When President Biden told me that I’ll be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, I said I hope I live long enough to prove myself deserving of it.

I send my congratulations to the 18 other well-deserving recipients of this distinction. It’s a great honor to be in your company.

Students from ⁦Morgan State University⁩ prepare to march with on Capitol Hill to protest book bans. #freedomtolearn , #freedomsummer24 ,

🚨NEW President Biden unveils Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

The list of 19 includes Nancy Pelosi, James E. Clyburn, Al Gore and Medgar Wiley Evers (posthumous)

The awards will be presented today at the White House

'Freedom to Learn' protesters push back on book bans, restrictions on Black history usatoday.com/story/news/nat… via @usatoday, The Forum, National Urban League, NCBCP, American Library Association

Breaking: In Louisiana, federal judges throw out Louisiana congressional map with second Black district as unconstitutional b/c based solely on race. First details here. #Congress #lagov #lalege shreveporttimes.com/story/news/202… via The Shreveport Times

. ⁦James E. Clyburn⁩ took the ⁦Smithsonian’s NMAAHC⁩ audience to school at a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Brown v Board. He cited part of a decision calling for “deliberate speed” to desegregate schools.
“We’re still trying to figure out what that means,” he said.

#OnThisDay in 1964, civil rights activists started the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge Mississippi’s all-white regular delegation to the Democratic National Convention.

The regulars had already adopted this resolution: “We oppose, condemn and deplore the Civil…

Got my book, “The Rulebreaker. The Life and Times of Barbara Walter’s,” by my colleague ⁦Susan Page⁩ today! Can’t wait to read it.

'Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas misses court session without explanation.' (via Maureen Groppe) azcentral.com/story/news/pol…

Aspiring Journalists...Join us Friday, April 19, 1 pmEST for our webinar 'HOW TO DEVELOP SOURCES' Moderated by Shawna Thomas w/ journalists and communications pros Scott Mulhauser Ken Spain Alex Rogers Vivian Salama on cultivating and maintaining news sources. Email [email protected] for Zoom link

. Senator Laphonza Butler talked to me about being the only Black woman in the Senate. She expects more Black women to run for offices. 'We have to be seen and we have to be at the table...Get used to it,'' she told USA TODAY. usatoday.com/story/news/pol… , The Black Caucus, USA TODAY Politics

Thank you Deborah Berry for sharing my story as the only Black woman in the Senate and only the third Black woman to ever serve in the chamber. It is an opportunity and a responsibility that I do not take lightly.

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Students, teachers and even parents at Ida B. Middle School and Whittier Elementary School in D.C. gathered outside to view the solar eclipse. ⁦Ida B. Wells Middle School⁩, ⁦DC Public Schools⁩

That moment when all those lessons become real. Tiffany Johnson, principal of Whittier Elementary School in Washington, D.C., points to the sun as students view the solar eclipse. ⁦DC Public Schools⁩, ⁦USA TODAY⁩