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𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘀-𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝟱𝟴 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦? 𝗔𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁, 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 (𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲!) 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆. 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝟯.𝟲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 (𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟱𝟬 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿). 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝟰/𝟮𝟬, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 #𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗲𝘁𝗰.. 𝗪𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿. 𝗔 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀, #ACLU’s 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁, “𝗔 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗿𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗷𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺”, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹, 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗲𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆. 𝙋𝙎 - 𝘈𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 “𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺” 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 (𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴) 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳” 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘖𝘕𝘓𝘠 4% 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘱-𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤’𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘫𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦. 𝗢𝗸, 𝗜’𝗺 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗮𝗽𝗯𝗼𝘅. 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄..

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ᴜ𝐫ƀ𝑎𝝶 đə𝖈𝑎𝝲 Cleveland is full of it (urban rot), so programs like, @mufigram and @phsgardening, in neighboring states addressing urban blight have been of particular interest to me.. But, as I pass by properties like this, I (still) wonder how our neighborhoods can push for more equal distribution of resources and the democratization of urban space (the opposite of gentrification?) before “exclusion” is rebranded as “renewal”. Gentrification is 𝒏𝒐𝒕 an unstoppable force! (at Cleveland, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNZemdEBBby/?igshid=1eyx9hikm0own

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Feb. 28th.

“No one man can rise above the condition of his people.” - Honorable Elijah Muhammad

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“𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘯𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭, 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.” - 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘯𝘦, 𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨

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𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬!

𝘐, 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢.

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴,

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩,

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭,

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨.

𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸,

𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴.

𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦

𝘚𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦,

"𝘌𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯,"

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯.

𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴,

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘐 𝘢𝘮

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥--

𝘐, 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘢𝘮 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢.

- 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨

[juliankhan]

planting seeds in the cracks of this broken society and praying for rain. (at Buckeye - Shaker) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIZnYmbBVb8/?igshid=7hf5r6ysvlf7

[juliankhan]

#Thriller is the sixth studio album by @michaeljackson, released on November 30, 1982 by @epicrecords. 💽 𝔹𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕓𝕦𝕞 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣?! 🎶 1.) 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘉𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯’ 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯’
2.) 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘉𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦
3.) 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘐𝘴 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦 - 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘔𝘤𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘺
4.) 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳
5.) 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘵
6.) 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯
7.) 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦
8.) 𝘗.𝘠.𝘛. (𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨)
9.) 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 👀 𝔻𝕚𝕕 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕨?! 😮 • 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻. Rod Temperton revealed: “Originally, when I did my Thriller demo, I called it Starlight. Quincy (Jones) said to me, ‘You managed to come up with a title for the last album, see what you can do for this album.’ So I went back to the hotel, wrote two or three hundred titles, and came up with the title Midnight Man. The next morning, I woke up, and I just said this word… Something in my head just said, this is the title. You could visualize it on the top of the Billboard charts. You could see the merchandising for this one word, how it jumped off the page as Thriller.” • 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗿. MJ told Quincy Jones the track was based on a girl who climbed over his wall one morning and accused him of being the father of one of her twins. • 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿. @janetjackson and @latoyajackson sang backing vocals on P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing). • 𝗠𝗝'𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀. While estimates vary, “Thriller” is said to have sold at least 66 million copies globally, according to the Guinness World Records, while others have claimed the album has sold over 100 million copies worldwide.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIPP2dJhIXj/?igshid=1ng3h5gco774e

[juliankhan]

・・・

𝔸 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝔾𝕠𝕕, "𝔸𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕙𝕦 𝕒𝕜𝕓𝕒𝕣".

[juliankhan]

And so, the more we chase, the less we find. 🌟 Live meaningfully. Find fulfillment within. 🌟 A little food for thought for #2019. ✨ https://www.instagram.com/p/Br72E9KAXDD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uvzrn6xe1q12

[juliankhan]

