252 best u/eroverton images on Pholder | Blackladies, Black History Photos and Blackcontemporaryarts

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Looks like Community is going to win Hulu/Rolling Stone's Best in Show 2013 Tournament. Go Greendale!

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Hey TwoX, thought you might appreciate this t-shirt (Worn by Rep. Carrie Meek, U.S. House of Representatives, Florida)

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Found on Facebook: This photo of an all Black female fire department

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I know some of you know this feeling...

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Park Hyung Shook...

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Daddy-Daughter Tea Party

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So... on a scale of 1 - *Trump voice* Wrong! ... how wrong is this?

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The 'Angel' of Skid Row: LA cop who made one of America's worst areas 'safer and cleaner' by helping homeless find housing, teaching women self-defense and not focusing on arrests - and never once fired his gun.

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Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people they oppress... - Dr. John Henrik Clarke [480x640]

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The L is capitalized

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Morning, ladies! Please maintain a firm grip on your ovaries before clicking this.

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'Rapunzel' by Alfonso Pardo

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I think I post cute little girls here too much. But they're SO CUTE! This is little Leah Jeffries, aka Lola from Empire

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You're Welcome.

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Laughed so hard I hurt myself

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Saw this pic of this little cutie on FB. Then I saw her shirt and had to share. :D

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Natural Sisterhood

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Fontainhas village, nestled in the mountains of Cape Verde, West Africa [480x640]

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Drizzy Drake (in salt) by Allan Pachino

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Maleficent, by Mansa El Musa

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I feel like if I could become just half as fly as Pepper, everything would be okay.

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Why, hello there, gentlemen

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Djimon Hounsou on his role in Guardians of the Galaxy: I want to begin by saying a story about my son... (quote in comments)

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On the evening of July 11, 1951, one of the biggest riots in U.S. history began after a young black couple moved into an apartment in all-white Cicero, IL, west of Chicago.

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The Green Lantern

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Just adopted myself a new motto

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Just a beautiful pic I found on Facebook.

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Many know Cree Summer from her role as Winifred Freddie Brooks on the hit sitcom A Different World but did you know that she also provided the voices to over 22 of our most beloved cartoon characters?

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Racists will always call you racist when you identify their racism... - Dr. John Henrik Clarke

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Rainbow Dream by Shakira Rivers

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Angela and Lupita [Photo]

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Boycott Black Friday

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Need to get married now JUST so I can hook myself up with this hair + crown combo. (Ivorian bride and groom, Cote d'Ivoire)

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I love this artist. James Eugene. I really would love to see a lot more Afrofuturistic art.

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Former slaves attending a Juneteenth celebration in Austin TX. June 19, 1900 [500x461]

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Dr. King & his daughter Yolanda. Dr. King said in an interview that this photo was taken as he was explaining why she could not go to Funtown, a whites-only amusement park in Atlanta [611x404]

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I thought about quitting...

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Phylicia Ayers-Allen (later to be Phylicia Rashad) rockin' a sweet 'fro.

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Sisters Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad in some sisterly bonding - doing hair, getting all fancy [Photo]

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Aug. 18, 1887 Eatonville becomes one of first all-black towns in U.S. (source: Black History Historical Photo Archive 365 24-7)

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Hmm? ...I'm sorry, what were we talking about?

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9 Areas of Battle

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Giraffe by Geneva B

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Anansi the Spider God by B. Minervo

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Sun God Taitu by Sara K Golish

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Print by Urban Shogun

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4 Little Scholars

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Badass photo of two elderly women with machetes

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Grand Central, New York City. 1942

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Happy Birthday to Langston Hughes, a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and a great poet, activist, novelist and playwright

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Who was Angelo Soliman? He spoke six languages fluently and could write three of them fluently as well. He was also a master swordsman, war hero, chess specialist, navigation expert, concert composer, and a tutor to royalty. He was the subject of Mozart's popular opera The Magic Flute.

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Sisters! Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashaad in a department store, looking fabulous

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Fredrick L. McGhee. McGhee was the first African-American lawyer in the state of Minnesota. Born into the Maafa (slavery) in Mississippi on October 28, 1861, McGhee was freed in 1864. With a keen sense of legal business, his most notable asset was his ability as an orator in the courtroom.

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It's a good hustle

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Calling all filmmakers! AFROPUNK and Thirteen WNET New York want you and your shorts. Get shooting and start submitting!

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Spotted in Bed-Stuy

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Anansi by Sgrum

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On this day in 1949, a patent was published for an air conditioning unit, filed by African American inventor Frederick Jones, who is best known for his mobile refrigeration unit which allows long-distance transportation of perishable food and medical supplies.

