Ida Bae Wells

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones

UNC is the oldest public university in the US. Established in 1789,built in largely by the enslaved, they & their descendants would be prohibited from attending for UNCs first 171 years. Today, the flagship is < 8% Black in a state that's 21%. SCOTUS will say that doesn't matter. — PolitiTweet.org

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones

The Constitution was implemented that same year -- in 1789. And the Court's originalists will argue that the intent of the founders is absolute and relevant all of these 233 years later, but the fact that one fifth of the population was enslaved and barred from UNC does not. — PolitiTweet.org