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“I’ve gone through different stages. At the beginning I was just like, ‘I don’t know if I’m living my purpose when there’s so much need in the world around Black survival.’ ” But later she had another revelation. “It was like, ‘No, this is my purpose: to tell stories and help make people feel better about whatever it is we’re going through.’”

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Mya 03′

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Reblog if you need this energy

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Ernestine “Tiny” Davis and Willie Mae “Rabbit” Wong, members of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, in Europe on the USO Tour in the 1940s. There were several lesbians in the band, including Tiny Davis (no mention of Wong as lesbian) but love this pic so much! Tiny on trumpet, Rabbit on baritone sax ✨ #lesbianculture #internationalsweetheartsofshythm #qpoc #blacklesbians #tinydavis

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pink in the night

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Megan Thee Stallion / Saturday Night Live. October 3rd, 2020

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”Ralph Angel Bordelon, on behalf of the state of Louisiana and the board of probation and parole, this letter serves you as your official notice. The parole period for Ralph Angel Bordelon concluded on May 13th of this year. No further obligations connected with the below list of convictions are due to the state of Louisiana.”

Look at that. If the sun ain’t shining on you today. That’s your Daddy…looking at you, pleased and proud.

QUEEN SUGAR S4E1: Pleasure is Black | dir. Cheryl Dunye

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I can’t wait for this 😩

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I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies

dedicated to the Poet Agostinho Neta,

President of The People’s Republic of Angola: 1976

by June Jordan

I

I will no longer lightly walk behind

a one of you who fear me:

Be afraid.

I plan to give you reasons for your jumpy fits and facial tics

I will not walk politely on the pavements anymore

and this is dedicated in particular

to those who hear my footsteps or the insubstantial rattling of my grocery cart

then turn around

see me

and hurry on

away from this impressive terror I must be:

I plan to blossom bloody on an afternoon surrounded by my comrades singing terrible revenge in merciless accelerating

rhythms

But

I have watched a blind man studying his face.

I have set the table in the evening and sat down

to eat the news

Regularly

I have gone to sleep.

There is no one to forgive me. The dead do not give a damn.

I live like a lover who drops her dime into the phone just as the subway shakes into the station wasting her message

canceling the question of her car:

fulminating or forgetful but late and always after the fact they could save or condemn me

I must become the action of my fate.

🖤⭐️♥️⭐️🖤⭐️♥️⭐️🖤⭐️

The complete version of this iconic poem is featured in the poetry collection HARUKO/LOVE POEMS published in 1994 by High Risk Books and features a foreword written by Adrienne Rich. 🖤⭐️🖤

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🌺🌻🌸 @thebonitachola “𝘿𝙞𝙖 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚 𝙡𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙟𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙖, 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚ñ𝙖 𝙮 𝙙𝙚 𝙡𝙖 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖” este finde celebrarmos/recordamos este dia tan importante! Pero todos los dias celebremos, apoyemos y elevemos a nuestres hermanes negres! Siempre acuerpar por elles! Por que se los debemos! Elles han estado a nuestro lado luchando por mas de 500 años! Hoy les abrazo … mi lealtad siempre a la lucha de mis hermanes Negres! Cueste lo que cueste ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽💞🍃 💞💞🍃✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 Hoy haciendo homenaje a …. 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤 𝙙𝙖 𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙫𝙖, (1979 - 2018) Marielle se crió en Maré favela en el norte de Río de Janeiro, donde también residió durante la mayor parte de su vida, comenzó a trabajar para contribuir a los ingresos del hogar cuando tenía 11 años. Marielle era madre y trabajaba como maestra de preescolar ganando el salario mínimo. Su trabajo político, feminista y activista de derechos humanos ayudo a muchos y dejó un legado en toda nuestra Abya Yala. Después de obtener una maestría en administración pública de la Universidad Federal Fluminense, se desempeñó como concejal de la Cámara Municipal de Río de Janeiro para el Partido Socialismo y Libertad (PSOL) desde enero de 2017 hasta su asesinato. Ella hizo esto como una lesbiana afro-latina en Brasil, un país que sufre uno de los números más altos de crímenes de odio homofóbicos y transfóbicos en América Latina, 46.500 habitantes de Río eligieron a Franco para representarlos en el consejo municipal en las elecciones municipales de 2016 . Marielle fue sin disculpas interseccional en su enfoque del activismo. Abogar por comunidades de color empobrecidas, una agenda de genero, derechos reproductivos, temas LGBTQ + y más, Marielle saltó a la fama en Río de Janeiro y en todo nuestro continente como una voz para los más necesitados.

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘! 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘! 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘! https://www.instagram.com/p/CDKfmHUJvvi/?igshid=1wadu9fwxboec

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the legendary DMX and his orchid growing hobby.

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George Floyd - change.org

George Floyd - amnesty.org

George Floyd - colorofchange.org

Get The Officers Charged

Charge All Four Officers

Breonna Taylor - moveon.org

Breonna Taylor - colorofchange.org

Breonna Taylor - justiceforbreonna.org

Breonna Taylor - change.org

Breonna Taylor - thepetitionsite.com

Ahmaud Arbery - change.org

Ahmaud Arbery - change.org 2

Ahmaud Arbery - change.org 3

Justice for Oluwatoyin Salau

Pass The Georgia Hate Crime Bill

Defund MPD

Life Sentence For Police Brutality

Regis Korchinski - change.org

Tete Gulley - change.org

Tony McDade - change.org

Tony McDade - actionnetwork.org

Tony McDade - thepetitionsite.com

Joao Pedro - change.org

Julius Jones - change.org

Belly Mujinga - change.org

Willie Simmons - change.org

Hands Up Act - change.org

National Action Against Police Brutality

Kyjuanzi Harris - change.org

Alejandro Vargas Martinez - change.org

Censorship Of Police Brutality In France

Sean Reed - change.org

Sean Reed - change.org 2

Kendrick Johnson - change.org

Tamir Rice - change.org

Tamir Rice - change.org 2

Fire Racist Criminal From The NYPD

Jamee Johnson - organizefor.org

Darius Stewart - change.org

Darius Stewart - moveon.org

Abolish Prison Labor

Free Siyanda - change.org

Chrystul Kizer - change.org

Chrystul Kizer - change.org 2

Andile Mchunu (Bobo) - change.org

Eric Riddick - change.org

Amiya Braxton - change.org

Emerald Black - change.org

Elijah Nichols - change.org

Zinedine Karabo Gioia - change.org

Angel Bumpass - change.org

Sheku Bayoh - change.org

Angel DeCarlo - change.org

Sandra Bland - change.org

Sherrie Walker - change.org

Darrien Hunt - change.org

Cornelius Fredericks - change.org

Elijah McClain - change.org

James Scurlock - change.org

Darren Rainey- change.org

http://www.pb-resources.com/

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

Do something!

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As we celebrate the fourth anniversary of lemonade, I think it’s important to pay image to Warshan Shire, the woman who wrote all of the poetry in lemonade. All of those beautiful lines that you hear were written by her and I think we should celebrate her