February 2012
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13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the... →
beautifulbrwn: “On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York presented the first Spirit of Freedom award to Jada Williams, a 13-year old city of Rochester student.  Miss Williams wrote an essay on her impressions of Frederick Douglass’ first autobiography the Narrative of the Life.  This was part of an essay contest, but her essay was never entered.  It offended...
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Womanist Musings: Confronting Hyper Sexuality in... →
amantesuntamentes: great article discussing the misrepresentations of black fe/male sexuality (queer inclusive).
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Black Hair Problems: Cultural Appropriation:... →
dumbthingswhitepplsay: curiouslycool: racismschool: Are Dreadlocks really cultural appropriation? YES Here’s why: Dreadlocks originated first with Jamaican Rastafarians and then in Indian Sages and Yogis. Specifically it was started by holy men. These men renounced all…
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Longest Married Couple in the World  →
blackfashion:  emcu2:  Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher have an extraordinary story to tell.  They’ve been married for 86 years. Together, they endured the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam, they have seen the impact of the Civil Rights Movement, watched man land on the moon, the dropping of the atomic bomb, lived through the terms of 15 presidents...
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“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”
–  African Proverb. (via anegroking)
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