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We are CLOSING OUT Black History Month 2021! The MONTH seemed to just FLY BY!
We will CONTINUE to champion and CELEBRATE the GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS to this COUNTRY and BEYOND by MY PEOPLE!
Before the MONTH is out we have to RECOGNIZE the HARDWORKING BLACKS that helped to REBUILD this COUNTRY–LITERALLY.
Let’s talk about CONVICT LEASING. Convict leasing was a system of penal labor practiced in the Southern United States. Convict leasing provided prisoner labor to private parties, such as plantation owners and corporations (e.g. Tennessee Coal and Iron Company). The lessee was responsible for feeding, clothing, and housing the prisoners. Continue reading #BlackHistoryMonth Moment: #ConvictLeasing-Remembering African-Americans that REBUILT the South! [details]
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Keri Hilson once a THRIVING singer/songwriter, but found herself on the WRONG SIDE of a an ALLEGED beef with Beyonce… Y’all remember that, she was STUNG mercilessly by the Beyhive and RETREATED into seclusion for YEARS. We have not had any CHART-WORTHY music from her in YEARS!! Now it appears that Hilson has found herself again on the WRONG side of PUBLIC OPINION!![#Twitter suspends #DonaldTrump INDEFINITELY! [DETAILS]](https://thegamutt.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/960x028229.jpg?w=672&h=372&crop=1)
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Comedian/Actress/host Leslie Jones has had it UP TO HERE with lame-duck President Trump and his constant ‘ELECTION FRAUD’ allegations! The outspoken comedian voiced her IRE with Trump’s ANTICS! 