The Black Curriculum 9.8.16

The curriculum came from literature. Literature came from Studying. Studying came from experiences. Experiences came from me.

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(14/52) What is your favorite poem by Alice Walker? 'Once' by Alice Walker Full video link below: 👇 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8IQ4BUG4BY8 This is the Black Curriculum. #poems #blackbooks #Alicewalker #once #civilrightsmovement #kenya #uganda #blackhistory #blackness #blogger

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Maaaaan listen. This joint is gon' be 🔥🔥😱🔥🔥Can't wait for this project. #RTJ3 #killermike #music #lyricism

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(13/52) What is your favorite Langston Hughes poem? Let America be America again & Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes This series of videos answers the following question: What literature and experiences can be shared to better understand black lives? This is the Black Curriculum. Full video link below 👇 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=60EGpX2R4MU #langstonhughes #blackhistory #harlemrenaissance #twentiethcentury #poems #blackpoems #blackwriter #blackplaywright #socialactivist

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Happy birthday to my lady, Margarita 💛🌻💛 Just reminder, as long as you keep making that money, my love for you will remain unconditional 😂😂

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(12/52) How rich is the Black ancestral land of Colombia? The View from Chocó: The Afro-Colombian past, their lives in the present, and their hopes for the future by Karen Juanita Carrillo This series of videos answers the following question: What literature and experiences can be shared to better understand black lives? This is the Black Curriculum. Full video link below 👇 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V2z91GU8ya0 #Colombia #blackness #blackbooks #ancestry #chocó #history #latinamerica #blogger #blog

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(11/52) What factors should be involved when it comes to the analysis of race, ethnicity, and color in Latin America? Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America By Edward Telles and the Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA) This series of videos answers the following question: What literature and experiences can be shared to better understand black lives? This is the Black Curriculum Video link: http://bit.ly/2gyjl9c 👈 #latinamerica #ethnicity #race #Colombia #bogota #mestizaje #blackness #research #blackbooks

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This goes out to the funniest, busiest, most sociable lady I know! Steph, I'm thrilled that your friends threw a surprise party for you over the weekend... Because if there was no party, then someone was gonna get dealt with 😭😂😂. Trust and believe that we gon' have fun, laugh, be loud, and eat everything in sight when I'm home this Christmas🍝🍤🍕👀. You old now, but it's gon' be alright. Happy birthday to my favorite lil sister @princssnhiseyes !!!

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(10/52) Do children of the African diaspora share the same black experience? Black Cuban, Black American: A Memoir by Evelio Grillo This series of videos answers the following question: What literature and experiences can be shared to better understand black lives? This is the Black Curriculum. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ikAEPuaKaH4 #black #american #afrocuban #eveliogrillo #cuba #yborcity #africandiaspora #blackness #blackbooks #instagood #memoir #picoftheday #instafoto #negro

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(9/52) Is black cultural preservation worth the effort? Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Video link here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoc3dANSCxQ #nigeria #umofia #colonialism #blackness #blackhistory #thingsfallapart #instagood #picoftheday #instafoto #blackbooks #blogger #okonkwo

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(8/52) How are comics representing you? Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation Full video link here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UGgQBvVF6lw 👈 #blackness #superheroes #comics #milesmorales #blackcomics #instagood #instafoto #curriculum #race #representation

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Sending in my absentee ballot today from #Colombia. Shout out to all my #badhombres @Queenzflip 😭😂😂😂 #debate #debates2016 #uselection #donaldtrump

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Caught up.... Amateur short film by Justin Willis. Full video link here: http://bit.ly/2ezvdIl 👈 Pheoby Watson played by @Princssnhiseyes (7/52) how strong you? Their Eyes Were Watching God #blackness #blackhistory #vernacular #gossip #teacake #theireyeswerewatchinggod #instagood #picoftheday

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I read it and blog about it. Full video link here below http://bit.ly/2ea9gOs 👈 (6/52) How can the black community be rebuilt in the US? The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street condensed story by Robin Walker This is the Black Curriculum #blackness #tulsa #blackwallstreet #oklahoma #blackhistory #blackbooks

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The Black Curriculum: The Autobiography of Malcolm X

(1/52) These videos answer the following question: What literature should I read/study to gain a better understanding of the black experience? As a black man...

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The Black Curriculum "Killing Rage: Ending Racism"

(2/52) Why are you so angry? In this week's video, I'll address the outline of Bell Hook's "Killing Rage: Ending Racism", a collection of essays that focus o...

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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

(3/52) These videos answer the following question: What experience and literature should I read/study to gain a better understanding of the black experience?...