Mary  Mcleod Bethune

“During the 19th and 20th centuries, Black women played an active role in the struggle for universal suffrage. They participated in political meetings and organized political societies. African American women attended political conventions at their local churches where they planned strategies to gain the right to vote. In the late 1800s, more Black women worked for churches, newspapers, secondary schools, and colleges, which gave them a larger platform to promote their ideas….

“But in spite of their hard work, many people didn’t listen to them. Black men and white women usually led civil rights organizations and set the agenda. They often excluded Black women from their organizations and activities. For example, the National American Woman Suffrage Association prevented Black women from attending their conventions. Black women often had to march separately from white women in suffrage parades….”

“After the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920, Black women voted in elections and held political offices. However, many states passed laws that discriminated against African Americans and limited their freedoms. Black women continued to fight for their rights. Educator and political advisor Mary McLeod Bethune formed the National Council of Negro Women in 1935 to pursue civil rights. Tens of thousands of African Americans worked over several decades to secure suffrage, which occurred when the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965. This Act represents more than a century of work by Black women to make voting easier and more equitable.”

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WHO  PUT WHAT IN THE WATER?

A Georgia politician saying the eclipse was a warning from God?

[Maybe if it hadn’t happened]

“Islam deserves to be seen as s free, happy religion that promotes love. Especially gender is a topic that left too many people in a situation of limitation, where it isn’t needed. I’m convinced of that. Read the scriptures, think about them. It gave me new perspectives on this topic. ” –A sincere believer

[Pretty is as pretty does?]

The new rage of choking during sex?

[Suffering has become fun?]

Santos wants to run for office again.

[!!!]

The CEO of Coca-Cola claimed that the company had “earned the right” to push price hikes because its sodas are popular.

[Duh.]

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IS IT JUST MY IMAGINATION?

Since September 11 was and is still such a mystery (in my opinion), as well as how Netanyahu didn’t respond to the alerts of a women’s lookout reporting mass activity in Hamas prior to the October 7 invasion, a dark side of me wonders if both the U.S. and Israel welcomed the attack to have an excuse to wage all-out war.  Reading about Kennedy’s CIA meetings about Cuba gave me cause to wonder.

A member of an Israeli military unit of female soldiers that does surveillance on the Gaza side of the border with Israel told CBS News that  “warning signs weren’t taken” … – YouTube-CBS Evening News