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Aug 4, 2022 / 24,828 notes

getoutofmyjaneway:

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To the woman that inspired countless girls and people of color, we will never forget you.

You will always be in our hearts.

Thank you for going where no woman had gone before.

Nichelle Nichols 1932- 2022

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Nov 4, 2021 / 99 notes

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workingclasshistory:
“On this day, 16 October 1968, Black sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their gloved fists in a Black power salute during the playing of the US national anthem as they were awarded gold and bronze medals at the...
Oct 16, 2021 / 355 notes

workingclasshistory:

On this day, 16 October 1968, Black sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their gloved fists in a Black power salute during the playing of the US national anthem as they were awarded gold and bronze medals at the Olympics. Smith would later clarify: “I wore a black glove to represent social power or Black power; I wore socks, not shoes, to represent poverty; I wore a black scarf around my neck to symbolise the lynching, the hangings that Black folks went through while building this country.” Following the protest, they were largely ostracised by the US sporting establishment. While Time magazine now considers their picture of the event as the most iconic photograph of all time, back then they wrote: “‘Faster, Higher, Stronger’ is the motto of the Olympic Games. ‘Angrier, nastier, uglier’ better describes the scene in Mexico City last week.” Back home, both Smith and Carlos were subject to abuse and they and their families received death threats. The Australian athlete Peter Norman, the other man on the podium, also showed solidarity with the protest wearing an ‘Olympic Project for Human Rights’ badge in protest of his government’s 'White Australia’ policy. He too would also be reprimanded by his nation’s Olympic authorities and was not picked for the following Olympic games - although it is disputed whether this was as a consequence of his stand in Mexico. After Norman’s sudden death in 2006, Smith and Carlos helped carry his coffin and delivered eulogies at his funeral. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.1819457841572691/1832092303642578/?type=3

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Jul 28, 2021 / 29,132 notes

Anonymous asked:

what does the revolution must not be televised mean?

carrionthird:

dynastylnoire:

shadybrooktrez:

He just casually gave us like 20 gems. It’s the graceful intent of black poets that keeps oral history of our people going.

[Transcript:

Well, you know, the—the—the catch phrase, what that was all about, “the revolution will not be televised,” that was about the fact that the first change that takes place is in your mind. You have to change your mind before you change the way you live and the way you move. So when we said that the revolution will not be televised, we were saying that like… that—that—that the thing that’s going to change people… is something that no one will ever be able to capture on film. It will just be something that you see and all of a sudden you realise, “I’m on the wrong page,” or “I’m on the right page but I’m on the wrong note. And I’ve got to get in sync with everyone else to understand what is happening in this country.” But I think that the Black Americans have been the—the only real die-hard Americans here, because we’re the only ones who… who carried the process through the process, that everyone else has to sort of like… skip stages. We’re the ones who marched, we’re the ones who carried the bible, we’re the ones who carried the flag, we’re the ones who tried to go through the courts, and—and—and being born American didn't—didn’t seem to matter. Because we were born Americans but we still had to fight for what we were looking for. And we still had to go through those challenges and those processes.]

Jul 17, 2021 / 44,118 notes

Anonymous asked: Why are u black

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whitegirlsaintshit:

because i was made in God’s Image™

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Jun 19, 2021 / 58,292 notes

inkdrawndreamer:

Black kids deserve to be treated like kids.

Black kids deserve to be able to grow up at their own pace instead of being held to adult standards as children.

Black kids deserve to grow up without fear that white adults will somehow feel “threatened” by them and make them suffer for it.

Black kids deserve a safe place to unload their thoughts and feelings without being belittled or punished for it.

Black kids deserve a support system.

Black kids deserve to be taken seriously.

Black kids deserve to take up space.

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Jun 19, 2021 / 22,949 notes

okayysophia:

Everything I’ve BEEN saying!

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