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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social

When I was 17, I asked my grand dad how he'd like to be remembered. "I'm not what I ought to be and I'm not what I want to be. But I'm not yet what I'm going to be and by the grace of God I'm not what I was." He died seven months later at 62. #BlackSky

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aug 28, 2025, 4:32 pm • 27 1

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BIGHEADBase @bigheadbase.bsky.social

RIP to a great mind

aug 28, 2025, 5:15 pm • 1 0 • view
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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social

13 children with one wife. No cheating, married 45 years. WWII combat vet in the Battle of the Bulge. Marched in the 1963 March on Washington. Sent three sons to Vietnam -- one KIA. He + my Dad most impressive men I will ever meet in life and I've shaken Mandela's + Obama's hand. Thanks.

aug 28, 2025, 6:13 pm • 2 0 • view
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Zay The 5’6 Giant @xaviersmith.blacksky.app

Man was spitting. 🫡 May he rest in peace and you and your bloodline have comfort

aug 28, 2025, 4:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jeanette DeMain @jeanettedemain.bsky.social

Thank you. I am never going to forget that.

aug 28, 2025, 9:05 pm • 0 0 • view