10 Things Dead Black Activists Would've Tweeted to Trump
If only these great leaders were still alive, what do you think they would've said in reaction to Trump?
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February 1, 2017 / 2:30 PM
Benjamin Banneker
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(Photo: Georges De Keerle/Getty Images)Carter G. Woodson
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(Photo: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)Fannie Lou Hamer
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Huey Newton
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(Photo: Per-Anders Pettersson/Liaison Agency)Malcolm X
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Michael Jackson
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(Photo: WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images)Nelson Mandela
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(Photo: RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images)Tupac Shakur
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W.E.B DuBois
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