c.im is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
C.IM is a general, mainly English-speaking Mastodon instance.

Server stats:

2.9K
active users

#thurgoodmarshall

1 post1 participant0 posts today
Vishwas Gaitonde<p>'How A Schoolboy's Punishment Benefited America'<br>🤔<br>The teacher who punished Thurgood Marshall at school had no idea how that punishment would one day change the social landscape of the United States<br><a href="https://medium.com/@weareji/how-a-schoolboys-punishment-benefited-america-cc7720eebd9c?sk=2b9544ddeb907fcd296bc5253c55a959" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@weareji/how-a-scho</span><span class="invisible">olboys-punishment-benefited-america-cc7720eebd9c?sk=2b9544ddeb907fcd296bc5253c55a959</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/segregation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>segregation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThurgoodMarshall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThurgoodMarshall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/punishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punishment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a></p>
BLK News Now!<p>"Democracy just cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage." — <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThurgoodMarshall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThurgoodMarshall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[Thread] So, it took having to do a search on the website, but I managed to find the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> audio archives on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WMPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WMPG</span></a> website. Hopefully, the ones from 2025 will also be posted on their website (and the ones already posted won't disappear...).</p><p>Black History month - daily short history audio features</p><p>Posted February 3, 2021 by 'mpger</p><p>"Everyday in the month of February (Black history month), WMPG is airing a short audio feature about an influential Black man or woman in history. We’ll hear about people from Maine to Malawi. We celebrate scientists, radicals, teachers, preachers, musicians, athletes, and those who fought to followed their dreams. You can hear them all again right here: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BillieHoliday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillieHoliday</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeonardCummings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardCummings</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaconBollingAllen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaconBollingAllen</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HarrietTubman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrietTubman</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NelsonMandela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMandela</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShirleyChisholm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShirleyChisholm</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarshaPJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarshaPJohnson</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GordonParks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GordonParks</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JackieRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackieRobinson</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AngelaDavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngelaDavis</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThurgoodMarshall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThurgoodMarshall</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StevieWonder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StevieWonder</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lizzo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lizzo</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CornellWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CornellWest</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrevorNoah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrevorNoah</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaeJemison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaeJemison</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaranaBurke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaranaBurke</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlvinAiley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlvinAiley</span></a> , <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JosephineBaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JosephineBaker</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RhiannonGiddens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RhiannonGiddens</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SunRa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunRa</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaverneCox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaverneCox</span></a>."</p><p>Link to mp3 audio files:<br><a href="https://www.wmpg.org/black-history-month-daily-short-history-audio-features/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wmpg.org/black-history-month-d</span><span class="invisible">aily-short-history-audio-features/</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMusicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMusicians</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackHistoricalFigures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoricalFigures</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityRadio</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WMPGFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WMPGFM</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> 1967, <a href="https://c.im/tags/ThurgoodMarshall" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThurgoodMarshall</span></a> was confirmed by US Senate as a US <a href="https://c.im/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> Justice, sworn in only 18 days after Pres. Johnson signed the <a href="https://c.im/tags/VotingRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VotingRightsAct</span></a> and 13 days after the race riots in Watts. <br /> <br /> The great-grandson of slaves, and first ever <a href="https://c.im/tags/AfricanAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AfricanAmerican</span></a> to serve on the highest court in the land, Marshall had graduated <a href="https://c.im/tags/HowardUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HowardUniversity</span></a> law school in 1933. As a lawyer he&#39;d previously won 29 of 32 legal cases argued before <a href="https://c.im/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>, including Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, which ruled school segregation in Topeka KS, and by default elsewhere throughout the USA was not only crappy, but <a href="https://c.im/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a>. </p><p>His 24 year tenure on the court, included anti discrimination cases and opposition to the death penalty, and service extended through retirement in 1991, with him passing away at the age of 84 in 1993.</p>