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* Wikipedia…
The Pan-African flag—also known as the UNIA flag, Afro-American flag, Black Liberation flag, and various other names—is a tri-color flag consisting of three equal horizontal bands of (from top down) red, black and green. The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) formally adopted it on August 13, 1920 in Article 39 of the Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World, during its month-long convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Variations of the flag can and have been used in various countries and territories in the Americas to represent Garveyist ideologies.
* Twitter…
For the first time in state history, a Pan-African flag is flying above the Illinois State Capitol.
Especially during #BlackHistoryMonth, we must recognize and celebrate the vital contributions Black Americans have made across our nation. pic.twitter.com/kLzp8qZK3Q
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) February 5, 2020
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Feb 6, 20 @ 1:23 pm
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This is a defining moment in our states history.
Comment by Blue Dog Dem Thursday, Feb 6, 20 @ 1:29 pm
Very important, given the president’s and many of his supporters’ hatred of people from African countries, which the president called s-holes. He put travel bans on some. Good on the governor.
Comment by Grandson of Man Thursday, Feb 6, 20 @ 1:38 pm
Yay? Not much pandering going on here.
Comment by TaterTot Thursday, Feb 6, 20 @ 1:45 pm
Doesn’t the SOS fly the flag on top the State House?
Comment by Just Me 2 Thursday, Feb 6, 20 @ 1:46 pm
=Not much pandering going on here.=
Well at least he didn’t hug the flag. That would be over the top.
Comment by Pundent Thursday, Feb 6, 20 @ 1:47 pm
Are Garveyist ideologies and social equity the same?
Comment by Blue Dog Dem Thursday, Feb 6, 20 @ 1:50 pm
–Doesn’t the SOS fly the flag on top the State House?–
Physically yes, but I believe the Governor can order what is flown, or how it is flown (half staff, etc.).
One good thing about this, is any would-be vandal would have a doozy of a time getting up there to mess with it. Anyone who has taken the arduous trip up to that flagpole will know what I am talking about.
Comment by Ron Burgundy Thursday, Feb 6, 20 @ 1:57 pm
I like our new Governor…more every day…in nearly every way.
I’ve never said that about any Governor… in my life.
Comment by Dotnonymous Thursday, Feb 6, 20 @ 1:59 pm
Per Google, Marcus Garvey believed all blacks should go back to Africa. Maybe Trump is a Garvey disciple.
Comment by Last Bull Moose Thursday, Feb 6, 20 @ 2:01 pm
The same flag flies daily at Malcolm X College in Chicago.
Comment by Practical Politics Thursday, Feb 6, 20 @ 2:37 pm
Pundit.
Maybe he should drape it over his shoulder like Olympic champion at next presser…
Comment by Well Thursday, Feb 6, 20 @ 2:39 pm
“Not much pandering going on here.”
Are you saying some types of flags are more pandering than other types of flags? How so?
Comment by All This Thursday, Feb 6, 20 @ 3:00 pm