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This is really good. Watch it. 

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Continuing the celebration of the photographer’s birthday today, a selection of Carl Van Vechten’s  brilliant color portraits of African American performers: Billie Holiday, Geoffrey Holder, Pearl Bailey, Carmen De Lavallade, Ella Fitzgerald, Joyce Bryant, Harry Belafonte, Ethel Waters, James Earl Jones, and Blanche Dunn.

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An Angela Davis appreciation post ✨💕

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Dr. Ivan Van Sertima and Chancellor Williams

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Diahann Carroll in Claudine (dir. John Berry, 1974)

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Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll in Paris Blues (1961), dir. Martin Ritt

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Vintage R&B Concert Posters

Memorial Auditorium (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - November 6, 1956

W.C. Taylor High School (Warrenton, Virginia) - March 8, 1962

Toldeo Sports Arena (Toledo, Ohio) - November 5, 1963

Memorial Auditorium (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - June 21, 1965

Cinnamon Cider (Long Beach, California) - August 18, 1965

Memorial Auditorium (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - September 20, 1965

Apollo Theatre (Harlem, New York) - February 11, 1967

Civic Auditorium (Knoxville, Tennessee) - November 25, 1967

Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina) - June 9, 1968

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Vintage Concert Posters

Madison Square Garden (New York, NY) - November 26 & 27, 1970

Carnegie Hall (New York, NY) - April 1, 1971

Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles, CA) - April 23, 1971

Mac Court (Eugene, OR) - November 12, 1971

Cobo Arena (Detroit, MI) - November 25, 1971

Oakland Coliseum (Oakland, CA) - May 16, 1972  

Carolina Coliseum (Columbia, SC) - August 4, 1972

Cole Field House (College park, MD) - March 25, 1973

Oakland Coliseum (Oakland, CA) - January 4, 1974

Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City, MO) - May 29, 1976

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Fantastic collection.

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Whitney Houston - Saving all my love.

Age 21 😫😳

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God bless these kids😍😍😍

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bless his heart

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awwww

why you do this to me eh.

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Happy Black History YEAR!

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Blacula (William Crain, 1972)

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sade really gave us a peek of what ascending to heaven must feel like.

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