--- title: Charlottesville: Solange Knowles Deletes Twitter Account description: Following the events surrounding the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Solange deleted her Twitter account with a call to action. canonical: https://time.com/4902727/solange-deletes-twitter-account/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-16T14:12:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:33.125Z og:title: Solange Deletes Twitter Account With a Rallying Cry og:description: She followed it up with an impassioned message on Instagram og:url: https://time.com/4902727/solange-deletes-twitter-account/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd32fd78a1e83427/6988cdaea988ca28736bc42d/solange-knowles-essay-younger-self.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 59th GRAMMY Awards - Press Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Solange Deletes Twitter Account With a Rallying Cry twitter:description: She followed it up with an impassioned message on Instagram twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd32fd78a1e83427/6988cdaea988ca28736bc42d/solange-knowles-essay-younger-self.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Solange Deletes Twitter Account With a Call to Action by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Aug 16, 2017 2:12 PM UTC  Solange Knowles poses in the press room at the 59th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) Solange Knowles poses in the press room at the 59th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Aug 16, 2017 2:12 PM UTC [Solange Knowles](http://time.com/4709652/solange-knowles-on-feminism/http://time.com/4709652/solange-knowles-on-feminism/) deleted her Twitter account on Tuesday night. Before the [singer](http://time.com/4786319/solange-guggenheim-performance/) left the social media platform, she used her final tweet to share a rallying cry for [Takiyah Thompson](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/charges-sought-toppled-confederate-statue-49226601), a 22-year-old student at North Carolina Central University. Thompson was arrested in connection with the toppling of a Confederate monument and charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors related to property damage and disorderly conduct. “deleting my twitter soon, but before I dip,” Solange wrote, “when we gonna pull up ? & what we got to do to get my new hero Takiyah Thompson free?” The tweet was captured in a screen shot before she deleted the account. > [](https://twitter.com/gayysian/status/897617579514241026) She also posted a [lengthy message](https://twitter.com/damourhaine/status/897625169354792960/photo/1) to Instagram Stories Tuesday night. In a screen shot of her Notes app, she wrote about the importance of self-preservation, her 12-year-old son’s future and the tension the past weekend’s events in [Charlottesville](http://time.com/charlottesville-white-nationalist-rally-clashes/) have bred across the nation. Solange has also been vocal about social issues and racism in her music. Her most recent album, _A Seat at the Table_, was praised for its reflections on black womanhood in modern America. 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