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“That I would come into their midst, able to worship these gods in dance, and knowing, …seemed to be of utmost importance to the cult itself—as it was important that I carry the meaning of the true vaudun to my people in that other country.” —Katherine Dunham, Island Possessed Learn about the life and work of  black dance pioneer, anthropologist, and choreographer, Katherine Dunham.

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From Jugend, 1899.

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thamks

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Bad literature is our only hope.

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I was already an outcast, dude, that’s why I started reading bad literature.

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Jeri Smith, winner of the lady loggers contest at the 1953 Timber Days Festival in Sutherlin, Oregon.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, February 13, 1909 

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That’s not how you got clocked in MY day

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Give him my number.

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New Castle Herald, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1921

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Lena Horne performing at L’Olympia in Paris, 1947, photo by Yale Joel

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Peter Hujar. David Wojnarowicz Reclining (II) vintage gelatin silver print titled and dated verso in pencil estate and copyright stamp verso in ink; signed verso in pencil by Stephen Koch,for the Estate of Peter Hujar print made by the artist. Maureen Paley

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