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A little Congolese girl in a human zoo in an exhibition in Brussels, Belgium, 1958. The people are feeding her things just as if she was in a petting zoo.

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On Monday, October 16, 1995 there was a sea of Black men, many who stood for 10 hours or more sharing, learning, listening, fasting, hugging, crying, laughing, and praying. The day produced a spirit of brotherhood, love, and unity like never before experienced among Black men in America.

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Grace Bol, Perfectly Imperfect. Photo by Zack Bowens

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Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis, or Cudjo Lewis (ca. 1840 – 1935), is considered the last person born on African soil to have been enslaved in the United States when slavery was unlawful and had been ceased. (AAG)

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In 1950, Dr. Helen Dickens was the first African American woman admitted to the American College of Surgeons. The daughter of a former slave, she would sit at the front of the class in medical school so that she would not be bothered by the racist comments and gestures made by her classmates.

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This photo was taken in Washington, D.C. in 1916 at the “Convention of Former Slaves. Pictured from left to right: Annie Parram, age 104; Anna Angales, age 105; Elizabeth Berkeley, 125; Sadie Thompson, 110. (source: For Harriet)

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BQS For most Black people, the definition of progress is... Dr. Umar Johnson

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The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan headed towards the microphone at the Million Man March, 1995. Join us for the 20th Anniversary, this October 10th, 2015 at the National Mall, Washington D.C.

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PSA: The most adorable photo project in the world Because Of Them We Can (that I mentioned back in Women's History Mon) is still ongoing and fabulous. I know Octavia Butler's got some fans in here, so here you go!

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50 years ago in 1964, the bodies of three lynched civil rights workers (James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman) were found, after disappearing more than a month before in an act of state sponsored terrorism during Freedom Summer. (Zinn Education Project)

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Happy 80th birthday Dr. Robert Parris Moses (born Jan. 23, 1935). Moses was a pivotal organizer for the civil rights movement as field secretary for the SNCC. He was also a driving force behind the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964.

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THE BLINDING OF ISAAC WOODARD: February 12, 1946: Isaac Woodard Jr., African American World War 2 veteran decorated for courage under fire during service in the Pacific, is beaten by South Carolina police until he’s blind. This is just hours after his honorary discharge from the military.

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Alexander Pushkin - 1899 portrait. A Russian of African decent Pushkin is one of Russia's most iconic and legendary literary figures. He's generally credited with shaping and influencing the whole of Russia's rich literary heritage. Pushkin remains to this day Russia's most revered writer and poet.

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Pearl Bailey was born 96 years ago today. She earned a B.A. in Theology from Georgetown U. in 1985 at the age of 67! Initially, she majored in French, but she switched to theology “Because it’s easier to know the Lord that it is to know French.” Photo: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (VBG)

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This photograph makes me giggle

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I literally have no context for this photo. For all I know, it could have been taken yesterday with a sepia filter. But it's beautiful, so I wanted to post it. Enjoy!

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The use of the word “Slavery is often widely and falsely generalized. The TYPE of slavery is the most essential factor. This generalization of “Slavery is both misleading and fuel for propaganda used to justify the horrors of the African Holocaust also known as The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

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ow here's something you don't see very often... a Black child with a Nazi swastika emblazoned on his clothing. Here, you see a very young Hans-Jurgen Massaquoi, who was born in 1926 in Hamburg, Germany, and get this... he went on to become the Managing Editor of Ebony magazine.

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Phyllis Hyman, New York, 1978

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The Supremes 1970s - Mary Wilson, Jean Terrell and Cindy Birdsong

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Diamond Shakoor is a 12-year-old Pretty Brown Girl, and is one of the best chess players in the country. With close to 250 tournaments played, Diamond is a seven-time national champion. At age 8, she was the youngest African-American female to go undefeated in a Chess National competition.

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Steampunk Trinbagonian Police Woman by Kalifa Damani (x-posted from /r/blackcontemporaryarts)

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Vivien Theodore Thomas (August 29, 1910 – November 26, 1985) was a surgical technician who developed the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome in the 1940s. (AAG)

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Tupac Amaru Shakur June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996. Tupac would have turned 42 years old today. (in comments: 6 things you might not know about Tupac)

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Gloria Davy, First African-American to Sing Aida at the Met

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Where my 30+ girls at? Did you have a crush on a group called The Boys as a child? Wonder what they look like now?

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Busta Rhymes, Aaliyah, Pink, Stevie Wonder, Mya & Tyrese.

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Norton and Margot (1933). Their career was emblematic of the paradoxes and double standards which existed for black artists in white America. Had the pair been tap dancers, lindy hoppers, or an exotic act, they might have gained a reputation in the mainstream entertainment industry.

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Harlem Renaissance

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