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basseyworld:

kojobaffoe:

Ali X Cooke

leebasays:

Ali X Cooke

Yes.

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super-eklectic1:

i need to make this into a poster

I wanna look this pretty when I sing.

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lifeofanappyheadedfatchic:

streetetiquette:

Black Ivy Panther 

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Yes.

I’m always bothered when Black people assert that attending HBCUs was better for them, as Black people, and disregard the impact attending Ivy League or PWCUs can have on one’s sense of “Black self”.

I don’t think one is better than the other, so I think we ought to stop trying to quantify Blackness based on what type of institution of higher learning one attended. One could argue that being in a school where there are fewer Black people could foster a stronger sense of “Black Community” and encourage more introspection and knowledge-seeking because of the experiences one has with blatant and indirect racism and prejudice on an almost daily basis. One could argue that bearing witness to the effects your alma mater has on the surrounding community can spark a spirit of activism that might have remained complacent/dormant while at an HBCU. One could argue many things, but the point is: you “Black experience” at college is YOUR Black experience. 

No one is better than the other.

I attended an Ivy League undergraduate institution and let me tell you… THAT is where I came into my most militant understanding of my Blackness. Trust and believe. I met Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, bell hooks… I rallied in support of affirmative action and I marched in support of Mumia. I ran a Black newspaper, joined a Black singing group, acted in, wrote, and directed Black theatrical productions, and wore Black on Tuesdays while only supporting Black businesses.

Don’t judge a person’s Blackness by where they chose to go to school and don’t argue whose “Black experience” was more valid, either way.

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basseyworld:

This is the most gorgeous little girl I have ever seen. Not pretty. not cute. GORGEOUS. 

vintageblackglamour:

What are Harry Belafonte and Martin Luther King, Jr., laughing about? Mr. Belafonte’s new memoir, My Song, was released today by aaknopf.  

vintageblackglamour:

Alvin Ailey, the iconic dancer, choreographer and founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, in March 1955. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.

vintageblackglamour:

Sculptor, teacher, and advocate for black artists Augusta Savage.

leftofblack:

Left of Black Marks the 45^th Anniversary of the Founding of The Black Panther Party with Author and Professor Alondra Nelson

Alondra Nelson, Associate Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and author of Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination joins host Mark Anthony Neal on the October 24^th episode of Left of Black. On the episode, Nelson reveals the historical relationship between the Black Panther Party and medicine.  Nelson reminds audiences of the real danger Civil Rights activists faced while marching and sitting-in, and how issues of healthcare were of practical concern given the threats of violence.  Nelson highlights the how the work of the Black Panther Party continues to inform community medicine movements. 

Neal is also joined by Jonathan Gayles, professor of African American Studies at Georgia State University and writer, director, and producer of the film White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in American Comic Books. Gayles discusses reaction to his movie, which won best documentary feature at the 2010 Urban Media Makers Film Festival and remembers the impact of the late Dwayne McDuffie founder of Milestone Media. Neal and Gayles also discuss Black Entertainment Television’s ill-fated attempt to bring the animated series Black Panther to television.

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Left of Black airs at 1:30 p.m. (EST) on Mondays on Duke’s Ustream channel: ustream.tv/dukeuniversity. Viewers are invited to participate in a Twitter conversation with Neal and featured guests while the show airs using hash tags #LeftofBlack or #dukelive. 

Left of Black is recorded and produced at the John Hope Franklin Center of International and Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University.

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Follow Left of Black on Twitter: @LeftofBlack
Follow Mark Anthony Neal on Twitter: @NewBlackMan
Follow Alondra Nelson: @Alondra
Follow Jonathan Gayles: @JonathanGayles

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wllc:

100 Years before Rosa Parks, there was Elizabeth Jennings, a teacher who was thrown off a streetcar in Brooklyn, July 1854. She sued and won. (Taken with instagram)

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Katherine Dunham, et al. to Be Featured on 2012 Stamps

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