A moment in the sun.

Art critic, historian, polyglot. Academic flow. Black power. #MMXIV

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KNOW YOUR HISTORY: Memorial Day was started by former slaves on May, 1, 1865 in Charleston, SC to honor 257 dead Union Soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Confederate prison camp. They dug up the bodies and worked for 2 weeks to give them a proper burial as gratitude for fighting for their freedom. They then held a parade of 10,000 people led by 2,800 Black children where they marched, sang and celebrated. Thanks to Abstrakt Goldsmith for this nugget of history that most of us never learned in school.

Via The Blue Street Journal

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Every Memorial Day, I like to remind people about the Double V campaign. It was started in 1942 by the Pittsburgh Courier, an historic African-American newspaper, just as the United States entered World War II. “Double V” stood for “Victory Abroad and Victory at Home.” The purpose of the campaign was to call continued attention to the legal injustices and segregation that blacks dealt with as American citizens on American soil and as soldiers abroad within the (segregated) armed forces. Naturally, J. Edgar Hoover considered the Double V Campaign an act of sedition. When Black Americans were hesitant to serve in the military for a country in which they were legally treated as second class citizens, there was no understanding, only accusations of treason. To appreciate the role of the Pittsburgh Courier in this campaign, keep in mind that white newspapers did not cover Blacks unless there was a crime involved or, of course, if the Black in question was an athlete or an entertainer. White newspapers did not cover our births, deaths, weddings or any other slice of life-type activity that we did just like everyone else. That is why, in part, Ebony magazine was born. And they certainly did not report on racial discrimination (especially within the military who banned black newspapers from its libraries during the Double V Campaign) the way the Black press did. The picture above was taken in 1942 on 119th Street, between Lenox and 7th (now Malcolm X Blvd and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd).

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Me http://fineass-bitch.tumblr.com/

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Graduation present to myself!

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One week. My kente cloth graduation sash came in the mail yesterday w/ a copy of "Our Daily Bread" + I still haven't studied for my last exam. Curly hair, don't care. #MMXIV

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the last one thought the we had already been to mars….

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30 degree sun

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This is joyous..

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<3 

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#PVD ✈️ (at TF Green Airport (PVD))

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One of my favorite professors at RIC gave me a rose at our department's end of the semester gathering. Ugh, what am I going to do without my polyglots. غادي توشتكم براف

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Surreal. 🎓 #MMXIV

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Anaïs Nin (via heyfranhey)

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1969 Tina Turner

By Jack Robinson

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ILLUSTRATIONS - DIGITAL ART

Illustrations by  Mattahan (Paul Davey) from Manchaster, Jamaica. The name Mattahan is from the patois pronunciation of Matterhorn, a popular cigarette brand in Jamaica. Mattahan is a painter who uses digital tools to create these surreal depictions of people who inspire him. The paintings are inspired by moments in his own life.

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I want fairy tales made from these!!

[shutupkittcat]

I am SO at my end with adults who don't take responsibility for their actions. Some folks are so worried about putting on a show that they get caught up in their own production and don't have the time or energy to put into being a decent human being. "That's just how I am" is NOT EVER a valid excuse to be rude, disrespectful, and dismissive. I'm so done.

[thebrunetteco]

Wait for someone who keeps you sane, but also drives you crazy in all the right ways.

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