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twixnmix

Chaka Khan photographed by Robert Rodvik circa 1975.

artemisvoice

12 hands of Miles Davis and his trumpet, New York, 1986

Irving Penn

bobbyrogers

Catch a Fade, ii of ii // photograph of Seth Aryee by Bobby Rogers

justicemukheli

Snooks

jaimeabbariao

Forest Hills, NY, 2016

kingjaffejoffer

Do you have a plan in case Trump wins?

Keep being a Black man struggling in America the same way I did during Obama’s presidency

northgang

First quarter of a century. It's ONLY by God's grace that I'm still here. I pray all my brothers ✊ make it to 25 and beyond. #drosenumber

#drosenumber

afroklectic

GHANA shot by Karina Illovska

bomtrack

the only reason weed is attributed to Bob Marley is because it was a huge part of the Rastafari religion. Rastafarians promoted black empowerment, self-love, and self-reliance and smoking pot was used as a way of enhancing meditation. although he was rumored to smoke one pound of weed a day, police found no pot in any of his belongings while on tour and none in the belongings of everyone on tour with him.

now Bob Marley is depicted as a happy dude smoking on a beach when he was actually a huge activist against African countries with dictatorships and even did a huge concert in Zimbabwe when they declared independence. thousands of fans broke in to the concert to see him and police shot tear gas into the mob. Bob didn’t stop performing even when tear gas reached the stage, making most of his bandmates rush off. he also did a huge peace concert in Jamaica to unite two warring political parties. his songs often spotlighted racism and inequality and he was an important voice for black people not only in the US, but the entire world.

and now he’s a snapchat filter

nyokoko

This is the man that wrote revolutionary songs like “Africa Unite”, “Black Man Redemption”, “War” (where he spoke out against apartheid and the conflict in Angola). Songs like “Buffalo Soldier”, “Redemption Song”, “Crazy Baldhead”, “Stiff Necked Fools”, “War”, and many other songs that made it clear where he stood in the movement. But folks have reduced him to “Jammin’” and “One Love”, ignoring his entire library of music in which he clearly sent the message that he was an activist who worked and strived for global Black liberation.