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Ravi K. Perry

@raviperry

3 years

There is no greater joy as a child than to play a small part in ensuring your parents’ legacy is never forgotten.

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Ravi K. Perry

@raviperry

3 years

As colder temperatures hit DC, Howard students continue to insist on their demands while living in tents on Howard’s campus #BlackburnTakeover

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I was 19 when I graduated high school. I was 26 (turning 27) when I earned my PhD. 10 years later, now at 37, I am a Full Professor. #grateful #academicpipelinecomplete

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21 years ago today, I was diagnosed with HIV, when I was 21 years young. Then, living to 42 was unimaginable. And yet, here I stand with thousands of days of more blessings from God. Alas, it’s true, the diagnosis changed my life. But, the diagnosis did not curtail my life.❣️

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This is #41 🎂

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I study Black mayors. DC needs a mayor who understands that a majority-Black school district where students aren’t reading at grade-level is unacceptable & has a plan to fix it that includes restructuring unilateral mayoral control. Join me in voting @RobertWhite_DC on June 21st!

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Sports are God in Mississippi. I know; I’ve lived in the Magnolia State. This will force the change of the flag. Wow.

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2 years

Dear Friends, I hope this note reaches you in good health and spirits. I wish to share with you that I will step down as Chair of the Department of Political Science at Howard University, effective October 3rd. I arrived at HU as Professor and Department Chair in July 2019.

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A Massive Sculpture of an African American Last Supper, Hidden for Years, Has Been Discovered in Columbia Heights | Washingtonian (DC)

A Massive Sculpture of an African American Last Supper, Hidden for Years, Has Been Discovered in...

Joy Zinoman got an unexpected phone call last week. Demolition had just begun inside a former church in Columbia Heights that she's turning into the new home of the Studio Acting Conservatory. Now...

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Giving housing to the homeless is three times cheaper than leaving them on the streets

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4 years

Please pray for my Mom.

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DC public high school graduates that can maintain a 3.0 GPA should get free tuition at UDC

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Lightfoot’s decision to eliminate library fines triggers 240% increase in book returns

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3 years

Today is my Dad’s 89th birthday!! To him, it’s a just another day. Join me in reminding him that it is a special day!

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2 years

James Baldwin with my parents Dr. Robert L. and D. LaRouth Perry, at our Toledo home in November 1979. 🖤 He often stayed in our home 1977-1981.

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Ravi K. Perry

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7 years

Race, not abortion, was the founding issue of the religious right - The Boston Globe

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5 years

Michael Eric Dyson: Blacks Can Not Stand By Kanye West; This Is "White Supremacy By Ventriloquism"

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Netflix Says ‘When They See Us’ Has Been Most-Watched Show in U.S. Since Premiere

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HOWARD UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE WELCOMES RAVI K. PERRY, PH.D. AS CHAIR

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4 years

Why say “defund” when we could say redistribute, reimagine, restructure? Messaging can make or break a movement by galvanizing ppl together or splintering fragile coalitions. The fact is “defund” is unclear and most of America isn’t going to read an oped to learn the definition

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Ravi K. Perry

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3 years

There are 2 Black women running in the Democratic primary for Governor of Virginia. Both are Jennifer. But only one has the record of demonstrable progress for the marginalized. My delegate and senator for 4 years. I know first hand the hard work of @JennMcClellanVA in our behalf

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THREAD: Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Despite the steady increase in federal HIV funding over the last several decades, the increased attention on HIV/AIDS among Black Americans and improved social attitudes, the persistent inequality of Blacks with HIV remains

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5 years

As his Alzheimer’s looms, Charles and Pam Ogletree take one last walk in love - The Boston Globe

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4 years

I study Black mayors. I know that mayoral control of DC schools doesn’t serve our interests. The mayor shouldn’t have an outsized role in the selection of school leaders. Families, teachers, & students must have a voice that is counted; not a footnote in the meeting minutes.

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Ravi K. Perry

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5 years

New York City Council votes to close notorious Rikers Island jail

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5 years

This is excellent analysis in my view that sums up the high stakes many Americans, and not only Democrats, feel in this election. “Progressivism or Moderation, we will have to have that conversation another day. We are in dangerous times.”

Danielle Moodie

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At some point folks will wake up and recognize that #Trump is a dangerous tyrant that must be stopped I don’t give a damn about much outside of that. #WokeAF @MSNBC @AliVelshi

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On tomorrow, I will begin teaching Black Queer Politics at Howard University, the first ever such class at an HBCU in the country. It is time.

