Things Forgotten

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Shaboozy & his Grammy speech. my sentiments #blackamericans #history #indigenous #africanamerican #immigrantparents

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Jesse Jackson began his high-profile push for the term "African American" in late 1988, shortly after his second presidential campaign. While the term had been used in academic circles for decades, Jackson is credited with spearheading the cultural shift that moved it into the mainstream.The 1988 Turning Point On December 21, 1988, Jackson held a news conference in Chicago with other black leaders to urge the public and the media to adopt "African American" as the preferred designation. He argued that the shift was about cultural integrity and connecting black people in the U.S. to their historical roots.To be called African Americans has cultural integrity. It puts us in our proper historical context. Every ethnic group in this country has a reference to some land base, some historical cultural base." — #blackhistory #autochthonous #injuns #cherokee #americanindians

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C I R C A: 2020 CAHOKIA MOUNDS. The Monk path and the Warrior path #americanindians #injuns #autochthonous #blackhistory #beenthat