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Positive, political, wise, fun (not necessarily young) black folks using Twitter to talk to and about African-American social issues, pop culture and politics.

Check out individuals of your choice, or follow the whole list: http://twitter.com/DeniseMpls/young-gifted-black.

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• Afrobella, beauty, hair and culture blogger extraordinaire. Loving life in Chicago! According to some, I’m the Godmother of Brown Beauty Blogging – LOL http://twitter.com/afrobella
• Alfred Edmond Jr., Sr. VP/Editor-in-Chief, BlackEnterprise.com. Soul Bro. No. 2.0. Short Community Leader. Superhuman. The Notorious D.A.D. Lover of Jesus. http://twitter.com/AlfredEdmondJr
• Angela White, avid reader, life-long learner and educator, activist, and agitator http://twitter.com/ProfAMW
• Baratunde Thurston, Comedian | Vigilante Pundit | Co-Founder @JJPolitics | Web Editor @TheOnion | TV Host @FutureOf http://twitter.com/baratunde
• Basic Black, Since 1968, Basic Black (formerly Say Brother) has captured the stories, people, and issues that illuminate the African American experience in the Boston area. http://twitter.com/BasicBlackNow
• Black Media Scoop, Breaking News,Scoops,Media Trends & More! E-mail Hot Scoops blackmediascoop@gmail http://twitter.com/BlackMediaSCOOP
• Black Voices, #1 Black culture and entertainment site featuring African-American news, videos, pictures and social networking http://twitter.com/blackvoices
• BlackInformant, THE word on the street. Updated constantly. http://twitter.com/BlackInformant
• BlackWomenConnect, Social network and online community where Black women connect for jobs, business building, professional networking, and girl talk. http://twitter.com/BlackWomen
• Blurbette, Mother, Writer, 3rd wave Fem, Baking enthusiast. Purveyor of wit and smiles. Music, Madness and Makeup are a few of my favorite things. That and vodka. http://twitter.com/blurbette
• Brother Ali, MC, Rhymesayers Entertainment http://twitter.com/BrotherAliMpls
• Brother Jesse, Journalist,Blogger,Speaker, Community Servant, Artist, student Photographer…The Return of the Renaissance Brother. http://twitter.com/BrotherJesse
• Carl Woodson, Christian, husband/father, corporate executive, community volunteer, option trader, fan of: football, jazz, old school hip-hop, African-American art & cigars http://twitter.com/CarlWoodson
• Cornel West, 1 of America’s most provocative public intellectuals; a champion for racial justice through the traditions of the black Church, progressive politics, & jazz. http://twitter.com/CornelWest
• Don Lemon, CNN Anchor http://twitter.com/donlemoncnn
• Elon James White, I Spits game like my name is Hasbro! http://twitter.com/elonjames
• Farai Chideya, Multi-media journalist; reporter on race, generational identity, and politics; and author of four books including novel Kiss the Sky. http://twitter.com/faraichideya
• Helena Andrews, Spearheading the global campaign to bring neener neener neener back into civilized speech. http://twitter.com/helena_andrews
• Hill Harper, Enough talk, let’s start creating solutions http://twitter.com/hillharper
• Lester Spence, As you stare in the darkness, your knowledge took. Political Scientist. Professor. NPR Regular. Critic. Detroit patriot. Father of 5. Husband of 1. Relentless. http://twitter.com/LesterSpence
• Nelson George, Aging b-boy, graying boho, loves movies, books & what was once called good music.www.nelsondgeorge.net http://twitter.com/nelsongeorge
• Philip H. Page, Jr. , Helping people to survive unemployment and pursue destiny every day of their lives. Read the blog, visit the site (www.gettingupagain.com) and live on purpose. http://twitter.com/GettingUpAgain
• Racialicious, the intersection of race and pop culture http://twitter.com/racialicious
• Reading Circle, The Reading Circle book talk radio program is heard live on Saturday mornings from 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time on WP88.7 FM http://twitter.com/readingcircle01
• Rev Run, Words of wisdom non-stop. Pls don’t be offended if I don’t reply or follow u, But I Love you! http://twitter.com/RevRunWisdom
• Reverend Al Sharpton, Baptist Minister & Political, Civil Rights, and Social Justice Activist http://twitter.com/TheRevAl
• Sherleta R Gambrell, Scientist but not mad. Love Laws. Hate Limits. Justice. God. Marketing. Awareness. Beautiful Art! Survival of the Fittest. College Girl. http://twitter.com/SherletaG
• Sistas, Divest, NOW!, I am a friend of God, a liberationist, the architect of Afra-Dominance Theory…and I mainly blog about dominance theory! http://twitter.com/BlowTheTrumpet
• Slimjackson, Founder of the award-winning Three Ways to Take It blog and writer at award-winning singleblackmale.org. http://twitter.com/slimjackson
• Tanya Smith, Career coach specializing in showing professional women how to brand themselves for career advancement! http://twitter.com/coachtanya
• Thatblackgirlsite, a mogul in the making, a force of nature, blogger, writer, speaker, radio host http://twitter.com/thatblackgirlsi
• The Black Retort, We retort. You decide. http://twitter.com/BlackRetort
• The NAACP, Founded February 12, 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots–based civil rights organization. http://twitter.com/NAACP
• The Uppity Negro, Ha! The life of an uppity Negro seen through the eyes of Tweets http://twitter.com/theuppitynegro
• THEROOT.COM, The Root is a digital magazine that provides thought-provoking commentary and news from a variety of black perspectives. http://twitter.com/TheRoot247
• Touré, A meme is a terrible thing to waste. Fuse, Simon & Schuster, Weather Channel, MSNBC, Rolling Stone, Vibe… Infinite Juice. http://twitter.com/ToureX
• UptownNotes.com, scholar, blogger, hater of Drake http://www.professorlewis.com http://twitter.com/dumilewis