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4 years

Seeing these Black women mayors on @CNN with @thelauracoates is everything! #nerdalert #mayorswhomatter

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I am SO EXCITED to be in New York to co-present a paper with my Dad at the American Sociological Association annual meeting. My Dad, Dr. Robert Perry was one of the handful of Black graduate students at the...

Ravi K Perry

I am SO EXCITED to be in New York to co-present a paper with my Dad at the American Sociological Association annual meeting. My Dad, Dr. Robert Perry was one of the handful of Black graduate...

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Merry Christmas, DC!

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5 years

Well, it seems Bernie has met his match

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Ravi K. Perry

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1 year

On Monday May 17, 1982 I was born in Toledo, Ohio at 8:16pm about 10 weeks premature and weighing 1 pound 15 ounces. In NICU for six months, I survived despite the doctor’s prognosis because of my family’s unconditional love and God’s plan. To God be the glory!

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Ravi K. Perry

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This is so exciting! This man here is everything. My PhD dissertation adviser, friend, colleague and just a great guy! Tonight I get to co-present him with this award named for our shared mentor,...

Marion Orr — 2019 Hanes Walton Award Recipient -

The American Political Science Association (APSA) will present the Hanes Walton, Jr. Career Award to Marion Orr at the 2019 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition, the world’s largest gathering of politi...

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Ravi K. Perry

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7 years

How Black Progressives Derailed Black Progress:

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Ravi K. Perry

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2 years

June is Alzheimer’s and Dementia Awareness month. My mother, Dr. D. LaRouth Perry, continues to fight this devastating disease while residing in memory care assisted living in Tampa under the daily care of a wonderful team along with my Dad and older brother. #ENDALZ

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Ravi K. Perry

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4 years

I’m running to be your next At Large member of the DC State Board of Education. Join our campaign at and sign up to volunteer. #EfficientResultsRealOutcomes

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6 years

20 Photos of Trans Elders Who Have Survived by Jess T. Dugan

20 Photos of Trans Elders Who Have Survived

Jess T. Dugan's book and exhibit, "To Survive on This Shore," opens a window to the lives of older transgender adults.

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Ravi K. Perry

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6 years

New Dorothy Height historical marker to be unveiled Sunday in South Richmond

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Ravi K. Perry

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6 years

One thing Governor Ralph Northam can do to begin to make positive inroads on race is mandate the name change of Jefferson Davis highway that runs throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. A basic starting point is MLK.

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Ravi K. Perry

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8 years

This Harriet Tubman monologue on #UndergroundWGN is riveting

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Ravi K. Perry

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2 years

This week NPHC fraternity leadership met in DC. Sadly, although it is Pride Month, and they hosted their meeting in the city with the highest concentration of LGBTQ persons, the men had no dialogue about LGBTQ issues on the agenda.

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Ravi K. Perry

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4 years

Mom is back home in her assisted living facility. Thank you!!! Thank you so!!! We dropped everything after thanksgiving. As Mom turned 77 and Dad turned 88, doctors told us to count the hours Mom would have left. That was December 4th. 1/5

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Ravi K. Perry

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4 years

Trump was endorsed by the KKK in 2016 and y’all are just now signing petitions for the US to declare the group a terrorist organization. Blacks don’t need a piece of paper to know the KKK has murdered us and burned our homes. We need to get their friend out of the White House.

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Ravi K. Perry

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2 years

Today is Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Did you know that more than 70% of women with HIV are Black? Did you know that Black men that have sex with men account for over 50% of new diagnoses? These numbers are as sobering as they were 20 years ago when I was first diagnosed.

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@TheRevAl is preaching now on @MSNBC !!

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@jackrpruett @Georgetown This rate is actually among the highest in the DMV for PhD stipends. Doesn’t make it right, but for perspective. Many PhD funded students in the DMV are living on $20k or less.

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Ravi K. Perry

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2 years

It would nice if some of this money went to ending homelessness and cleaning up the city of so much litter.

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Good financial news for D.C.: Per the city's CFO, the city closed out the 2022 fiscal year (that ended on Sept. 30) with a $440 million budget surplus. That money is divided evenly between the Housing Production Trust Fund (build affordable housing) and to pay for infrastructure.

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Ravi K. Perry

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5 years

Greta Thunberg isn’t the only trailblazing young climate leader. Activists from the Amazon to Nigeria share their ideas for battling the climate crisis.

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Ravi K. Perry

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6 years

A blessed good morning to every Virginian not in blackface

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Ravi K. Perry

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3 years

#DCStatehood is a racial justice issue because when the District of Columbia becomes the state of Douglass Commonwealth it will be the first Black plurality state in the nation. #SOTU

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Ravi K. Perry

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1 year

My legs and I got caught looking for the 51st star on the flag #whattotheslaveisthefourthofjuly #dcstatehood #notaxationwithoutrepresentation #summer

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Ravi K. Perry

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4 years

There is a HUGE difference between Black cultural identity and Black political behavior. Please do not conflate the two.

