War, most enslaved ppl who had been separated never saw their families again
Always celebrate freedom, but never forget what was lost in achieving it. /end ID]
If you see posts about a “man being hanged in Oregon” correct that shit. SHE was a trans woman. A WOMAN. The same people who shout Black Lives Matter should not be treating Black Trans Lives like they dont matter. HER NAME WAS TETE GULLEY, QUIT MISGENDERING HER.
Y’know, back in my day, if a pestilence swept through the land
during a time of famine and flood, it meant that the reigning kings had
displeased the gods and that we risked the gods’ further ire by obeying
them
Jimmy apologized on Monday night for retweeting a misleading video which appeared to show Vice-President Mike Pence choosing to carry empty boxes of PPE supplies for a photo-op.
