SEESelf

Musings of a wild Afrikan-Amerikan woman who run with the wolves & have deep conversations with the forest Spirits... I LOVE African/BLACK people -- we have such a luxurious and wonderful global history -- Be very PROUD! Images are POWERFUL and Art is ALWAYS Political!!! This is a repository of Black/African art, history, music, writings and thought intended to inspire and encourage Critical thought...

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you did not know you were Afrika When you set out for Afrika you did not know you were going. Because you did not know you were Afrika. You did not know the Black continent that had to be reached was you. (…) (Gwendolyn Brooks, To the diaspora)

Picture: ©Teenie Harris

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Xmas Eve, 1855: enslaved teens from Loudoun County, VA. successfully fight off slave patrols and make their escape to Philadelphia and freedom.

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Black History Month means grappling with the full legacy of racism in the US | Rashawn Ray

Learning our history is about truth. But it is also about reconciliation: making amends for the pain caused to generations of Black Americans

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RIHANNA Cupid could NEVA!

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Lewis. 

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Your vote matters. If it didn’t, why would some people keep trying to take it away?

John Lewis (via macrolit)

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Five Early Greats of Jazz Guitar

Nick Morrison looks at 5 jazz pioneers of the electric guitar, beginning quite rightly with the daddy of them all Charlie Christian, followed by the inventive Les Paul, George Van Eps, George Barnes and Bucky Pizzarelli with great performances from each. I must say that T-Bone Walker may be more blues than jazz but he was right there at the beginning with Christian in Oklahoma. He’s a painful omission in this otherwise excellent survey of the early greats.

-Michael Cuscuna

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Nina Simone at Birdland. Photo by Susanne Schapowalow

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The Three Degrees (Valerie Holiday, Sheila Ferguson and Helen Scott (Fayette Pinkney left in 1976) dance with Prince Charles at a charity event for the Prince’s Trust at the King’s Country Club in Eastbourne, England in July 1978. Photo: Getty.

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The Hollywood Masters | John Singleton

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Sidney Poitier, 1960

“I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.”

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"Abused children have been taught that love can coexist with abuse. This shapes our adult perceptions of love. As we would cling to the notion that those who hurt us as children loved us, we rationalize being hurt by other adults by insisting that they love us."

Bell Hooks

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How John Singleton Made History as the Oscars’ First Black Best Director Nominee

With "Boyz n the Hood," he broke down barriers for black filmmakers with Oscar nominations, commercial success, and the creation of an entirely new genre.

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Bhairava-Shiva, the fierce roaming tiger of the cremation grounds.