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2 years

Happy 79th Mommy!!!!

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4 years

Thanks for your prayers. I ask that you continue to pray. The COVID pneumonia in Mom’s lungs is decreasing. She is yet positive for COVID, but is breathing on her own. Hallelujah.

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2 years

DC taxpayers should not be paying for the paid leave of a district employee that killed #KaronBlake . The delay in justice for the unarmed Black kid is beyond a travesty. If the mayor were white, this simply wouldn’t be tolerated. We need answers - and fast.

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Ravi K. Perry

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3 years

Grateful for the opportunity to write for @monkeycageblog on HIV Long Term Survivors Day about the politics of Black Americans living with HIV 40 years after the virus was first reported #hltsad

Analysis | What Pride marchers won’t be celebrating: The politics that have left so many Black...

Saturday is HIV Long Term Survivors Day, and a disproportionate number of those living with HIV are Black.

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Ravi K. Perry

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5 years

@esglaude @SistahScholar @dwarden711 @observantjulie Tried to explain this tragedy almost 3 years ago:

How A Group Of Black Progressives Derailed Black Progress

The popularized notion that there was no difference between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump dissuaded valuable black voters from heading to the polls.

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5 years

Maybe it’s time to run for me to finally seek public office. The lack of concern for the least among us is far too troubling. Thoughts?

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4 years

To teach at @HowardU where the educational path of Vice President Elect @KamalaHarris included courses in @HowardPolitics with @RickSeltz and others... what a privilege. #BisonBlue

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Ravi K. Perry

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3 years

12 discussion items I’m hoping to hear at tomorrow’s @HowardU state of the university address:

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2 years

I’m supporting @bspivadc for AG. I met Bruce on the stage fighting for DC statehood. He is committed to fair treatment, accountable justice, & second chances, just as he has done for years in his civil rights litigation practice. Let’s vote, DC!

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5 years

It’s so tragic that in America you can work your entire life, retire and not have enough social security, Medicare, and/or Medicaid to take care on yourself with dementia in a basic assisted living facility with little to no substantive care.

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Ravi K. Perry

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4 years

Touch matters and is the cornerstone of my relationship with Mom. I was born premature in 82, 1 pound, 15 ounces, over 10 weeks early. Mom’s touch saved my life. With dementia, I can’t heal her mind with touch, but I can warm her heart. But, COVID-19 won’t let me. #endalz

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4 years

Between the Black women in Georgia and Michigan that saved the country to the Black women newly elected to public office in DC, we can all rest assured trusting their lead. Thank a Black woman today. #BidenHarris #DCision20

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6 years

I will tell you this. If Fairfax is forced to resign (and he should) BUT the white men - admitted blackfacers stay, Richmond’s Broad Street might soon look like Detroit’s 12th street in 1967. Y’all better wake up.

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4 years

How it started. How it’s going.

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2 years

I’m so thrilled for my friend @JennMcClellanVA and her win in the Dem Primary for VA-04. When she wins in February, not only will she be the first Black woman Congress member from Virginia, she will also be your champion. Many congrats!

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Ravi K. Perry

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4 years

This work is cradle to grave. We mustn't limit our activisms to the news cycle.

Ravi Perry

@RaviPerry4DC

4 years

For my entire life, I've stood up against bullying, spoken out for inclusion. As a Black gay boy in school, I never got the chance to learn much about Black, Ethnic or LGBTQ history. I want every DC student to see themselves reflected in what they are learning.

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5 years

Arrests Continue in String of Murders of Black Gay Men

Anthony Brock and Darnell Wilson, both of Detroit, have been charged in the June 19 shooting death of Diano Johnson. Authorities believe Brock, 28, lured

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Loves music, arts, & Blk culture. She educated thousands. Fighting the same battle as her parents for a decade, she's my Mommy. #MyAlzStory

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7 years

Opinion | We Are Reclaiming Chicago One Corner at a Time

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4 years

Thank you, DC. We built a campaign to #ReimagineEducation . The work continues. Godspeed, fam. #WeAreDC #Ravi4DC

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6 years

Hey RVA, join me tmrw-Tuesday-5:30 at @VCUCabell to witness the brilliance of @Dr_CMGreer , a dynamic Black woman political scientist in NYC. She is the @VCUOMSA and @VCU Black History Month keynote. GO meet Chrissy. You will be SO glad you did! Catch her most nights on @MSNBC

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2 years

I thank each and every one of you for your support, kindness, and indeed, your patience. May we each continue to serve. For, it is our service to/with others, that gives life meaning.

