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marfiosoblackstarblogg: In honor of International Women’s day,...

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:34:49 -0500

In honor of International Women’s day, I give you

Mrs Theodosia Okoh <3

The creator of the Ghana Flag we all proudly represent today

baddominicana: pow pow POOOOWWWWWW

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:28:25 -0500

baddominicana:

pow pow POOOOWWWWWW

wakeupblackpower: The Boondocks-yes

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:07:13 -0500

wakeupblackpower:

The Boondocks-yes

thusreluctant: The Bridge by Charly Palmer

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:07:02 -0500

thusreluctant:

The Bridge by Charly Palmer

how europe underdeveloped africa by Walter Rodney

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:06:44 -0500

how europe underdeveloped africa by Walter Rodney

africanalot: | Desmond Tutu

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:03:20 -0500

africanalot:

| Desmond Tutu

Dr Cheikh Anta Diop “Most of the ideas we call foreign are...

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:53:23 -0500

Dr Cheikh Anta Diop

“Most of the ideas we call foreign are oftentimes nothing but mixed up, reversed, modified, elaborated images of the creations of our African ancestors, such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, dialectics, the theory of being, the exact sciences, arithmetic, geometry, mechanical engineering, astronomy, medicine, literature (novel, poetry, drama), architecture, the arts, etc.,” Diop put forth in Civilization or Barbarism. He argued specifically that Aristotelian metaphysics, the Pythagorean theorem, the concept of pi, Platonic cosmogony, and other commonly believed Greek creations actually were developed in ancient Egypt. “Consequently, no thought, no ideology is, in essence, foreign to Africa, which was their birthplace.

my heart by Lizz Wright

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:31:08 -0500

my heart by Lizz Wright

Lizz Wright

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:31:00 -0500

Lizz Wright

"There is no one torturing you except yourself. There is nobody except yourself; your whole life is..."

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:50:09 -0500

“There is no one torturing you except yourself. There is nobody except yourself; your whole life is your work—your creation. Once you grasp this, things start changing …transforming. You can play at changing your hell into heaven, or, if you are in love with misery, create as much as you wish.”

- Osho (via erosboros)

we are the ship by Kadir Nelson

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:32:33 -0500

we are the ship by Kadir Nelson

bessie and her son richard by Gordon Parks Gordon Parks’s...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:47:47 -0500

bessie and her son richard by Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks’s compelling photograph of Bessie Fontenelle and her youngest son Richard, Jr., was published by Life magazine on March 8, 1968, as part of a special feature on blacks and poverty called A Harlem Family (or At the Poverty Board). Parks’s essay and twenty-five photographs vividly depict the hardships of a Harlem family living under deplorable conditions. Taken shortly after Bessie violently retaliated against her husband’s abuse, this image, which appears on the opening spread, captures both her love for her son and her deep frustration and exhaustion—the dichotomy of a life torn between hope and despair. Her sadness is tempered by her child’s wide-eyed innocence. The article begins with this admonition: “What I want/What I am/What you force me to be/is what you are,” suggesting that we are all part of one global family. Sadly, only young Richard survived the family’s hardships and grew up to escape poverty.

by Indiana University Art Museum

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt..."

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:22:40 -0500

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.”

- Helen Keller

Love is patient and kind It does not envy or boast Love is not arrogant or rude It does not...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:14:49 -0500

Love is patient and kind

It does not envy or boast

Love is not arrogant or rude

It does not insist on its own way

Lov is not irritable or resentful

it does not rejoice at wrongdoing

but rejoices in the truth

Love bears all things

believes all things

hopes all things

endures all things.

Love never end

1 Corinthians 13:6

indigenousrev: Colonialism is the establishment, maintenance,...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:14:07 -0500

indigenousrev:

Colonialism is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. Colonialism is a process whereby sovereignty over the colony is claimed by the metropole and the social structure, government, and economics of the colony are changed by colonists - people from the metropole. Colonialism is a set of unequal relationships: between the metropole and the colony, and between the colonists and the indigenous population.

still I rise byMaya AngelouYou may write me down in history With...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:08:31 -0500

still I rise byMaya Angelou

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies
You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise
Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room

Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides
Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise

Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops. Weakened by my soulful cries
Does my haughtiness offend you? Don’t you take it awful hard
‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines Diggin’ in my own back yard

You may shoot me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear

I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise I rise I rise!

road to rhythm by Paul Goodnight

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:21:07 -0500

road to rhythm by Paul Goodnight

harriet tubman by Catherine Clinton Great Read!

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:20:53 -0500

harriet tubman by Catherine Clinton

Great Read!

How Do You Love a Black Woman? I don’t need a manTo make me feel...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:19:00 -0500

How Do You Love a Black Woman?

I don’t need a man
To make me feel like a woman

But I do need a man who understands what womanhood is
And the love binding struggle that we as black woman experience
When dealing with men who are disconnected from their roots
And have replaced Creativity, Originality, and Sensuality with a dull shine.

How Do You Love a Black Woman?
Love us with a genuine heart
See the beauty and talent in all areas of our lives
And appreciate the knowledge within our minds

Take that knowledge
And feed it to those who are thirsty for wisdom

Take that wisdom
And feed it to those who are capable of creating a new blue print for society
With their dreams & aspirations

Allow this circle to continue…

Love us with an admiration for our strength
And recognize the significance of our existence
Admit your need for us
And express to us how much you hurt without your backbone

And when we fall
Catch us
Catch us with 2 arms
Because we recognize your strength too!

Ask questions & seek answers from us
Climb into our ears and listen to the things we say
And appreciate the strength in our opinions
Even if it is about anything and everything

How Do You Love a Black Woman?
By finding the courage to stop playing games that you should have left behind years ago
By separating yourselves from other men
In order to become your own man
And allowing yourselves to discover your own definition of manhood and what it really means

Connect yourselves to your present day realities and re-evaluate how you feel about

Respect. Love. Loyalty.

Love us with respect for our bodies
Starting from the inside out

Adore the little things that make us who we are
Such as our
Strong cheek bones, variations of our chocolate tones, textured hair, and thick lips
We don’t expect you to read our minds
But once inside, pay attention to our sensitive areas
And acknowledge intimate moments as another form of communication
A combination not to be interrupted

Hold us tight
With 2 arms
And indulge yourselves in the sweetness that we have to offer you
Satisfy your craving with our never-ending love
And cherish the thought of two individuals
Coming together to become one with each other
One mind
And one soul

Yours Truly,

Your Black Woman

by Pauleanna Reid

dreamworld by Robin Thicke

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:07:05 -0500

dreamworld by Robin Thicke