The great-granddaughter of a #lynching victim from 89 years ago has made history being sworn in as the first Black woman to serve on the Michigan Supreme Court. Kyra Harris Bolden rose from being a member of the state House to serving in a critical decision-making role ensuring justice for those denied it, like her great-grandfather.
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@thewebrecluse If that is not proof that we are rising.. I do not know what is.
@JazzCrafter There is very little power to make change in the government which should be pretty clear given its nearly impossible for even the president to enact real and meaningful change. I can appreciate that she has risen up, but it won't truly amount to much in the world we live in.
@thewebrecluse ..but history proves that we progress anyway.. and we cannot just dismiss the accomplishments of black women.. I disagree.. and we still rise.. we have to.
@JazzCrafter Looking at the reality of our situation in the world isn't a dismissal by any means. I always acknowledge. I wouldn't have shared it otherwise. ❤️
@thewebrecluse Indeed.. it is what we do, after all..
@thewebrecluse Dr King and John lewis would be so proud of her...good trouble by simply being the best...
In 1939, 20-year-old Jesse Lee Bond was at the SY Wilson store in Arlington, Tennessee. Reports say Bond, like many sharecroppers, went to the store to buy crops. When Bond paid for his goods, he asked for a receipt, which was frowned upon because it was assumed Black people would try to cheat the white store owners.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳. - Ronald Morris, Bond’s nephew.
The coroner ruled the brutal murder as a mere drowning accident.