#BLACKHISTORYMONTH

[longliveblackness]

Congo is silently going through a silent genocide. Millions of people are being killed so that the western world can benefit from its natural resources.

More than 60% of the world's cobalt reserves are found in Congo, used in the production of smartphones.

Western countries are providing financial military aid to invade regions filled with reserves and in the process millions are getting killed and millions homeless.

Multinational mining companies are enslaving people especially children to mine.

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La República Democrática del Congo vive un genocidio silencioso. Millones de personas están siendo asesinadas para que la parte occidental del mundo pueda beneficiarse de sus recursos naturales.

Más del 60% de las reservas mundiales de cobalto se encuentran en el Congo, y se utiliza en la producción de teléfonos inteligentes.

Los países occidentales están proporcionando asistencia financiera militar para invadir regiones llenas de reservas y en el proceso millones de personas mueren y millones se quedan sin hogar.

Las empresas mineras multinacionales están esclavizando a la gente, especialmente a los niños, para trabajar en las minas.

Street Art and Photo by Artist Eduardo Relero

(https://eduardorelero.com)

[ghost-37]

BREZILLA 🦖

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[itshunnib]

Black Joy despite pain always feels like making lemonade out of lemons 🍋

Although with my life and continued current events I still don’t feel too great. It’s Black History Month- so I must create and express myself 🎨

[minnyroll]

HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH from the Zipped Up Crew!!

From those in our cast and crew, to the creator of this show, we celebrate the Black lives that have helped shape our world and our lives in so many incredible ways. Let’s uplift and continue to cherish and celebrate!! 💚❤️🖤💛

Illustration by @notsweetdandy

[scarletwitchie2]

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Art by REVO-COLLAGE on deviant art.

[cartermagazine]

Today In History

Nat King Cole, legendary singer, pianist, and entertainer, was born in Montgomery, AL, on this date March 17, 1919.

By the 1950s, Cole emerged as a popular solo performer. He scored numerous hits, with such songs as ���Nature Boy,” “Mona Lisa,” “Too Young” and “Unforgettable.” In the studio, Cole got to work with some of the country’s top talent, including Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, and famous arrangers such as Nelson Riddle.

Cole made television history in 1956 when he became the first African American performer to host a variety TV series. The Nat King Cole Show featured many of the leading performers of the day, including Count Basie, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis Jr. and Tony Bennett.

His daughter Natalie Cole included a cover of the song Unforgettable on her album Unforgettable… with Love. It was certified 7× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, for which Cole became the first African-American woman to win the award.

CARTER™️ Magazine

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Black American Heritage Flag, designed in 1967 by Melvin Charles and Gleason T. Jackson. This flag was created to represent the culture and history of Black Americans. Its design features a diagonal black stripe between two red stripes, with a golden wreath encircling a blunted sword at the center.

The red symbolizes the blood shed for freedom, justice, and human dignity; the black represents pride in pigmentation;

the blunted sword signifies pride and the ability to cultivate the earth; and the golden wreath stands for peace, prosperity, and everlasting life. BLACK HISTORY MONTH🤩💪

[ptseti]

🌟 Our rituals are our resistance, art is our anthem, and culture is our crown. 🖤💛💚

#AfricanCulture #ProudlyAfrican #TraditionAndPride #RitualsOfResilience

[coppertvstudio]

Before the Stanley Cup: The Black League That Changed Hockey Forever 🏒👑

The Stanley Cup Finals are here — but before McDavid, Ekblad, or the Panthers ever hit the ice, a forgotten Black hockey league was rewriting the game. Founded in 1895 by Black church leaders in Canada, the Colored Hockey League pioneered the slap shot, butterfly goaltending, and a style of play that was decades ahead of the NHL. They played with pride, purpose, and innovation — only to be erased by racism and white business interests. But their legacy lives on in every puck drop.

[longliveblackness]

Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton was a blues singer and songwriter whose recordings of “Hound Dog” and “Ball ‘n’ Chain” later were transformed into huge hits by Elvis Presley and Janis Joplin.

She was born on December 11, 1926 outside of Montgomery in rural Ariton, Alabama. Her father was a Baptist minister and her mother was a church singer in his congregation. Thornton’s mother died when the singer was 14, and she left home to pursue a career as an entertainer. She joined the Georgia-based Hot Harlem Revue as an accomplished singer, drummer, and harmonica player and spent seven years as a regular performer throughout the South. Following her years as a traveling blues singer, Thornton moved to Houston in 1948 to begin her recording career.

In Houston, Thornton joined Don Robey’s Peacock Records in 1951, often working closely with fellow label artist Johnny Otis.

One of Thornton’s earliest and most popular recorded tracks was “Hound Dog,” initially released by Peacock in 1953. Thornton’s version of “Hound Dog” topped the R&B charts for seven weeks and sold over two million copies nationwide. Though the song brought acclaim to Thornton, it only yielded her about $500. The song became even more popular as Elvis Presley’s first hit record in 1956.

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Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton fue una cantante y compositora de blues cuyas grabaciones “Hound Dog” y “Ball ‘n’ Chain” luego fueron transformadas en grandes éxitos por Elvis Presley y Janis Joplin.

Nació el 11 de diciembre de 1926 en las afueras de Montgomery, en la zona rural de Ariton, Alabama. Su padre era pastor bautista y su madre, cantante en su congregación. La madre de Thornton falleció cuando la cantante tenía 14 años, y ella abandonó el hogar para dedicarse al arte. Se unió a la Hot Harlem Revue, con sede en Georgia, como una cantante, baterista y armonicista, y pasó siete años presentándose con regularidad por todo el sur. Tras sus años como cantante de blues, Thornton se mudó a Houston en 1948 para comenzar su carrera discográfica.

En Houston, Thornton se unió a Peacock Records de Don Robey en 1951, trabajando a menudo en estrecha colaboración con su colega y artista de sello, Johnny Otis.

Una de las primeras y más populares canciones grabadas por Thornton fue "Hound Dog", publicada inicialmente por Peacock en 1953. Su versión de "Hound Dog" encabezó las listas de R&B durante siete semanas y vendió más de dos millones de copias en todo el país. Aunque la canción le trajo gran éxito a Thornton, solo le ganó unos 500 dólares. La canción se hizo aún más popular al convertirse en el primer éxito de Elvis Presley en 1956.

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[itshunnib]

Happy Black History month!

Remember Black history is made daily. Past, present, and future ✨

[cartermagazine]

Today In History

Marvin Gaye was a major force in twentieth century music—a singer of rare sensitivity, a versatile pianist, expert drummer, writer of startling originality and producer capable of seamlessly integrating a multitude of melodic strands. Beyond his great popularity, his impact on artists of his generations and generations to come is enormous.

Like no artist before or after, Gaye possessed an uncommon cool for combining the secular and spiritual. A man who lived much of his life at war with himself, music was his refuge, the place where he generated wondrous harmony.

Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. was born in Washing, D.C. on this date April 2, 1939.

CARTER™️ Magazine

[madamemario]

Heya, it's black history month so let me introduce myself to all of you! My name is Michelle, I am 25 years old and I am a black cosplayer! I cosplay the fandoms that I'm in, I'm a simp for jax, other characters too and I do stream sometimes!

[blerdsunited]

Drolta Tzuentes from Castlevania Nocturne. #BlackHistoryMonth