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[africanuniverse]

A black mind like any other mind is the most powerful tool on the planet! Use it and write it down! The mind comes first || What you write comes next!

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[africanuniverse]

On this day. MAY 8th

Founded in 1925, The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was the first labor organization led by African Americans to receive a charter ( A written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which a body such as a company, college, or city is founded and its rights and privileges defined. ) in the American Federation of Labor (AFL). The BSCP gathered a membership of 18,000 passenger railway workers across Canada, The United States, and Mexico. This was aimed to improve the working conditions and treatment of African American railroad porters and maids employed by the Pullman Company, a manufacturer and operator of railroad cars.

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters founder

A. Philip Randolph, 

the public face of the union, as he appeared in 1942.

Asa Philip Randolph[1] (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist political parties.

In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly African-American labor union. In the early Civil Rights Movement and the Labor Movement, Randolph was a voice that would not be silenced.

A longtime organizer and activist, Nixon was president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Montgomery Welfare League, and the Montgomery Voters League. At the time, Nixon already led the Montgomery branch of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union, known as the Pullman Porters Union, which he had helped organize.

Martin Luther King Jr. described Nixon as "one of the chief voices of the Negro community in the area of civil rights," and "a symbol of the hopes and aspirations of the long-oppressed people of the State of Alabama. He  worked with Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to initiate the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

[africanuniverse]

I'm an AFRICAN man (a black man). I can go AGAINST the grain. I can take each grain and make it my WHEAT!

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[vahsaw]

Lorde - Writer in the dark / movie: Towelhead <3

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[worldwartwoinpics]

African soldiers from French Colonial Army. I do not know much of history about these particular forces in WW2, so any educational links would help. Thanks!

[seprate]

jean-patrice

delicacy like no other, the feeling of taking care of yourself and being pampered, a rich beige and a slight rosy smell

[niaknowshair]

Selfie from yesterday I forgot to post. This is day 8 of my wash n go by the way 😦 curls are behaving so well don't ever want to wash it again!😆😷 #natural #melanin #blackwomen #blacklove #biracial #afrcian #teamnatural #afro

[musatukurah]

African lady