Armeena Rana Khan reacts to her Instagram account being banned in India, saying she won’t be affected by the ban personally but she does feel for the fans who were peaceful and supportive of her. ❤️ #ArmeenaRanaKhan

Hania Aamir’s cross-border fans found their way to the comments even after her account was banned in India, and she made sure to connect with them ❤️ #HaniaAamir

In a tit-for-tat move, Pakistan Broadcasters Association halts Indian songs on FM stations after India bans Pakistani celebrities’ Instagram accounts—tensions spike again, this time over Pahalgam.

Did you know that during the dark days of SEGREGATION in the United States, Black families were forced to pay TAXES that built schools their own children could not enter? While white children sat in shiny classrooms with new books and warm heaters, many Black kids sat in crumbling buildings, sometimes with no desks, no heat, and torn books passed down like leftover scraps.

This painful TRUTH is not just a forgotten piece of history — it’s proof of the strength and sacrifice that Black communities made just to claim a BASIC RIGHT: EDUCATION. Even when the SYSTEM locked them out, they built their own schools, taught their own kids at home, and stood up to unfair laws.

Stories like this remind us that every time you walk freely into a classroom today, or send your child to a good school, someone before you PAID THE PRICE for that freedom — sometimes twice. Once with their taxes, again with their struggle.

This is why we must never let these stories fade. HISTORY is more than dates and old photos — it’s the sacrifice, sweat, and HOPE that built the world we live in today.

This fact is backed by the US National Park Service and the Equal Justice Initiative, which documented how Black families often funded schools through taxes while being banned from attending them. (Source: Equal Justice Initiative, Segregation in America Report, 2018)

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