Becoming a man. One Mistake at a time. @sheed-emilio - Tumblr Blog

So, a few things: I've been waiting a long time to get good footage of myself performing this poem. I'm getting a headstart on my 2019 promise to stop selling myself short and actually promote this work I believe in. I'm asking for your help in one way: If it speaks to you, share it. Thanks.I'll Fly Away by Rasheed Copeland

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Individual World Poetry Slam Finals 2015 - Rasheed Copeland - "My Mans n...

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Rasheed Copeland - “Macaroni N Cheese” (IWPS 2015)

“There are some things that must be taken to the grave, some secrets of which we are so ashamed we will hide from them, five years and several states away.”

Rasheed Copeland, performing during prelims at the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam. Rasheed placed 2nd overall in the tournament. Subscribe to Button on YouTube!

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Creating Art and Shifting Narratives with Deun Ivory

To see more of Deun’s work, follow @deunivory on Instagram.

“Representation is so important,” says illustrator, writer and photographer Deun Ivory (@deunivory). “I want to be the photographer creating a movement, somebody shifting the narrative around the way black women are portrayed or the way black women are viewed.” Before picking up a camera, the Chicago-based artist was considering a career as a fashion journalist. While attention to style and aesthetic are ever present in Deun’s approach, people’s responses to her work helped her internalize the profound impact she can have. “I also want to create a space where black women and black little girls feel valued, affirmed, empowered and represented in a very graceful way.”

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A peek into the journals of Octavia Butler.

Legendary sci-fi author Octavia Butler wrote landmark books like Kindred, Parable of the Sower, and Dawn. In a notebook of hers archived at the Huntington Library, it’s clear Butler had a strong vision for her future. On this page in 1988, she wrote, “My books will be read by millions of people. So be it! See to it!”

That’s what happened—after willing her work into existence, her work is now part of the science fiction canon.

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