Here is a list of Black Panther Party Community Programs 1966 - 1982: 1. Alameda County Volunteer Bureau Work Site 2. Benefit Counseling 3. Black Student Alliance 4. Child Development Center 5. Consumer Education Classes 6. Community Facility Use 7. Community Health Classes 8. East Oakland CIL (Center for Independent Living) Branch 9. Community Pantry (Free Food Program) 10. Drug/Alcohol Abuse Awareness Program 11. Drama Classes 12. Disabled Persons Services/Transportation and Attendant 13. Drill Team 14. Employment Referral Service 15. Free Ambulance Program 16. Free Breakfast for Children Programs 17. Free Busing to Prisons Program 18. Free Clothing Program 19. Free Commissary for Prisoners Program 20. Free Dental Program 21. Free Employment Program 22. Free Food Program 23. Free Film Series 24. Free Furniture Program 25. Free Health Clinics 26. Free Housing Cooperative Program 27. Food Cooperative Program 28. Free Optometry Program 29. Community Forum 30. Free Pest Control Program 31. Free Plumbing and Maintenance Program 32. Free Shoe Program 33. GED Classes 34. Geriatric Health Center 35. GYN Clinic 36. Home SAFE Visits 37. Intercommunal Youth Institute (becomes OCS by 1975) 38. Junior and High School Tutorial Program 39. Legal Aid and Education 40. Legal Clinic/Workshops 41. Laney Experimental College Extension Site 42. Legal Referral Service(s) 43. Liberation Schools 44. Martial Arts Program 45. Nutrition Classes 46. Oakland Community Learning Center 47. Outreach Preventative Care 48. Program Development 49. Pediatric Clinic 50. police patrols 51. Seniors Against a Fearful Environment 52. SAFE Club 53. Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation 54. Son of Man Temple (becomes Community Forum by 1976) 55. Sports 56. Senior Switchboard 57. The Black Panther Newspaper 58. Teen Council 59. Teen Program 60. U.C. Berkeley Students Health Program 61. V.D. Preventative Screening & Counseling 62. Visiting Nurses Program 63. WIC (Women Infants, and Children) Program 64. Youth Diversion and Probation Site 65. Youth Training and Development (at Oakland, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5GNcIAw3k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19ibrb1w3d0yf

[juliankhan]

#HappyFathersDay!

[juliankhan]

The Black Panther Party is often associated with armed resistance, but one of the most potent weapons in its outreach to African-Americans in cities across the country was its artwork. In posters, pamphlets and its popular newspaper, The Black Panther, the party’s imagery was guided by the vision of Emory Douglas, its minister of culture. His art came from many sources. As a teenager in San Francisco during the late 1950s and early 1960s, Mr. Douglas found himself incarcerated at the Youth Training School in Ontario, Calif., where he got involved with its printing shop. He went on to study graphic design at San Francisco City College, where he developed a deep interest in the Black Arts Movement, the artistic arm of the Black Power Movement. His particular background, a combination of art, printmaking and activism, eventually attracted the eye of the Black Panther co-founder Bobby Seale, and led to Mr. Douglas’s becoming a central figure in the party. The newspaper’s circulation eventually climbed to over 200,000, making it one of the most popular black newspapers of its day. In the years since the party’s demise, Mr. Douglas’s posters have come to be known as iconic artifacts of their era. | #EmoryDouglas #BlackPantherParty #TheBlackPanther #AllPowerToThePeople #SeizeTheTime (at Oakland, California)

[thelastbillboard]

For the past month The Last Billboard has been exhibiting Alisha Wormsley’s text “There are Black People in the Future.“ Alisha is a celebrated Pittsburgh-based artist and cultural producer (winner of the 2016 City of Pittsburgh Mayor’s Award for Public Art) whose work explores collective memory and the synchronicity of time, specifically through the stories of women of color. Alisha’s text for the billboard comes from her ongoing art practice, particularly her interest in Afrofuturism.

Last week, The Last Billboard’s landlord, We Do Property, forced Alisha’s text to be taken down over objections to the content (through a never-before evoked clause in the lease that gives the landlord the right to approve text).

I believe in the power, poetry, and relevance of Alisha’s text and see absolutely no reason it should have been taken down. I find it tragically ironic, given East Liberty’s history and recent gentrification, that a text by an African American artist affirming a place in the future for black people is seen as unacceptable in the present.

The artist will be part of a public panel discussion about the text and its removal hosted by the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in the next few weeks. More information to come.

- Jon Rubin, Founder and Curator of The Last Billboard

[juliankhan]

“Social Decay” - Andrei Lacatusu

[juliankhan]

“Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. | #mlkday (at Martin Luther King Jr, National Monument…Washington DC)

[juliankhan]

“Some people are artists. Some, themselves, are art.” 🖼 “Grace Jones Resting” AKA “The Nigger Arabesque” (1978) original photo by: Jean-Paul Goude

[juliankhan]

"Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will be lies waiting on the road ahead." - Ma Jian, Red Dust: A Path Through China 📚