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Tinashe (23) 

Jazmine Sullivan (20) 

Jodeci (17) 

Me'Shell Ndegéocello (12) 

Mariah Carey (11) 

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Jam City (35) 

Tinashe (23) 

Jazmine Sullivan (19) 

Me'Shell Ndegéocello (14) 

P. Morris (12) 

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Shamir (14) 

Big K.R.I.T. (11) 

OutKast (5) 

Future Brown (5) 

Depeche Mode (3) 

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Shamir (14) 

Big K.R.I.T. (11) 

OutKast (5) 

Future Brown (5) 

Depeche Mode (3) 

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Black Players on German National Football Team 1974-2014

Black Players on German National Football Team 1974-2014

Erwin Kostedde (1974-1975)

Jimmy Hartwig (1979)

Gerald Asamoah (2002-2006)

Patrick Owomoyela (2004–2006)

David Odonkor (2006-2008)

Marvin Compper (2008)

Dennis Aogo (2010)

Cacau (2010)

Sidney Sam (2013)

Jérôme Boateng (2010-2014)

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Gal Costa (25) 

Maxwell (19) 

Gilberto Gil (18) 

Bobby Womack (14) 

Luther Vandross (12) 

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Photo: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andre Leon Talley and Friends by Andy Warhol (circa 1984) 

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unique gelatin silver print 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.) Andy Warhol at Christie’s, copyright © Christie’s, 2014.

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Photoset: Old postcards from Somalia. (x)

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Book Cover: Samuel Delany—Sklaven der Flamme (1978).

German edition of Captives of the Flame (1963). 

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Farbe bekennen: Afro-deutsche Frauen auf den Spuren ihrer Geschichte

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Photoset: These Brown Babies Must Be Helped (Ebony Magazine)

The West German public, it was argued, regarded these children with such hostility that the children, if they remained in Germany, would face an unhappy future. Should they remain in Germany, they would have to struggle with discrimination and prejudice on a daily basis. Regardless of which of these two arguments were emphasized, their impact was effectively the same: both state youth welfare bureaus and sectarian associations were convinced of the necessity to act in the best interests of Afro-German children. For their own protection, Afro-German children were seen to be best cared for “among their own kind”—in Africa, South America, or the United States. Curiously, the wishes of the mothers of these children were completely ignored by youth welfare officials and politicians in this debate.

“GERMANY’S ‘BROWN BABIES’ MUST BE HELPED! WILL YOU?” U.S. Adoption Plans for Afro-German Children, 1950–1955

Yara-Colette Lemke Muniz de Faria

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30 years ago, June 25 1984

Prince & The Revolution - PURPLE RAIN

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http://www.myvideo.de/watch/6729113/Prince_Purple_Rain

1 - “Purple Rain was released by Warner Bros. Records on June 25, 1984, and was Prince’s sixth album. Prince wrote all of the songs on the album, some with the input of fellow band members. ”I Would Die 4 U”, ”Baby I’m a Star” and ”Purple Rain” were recorded live from a show on August 3, 1983, at the First Avenue club in Minneapolis, with overdubs and edits added later. This marked the first time Prince included live recordings on any release.[8] The show was a benefit concert for the Minnesota Dance Theater and featured the first appearance of guitarist Wendy Melvoin in Prince’s band, The Revolution.”

2 - “Prince won two Grammy Awards in 1985 for Purple Rain, for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV Special, and the album was nominated for Album of the Year. Prince won a third Grammy that year for Best R&B Song (songwriter) for Chaka Khan's cover of “I Feel for You”. Purple Rain also won an Oscar for Best Original Song Score in 1985.”

3 - “Purple Rain sold 13 million units in the United States, including 1.5 million in its debut week,earning a Diamond Award from the Recording Industry Association of America. According to Billboard magazine, the album spent 24 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard album charts (August 4, 1984 to January 18, 1985) becoming one of the top soundtracks ever. Purple Rain traded the #1 album chart position with Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. twice, during 1984 and 1985. The album has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.”

Singles

“When Doves Cry" (US #1, US R&B #1, UK #4, Australia #1)

"When Doves Cry"

“17 Days”

“Let’s Go Crazy" (US #1, UK #7, Australia #10)

"Let’s Go Crazy"

“Erotic City”

“Purple Rain" (US #2, UK #8, Australia #41)

"Purple Rain"

"God" (vocal)

"God" (instrumental) — UK version only

“I Would Die 4 U" (US #8, UK #58, Australia #96)

"I Would Die 4 U"

"Another Lonely Christmas"

“Take Me with U" (US #25, UK #7)

"Take Me with U"

"Baby I’m a Star"

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Flyer: an evening with Anita Baker (Winston-Salem University. October 31, 1987)

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Grace Jones and D’Angelo

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Jarell Perry (39) 

Mariah Carey (21) 

Luther Vandross (19) 

Mint Condition (16) 

702 (11) 

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Photos from the exhibit: The Beat Goes On: Evolution of House Music in Chicago currently on display at the Dittmar Gallery at Northwestern University

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What is Black Tumblr

What is Black Tumblr?

Technically, we are the collective members of Tumblr who subscribe to the Black/African diaspora. If we are alike in no other way, it is in our shared ‘getting shitted on’ by our respective majorities. 

More specifically, we are the bump in the night for all those internet bigots out there. We are the sigh on the back of the neck as they hit the post button on that one text post. We are the side-eyes in the night. We are glorious justice.

DO NOT come for us, unless we send for you. And if we send for you, you’d better arm up because we are coming with a verbal assault so vicious, your children’s children’s great-grandchildren will know better. We will shade you up and read you down. We are the ones who knock. We are not the hero Tumblr deserves, but we are the hero that Tumblr NEEDS.

Anything else?