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#CivilRightsTwitter Combines the Old and the New for All the Laughs

Black Twitter is back at it again! The #CivilRightsTwitter hashtag re-emerged and the tweets are a guaranteed LOL.
#CivilRightsTwitter Combines the Old and the New for All the Laughs
Stephen Somerstein
By Lauren Porter · Updated October 27, 2020
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Scrolling through social media most days means that something funny is bound to be spawned from Black Twitter creatives.

What was originally created by Tracy Clayton in August, re-emgered yesterday with new chuckle-worthy moments at the hands of the #CivilRightsTwitter hashtag– memes made with the civil right pioneers of the past mixed with the petty, shady, and downright funny things of the present. See some of the highlights below:

New Dream, Who Dis? #CivilRightsTwitter pic.twitter.com/8SoGbn4mwg

— Tremaine (@_SHANghai) December 14, 2015

That look he gives you when he invites you over to fight white supremacy n chill #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/owrrbori1w

— obama’s♉witchdoctor (@workplaymomm) December 14, 2015

“skirts above the knee? Uh uh, I prefer to stay clothed for MY man” #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/SfRdsOwet8

— Rose Femme (@Namastaywoke) December 14, 2015

When you want to take a selfie but don’t want to look like you taking a selfie #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/4KC3tG77ba

— No Relation (@TheCosby) December 14, 2015

“You can’t sit with us.” #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/4RuDS58NLe

— playboi ⛳️ (@_OFWGKayTA_) December 14, 2015

“I SAID WHAT I SAID!” #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/IhPrD2Nl9B

— jujoffer (@jujoffer) December 14, 2015

“No, Keisha—ALL LIVES MATTER!” #CivilRightsTwitter pic.twitter.com/otoC0UGMha

— toni childish (@neosoulful) December 14, 2015

So I slid into her dm’s like “are you coming to the March tomorrow” #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/szFsioNlk6

— Tatenda (@ubuntugraphy) December 14, 2015

‘I don’t know why you acting mad, boo. It’s just a preference.’ #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/WatWOVF16Y

— Mumtaz (@RuffneckRefugee) December 14, 2015

TOPICS:  Twitter