#African American tumblr

[tea-withnofixinsplease]

"Boxer braids (cornrows)"

"Belly jewelry (waistbeads)"

"Head caps (durags)"

"Trinket hair trend (loc/braid jewelry)"

I dunno do-

Do other folks of color have to deal with the: "cultural stuff not only getting worn, but renamed, despite it existing with its own specific name for decades if not centuries" level of appropriation or is it just us- like a genuine question, I am personally surprised everyday.

[saydesole]

African Waist Beads 

[elleseeof]

Do you prefer baths or showers?

[originalhaffigaza]

[mimi-0007]

For the ppl in the back!!

[ts-wicked-wonders]

Black history: Did you know?

Phillis Wheatley was only 12 when she became the first female African American author published.

Despite Phyllis Wheatley’s fame, we know surprisingly little about her early life. She was taken from her home in Africa when she was seven or eight, and sold to the Wheatley family in Boston. The family taught her to read and write, and encouraged her to write poetry as soon as they witnessed her talent for it. In 1773, Phyllis published her first poem, making her the first African American to be published. She was only 12 at the time.

Read more: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley

[bbyitsbri]

East Orange, NJ

[itsstillsweetiebythealtar]

I need y’all attention for just a few minutes, I know I haven’t been on here much but if y’all could please sign and share this petition to show support for the Gullah Geechee community!

Here is a screenshot of what is going on.

[pointandshooter]

National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC

photo: David Castenson

[verlierer-is-lost]

I was thinking about how in middle school I used to wear my natural hair in twists. It’s was back when my hair was really long. Everyday I’d have classmates coming up to me to tug on my hair and watch it bounce. Sometimes they’d ask first, most of the time they did not.

By high school I cut my hair and had an Afro. People would often touch it and usually mess up how I styled it that morning.

Now I’m in college and I constantly get questions asking me if my hair is real. People call my Ice Spice to my face and while laughing secretly, even tho I can still hear them. Mind you I look nothing like Ice Spice, we just happen to both have afros. I’m much darker than she is.

I guess my point is that most do not know how to be normal about black hair. Sometimes it’s balanced out from the amount of compliments I get on it. But it’s exhausting when the majority of people either see my hair as a toy to be played with or the butt of a joke.

[elleseeof]

How’s the view?

[originalhaffigaza]

[mimi-0007]

[ts-wicked-wonders]

Black History Month: Did you know?

The three-light traffic signal was invented by a Black man named Garrett Morgan.

Garrett Morgan had only an elementary school education and was the son of a formerly enslaved man. Nevertheless, Morgan surmounted these difficulties and is responsible for many important inventions. Most notably, Morgan invented the three-light traffic signal in 1923.

While driving one day, Morgan witnessed a serious car crash at an intersection. This sparked his idea to add a third light to the traffic signal which would warn drivers of an impending red light. His patent was granted in 1924, and after early installments of the three-light traffic signal were successful, they spread throughout the country and became the three-light signal many of us encounter daily.

[funzito]

I just LOVE this picture

[nickysfacts]

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Christian Socialist!

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