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4 years

Toni’s slogan will be “Breathe Again”

Toni Braxton

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Toni for President ♥️💛💚🖤

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9 months

Whatever @trayonwhite is seen here doing next to this blatant homophobia needs to stop and be addressed now. DC simply cannot have council members that associate with anti-LGBTQ persons

👻The Hill is Home 🎃

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9 months

Can anyone add context to whatever is going on here please?

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4 years

Happy 77th Mommy!!!

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6 years

Voter registration deadline in Virginia is Monday

Monday is the deadline to register online, by mail or in person.

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2 years

At the Mecca, I have also had the honor of serving as the youngest chair ever in POLS and the first openly-gay chair. This October is LGBTQ History Month and I’m proud our department has adopted new curriculum, that when implemented, will include more LGBTQ politics courses.

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2 years

As I conclude my chair leadership service, I will remain as a full professor (with tenure) and continue the mission of building an inclusive and expansive Black politics

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4 years

Join our campaign to be elected the next At Large member of the DC State Board of Education. Sign up at . Consider making a donation to help us spread our message inclusion, accountability, and transparency:

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@keithboykin Patriotism isn’t a doctrine

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We love Ruth

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4 years

Let’s remember that local elected officials kept the #Arbery murder quiet until the video leak. Please vote in local elections. Johnson, the Brunswick DA is up for election. Barnhill, the Ware DA, where Blacks are 55%, ran unopposed. Barnhill is up for reelection in 2022.

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4 years

Let’s end this! #EndALZ @ALZNCA #ward7

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6 years

My thoughts on why Richmond voters should support the Mayor's 2020 budget and the 9 cent real estate tax hike. Simply put, our kids deserve it.

We must invest in ourselves

Let’s get one thing straight: Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s 2020 budget proposal to invest in public education and to improve basic services is an effort to remedy racism. It’s effectively universal...

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The doctor told my parents not to get their hopes up at 1 pound, 15 ounces and several months early. God had other plans; and I’m grateful. #37 .🎂

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I’m truly so humbled by the invitation from my Congresswoman @EleanorNorton to join her virtually as a guest at today’s #SOTU2022 as we continue the fight for #DCStatehood , the racial justice issue of our generation.

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November 27th is my Mom’s (Dr. D. LaRouth (Smith) Perry) 80th!!! We are sorely missing Kai and we’re not kicking as high as we used to, and yet God blesses again and again! #SagittariusMom #ENDALZ Happy Birthday Mommy!!, Your favorite youngest

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For only a short and precarious 4 years, I’ve had the right to marry whomever I love. Don’t tell me civil rights are a thing of the past. We must vote to protect rights, old and new.

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2 gay Iraqi soldiers found love amid war -- then fled to the US

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They may not get a holiday, but 'aunts' are the backbone of the black community

Aunts, or auntlike figures, in black families are often under-recognized on public forums, despite being the backbone of the community. This Mother's Day, black aunts should be appreciated for the...

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I am absolutely heartbroken about Rodney’s death. I first met Rodney almost immediately after arriving in Richmond in 2015 and we became fast friends. We would meet up all the time, usually just to "shoot the breeze." 1/4

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I am looking forward to focusing on my book projects and being more present with family and friends. I am equally excited about being more engaged in community, my faith, and working toward completion of my MDiv degree.

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5 years

I spoke with NPR today about Richard Hatcher and the legacy of the first wave of Black mayors in the US

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2 years

Big congrats to @ProfMBJ_ for winning the Best Book award from @NCOBPSTweets for his amazing @OUPPolitics book Invisible Weapons!!!

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2 years

Not shockingly, it‘s surprising for DeSantis that Black history is queer history in AP curriculum. He’s welcome to sign up for my Black Queer Politics class. Yes, Ron, Black people are queer too. It’s not indoctrination, it’s mine and others’ lived experience.

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DeSantis is asked during a news conference about the state's rejection of an AP African American history class. He says "this course on Black history, what's one of the lessons about? Queer theory ... that's the wrong side of the line for Florida standards."

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Marion, Ark. Police Kill 16-Year-Old Aries Clark

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Whatever happened to Northam’s facial recognition probe? Whatever happened to his “apology” tour?

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3 years

I study Black mayors & much of that includes what they say publicly. Don’t think I’ve ever heard such an uninformed statement regarding labor & class from a Black big city mayor registered as a Dem. (Perhaps Adams being a former Republican is what makes him a research anomaly?)

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