[uzumaki-rebellion]

We have a new ancestor. Rest easy, Peabo Bryson.

[fyblackwomenart]

Toni Morrison by Mika Orr

Toni Morrison was a Nobel Prize– and Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, exquisite language, and richly detailed Black characters. The most famous and well-regarded are Beloved, The Bluest Eye, Sula, and Song of Solomon. In 1993, Morrison became the first Black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Despite her worldwide acclaim, the Ohio native was rarely writing full-time. She balanced working on her books with editing for Random House as well as teaching at Princeton and Howard Universities. Through her own novels and the books she edited, she was instrumental in developing the canon of Black American literature. Morrison died in 2019 at age 88.

[forever70s]

Rev. Jesse Jackson 🌹

[calmdowngorgeous]

Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please reblog.

[rationales]

Serena's advice for black women.

[perfidiadeetz]

[filmgifs]

LILO AND STITCH (2002) Dir. Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois

[black-0rpheus]

50 years ago today on April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave what would be known as his final speech titled, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” stating towards the end:

“I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead but it really doesn’t matter with me now because I’ve been to the mountaintop…I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. So I’m happy tonight, I’m not worried about anything, I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!”

The very next day on April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated.

[dearblackwoman]

Productivity is not your worth.

[iamheavymeta-lll]

Young girls listen attentively in a sewing class

Greenville, S. Carolina

Margaret Bourke-White, 1956

[uzumaki-rebellion]

We have a new ancestor. Rest easy, Isiah Whitlock Jr.

[anniensmoke3]

The one and only Whitney Houston, The Voice, singing "Do You Hear What I Hear." 🎄

[fyblackwomenart]

Little Angels by Marta Wiley

[msgoated]

Merry Christmas eve 🎄❄️

[wetheurban]

This year asked a lot of you, and you met it. You navigated big change, loss, instability, emotional upheaval, and moments where the ground kept shifting under your feet. You kept showing up anyway. You adapted. You endured. You did enough. More than enough.

[fyblackwomenart]

Illustrated by Gayle Kabaker

[blackpeopledoshittoo]

Merry Christmas