The YEBIES

A collection of images, videos, music, quotes, and more that embody the life experiences of YEBies past and present worldwide  

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Body Beat Pool Party @ Donovan House Rooftop. i think this was our first real event. s/o to @lunchboxtheory for finessing this, @yebies for unifying this, and @thegeepee for…well, not much actually. but at least ppl believed in it.

#BLESSUP

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Eartha Kitt speaking truth to power at a 1968 luncheon at the White House hosted by Lady Bird Johnson which resulted in Kitt being blacklisted in the US for nearly a decade.

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let it be known that on January 18th, 1968, Eartha Kitt stood in a room full of white women at The Women Doers Luncheon, GOT IN LADYBIRD JOHNSON’S FACE, and told her that the government was sending the best of the youth off to be shot and killed and, in not so many words, that THAT was the reason the youth were rebelling. She ALSO stopped President Johnson after he made a statement claiming that mothers should be responsible for stopping their kids from becoming criminals and asked about “the parents who have to go to work, for instance, who can’t spend time with their children as they should”. It was brushed off by LBJ who only mentioned the funding for day care centers put in place by the recently passed Social Security bill, and then more or less said that the women at that luncheon should figure it out for themselves.

She was blacklisted, but she defended every word she said that day. 

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Respect Mother Sister

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y'all better put some respect on her name

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Footage of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington’s funeral and procession on November 30, 1987. The original running time is 19 minutes and is mostly silent. The footage is produced by Bill Stamets & archived at Media Burn. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This excerpt is cut to Donny Hathaway’s, Someday We’ll All Be Free

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Coming to America (1988) dir. John Landis

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[theyebies]

‪“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” — James Baldwin‬ #WeAreYEBies https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo94yGLAKOi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qf7697y538uz

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#SoundTheAlarm (at University of Southern California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoAFkUOg5Xw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14q5x52fmn7b4

[theyebies]

Another month, same mission... @hashtaglunchbagdc #HashtagLunchbagDC #WeAreYEBies #YEBiesInDC https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn7Fs_lgx-1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b2xwoioy5eqf

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Marley Dias(@iammarleydias) founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks | #WeAreYEBies #YEBiesInPhilly #ChangeAgents #WCW https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn61zhLAuEY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cuhm6p198kdc

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“I am and always will be a catalyst for change.” - Shirley Chisholm #WeAreYEBies #YEBiesInGov #WCW #ChangeAgents https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn60gyNgNhp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zq1lk9x2ohjl

[theyebies]

#USC! Spotted on Campus returns this semester on @yebiesu starting at your University. Tag current students below👇🏽 #WeAreYEBies #YEBiesU #YUstudentbody #USC #usctrojans (at University of Southern California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn6yAFjgAty/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y5d53wwx66gz

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Your journey is yours. Own it and love it. #WeAreYEBies https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn1pfhDHZC2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qxq9xhaulwun

[theyebies]

In case you were wondering what the letters stand for... #WeAreYEBies https://www.instagram.com/p/BnueCuHHN5m/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yrty9t8rdghu

[theyebies]

#YEBies Personified “The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative. The history of the capitalist era is characterized by the degradation of my people: despoiled of their lands, their true culture destroyed... denied equal protection of the law, and deprived their rightful place in the respect of their fellows.” -Paul Robeson #WeAreYEBies https://www.instagram.com/p/Bno1kBEHWYs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6fosv3syxiqq