2016 Postmortem

Skidmore

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30. Poignant and heartbreaking and incredibly strong.

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 08:42 PM

Jul 2016

This is the meaning of standing up and rising together. Such strong examples to us all, pointing to the path ahead.

Hi, Brave.

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Sandra Bland's Mother is Killing is with her Speech [View all] bravenak Jul 2016 OP

She's amazing. Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #1

Jordan Davis' mother too. I am in awe of these women bravenak Jul 2016 #7

It's gut wrenching. nt sufrommich Jul 2016 #2

Oh this song. Crying harder now! bravenak Jul 2016 #19

I'm holding back tears right now... SaschaHM Jul 2016 #3

My entire shirt is wet bravenak Jul 2016 #18

She embodied how black women survived BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #4

+1000. nt sufrommich Jul 2016 #8

Yes. That line about still being Jordans mother bravenak Jul 2016 #9

Yes she is, and everyone is listening in that hall, many with tears in their eyes still_one Jul 2016 #5

Anybody without tears is a cold piece of work bravenak Jul 2016 #10

All of the Mothers of the Movement Blue Idaho Jul 2016 #6

Oh lord. Trayvons mom.. bravenak Jul 2016 #13

Had to mute... Too painful for this old grandmother. tavernier Jul 2016 #11

I know. bravenak Jul 2016 #15

. . . pnwmom Jul 2016 #23

This is why we need the Democratic Party. This would never happen on the other side. Doodley Jul 2016 #12

Yes! We Are the party of LIFE and LOVE bravenak Jul 2016 #16

Powerful and heart-wrenching. SharonClark Jul 2016 #14

I want to hug them all bravenak Jul 2016 #17

I can't stop crying. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #20

Me neither bravenak Jul 2016 #21

Love you. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #24

Love you too girl bravenak Jul 2016 #27

So many tears. Raissa Jul 2016 #22

Yes. This song was a perfect end too bravenak Jul 2016 #25

Amazing grace. The personification of Amazing Grace. All these mothers. pnwmom Jul 2016 #26

Yes bravenak Jul 2016 #28

Inspirational. TeeYiYi Jul 2016 #29

I am very proud of them bravenak Jul 2016 #42

Poignant and heartbreaking and incredibly strong. Skidmore Jul 2016 #30

Hey!! bravenak Jul 2016 #34

Maybe your OP title line could display some sensitivity, no? stopbush Jul 2016 #31

What?! bravenak Jul 2016 #33

It's the word "killing"..... mrmpa Jul 2016 #35

Well okay then bravenak Jul 2016 #40

Killing it? stopbush Jul 2016 #39

In my hood we say killing it bravenak Jul 2016 #41

Got it. stopbush Jul 2016 #43

In my 'hood,'... TeeYiYi Jul 2016 #44

Oh good! I was kinda worried for a sec bravenak Jul 2016 #45

I am in awe of their strength and courage. brer cat Jul 2016 #32

Me too bravenak Jul 2016 #37

Yes indeed ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #36

Right? bravenak Jul 2016 #38

Just when I think I have no tears left mountain grammy Jul 2016 #46

I think our bump is already starting bravenak Jul 2016 #47

Damn, I missed it. BainsBane Jul 2016 #48

Damn! I'm sure it will be on youtube bravenak Jul 2016 #49

I've been crying all damn day! FrenchieCat Jul 2016 #50

Me too. I just did my final cry just now. bravenak Jul 2016 #51

Couldn't have been any better! FrenchieCat Jul 2016 #62

I remember reading about Sandra Bland when she was first arrested ailsagirl Jul 2016 #52

Yep. I remember that too bravenak Jul 2016 #53

We will win this thing. NBachers Jul 2016 #55

Damn right we will ailsagirl Jul 2016 #56

I cried, too. calimary Jul 2016 #54

Those amazing women-- those mothers of murdered children ailsagirl Jul 2016 #57

Yep. Amazing day bravenak Jul 2016 #58

I'd say so! I mean - LOOK who they've got... calimary Jul 2016 #61

Why did some people walk out just before the Mothers spoke. nt glennward Jul 2016 #59

I am not sure. I was watching msnbc and they only show what they want to bravenak Jul 2016 #60

Because those folks don't give a shit about the Mothers....or their dead children? FrenchieCat Jul 2016 #63

Once they Jamaal510 Jul 2016 #65

because these are distractions to them , yet they claim to be progressives JI7 Jul 2016 #64

Oh wonderful you're posting about MothersofMovement! Cha Jul 2016 #66