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Something has happened to us. But it doesn’t happen like that, in a day. Spellbound (1945) dir. Alfred Hitchcock 

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Channelbeju

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And it would have been fun, if you could have been the 1. 

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Carter G. Woodson

Often called the "father of Black history", Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950) was an American historian and scholar. He is the only person in history with parents enslaved in the U.S.A. to obtain a Ph.D., which he received from Harvard University. He also was the dean of Howard University.

Woodson was born on a farm in New Canton, Virginia. His parents, former slaves, were both illiterate but encouraged education and self-improvement in all their children. Woodson was unable to attend school regularly but taught himself as a child. At 17, he worked in coal mines to afford an education at Douglass High School.

Woodson would go on to earn his Bachelor's in Literature from Berea College, a Bachelor's and a Master's in the Arts from the University of Chicago, and finally his Ph.D. in history at Harvard University in 1912.

Despite his qualifications and brilliance, Woodson found that that mainstream history was not interested in neither Black history nor Black historians--he couldn't find work as a university professor and was not allowed to attend conferences of the American Historical Association. Seeing the institutional obstacles, Woodson desired to create an institution that did value Black history.

He founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History) in Chicago, published multiple books, and started the Journal of Negro History (now the Journal of African American History). Woodson believed that history belonged to all people, and made an effort to reach outside of academia to women's groups, civic leaders, fraternal organizations, the clergy, and more. Woodson saw the collection and dissemination of Black history as essential activism in a world that attempted to ignore and deny it and was important for all people. He wanted "the world see the Negro as a participant rather than as a lay figure in history".

In 1926, Woodson pioneered "Negro History Week" which, in 50 years, become Black History Month. Its purpose was to

"emphasise not Negro History, but the Negro in History. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hatred and religious prejudice".

His sister was Bessie Woodson Yancey, the subject of tomorrow's post. Happy Black History Month, everybody!

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endless list of otps: devi vishwakumar & paxton hall-yoshida (never have i ever) “It seems like you and Devi made a pretty good little team there.”

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Lupita Nyong’o, Black Panther European Premier 

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I mean… I can’t 😩😩😩😍…. I loved season 2 and I loved the heatwave kiss and Kylie minogue and the subsequent kisses in the winter dance but any daxton stan would agree that this scene is just so ducking 🦆 perfect! The tension, the song, the glances, his hand 🥺, the city lights and the excitement of that first kiss that it was actually Devi’s first kiss 🥺🥺🥺 ( mine was shit 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣🤣🤣 but that’s another story) anyway I love that scene 🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻

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THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989)

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British GQ-22 biggest menswear moments of 2021

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Gone Girl final shot + final shooting script

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“What’s your favorite meme that you’ve seen?”

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Intricate Paper Sculptures by English artist Su Blackwell, who creates these new worlds by transforming pages of old secondhand books.

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㋡🥀

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“Anyone who wants the world to stay the way it is, does not want it to stay. “

Erich Fried.

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Giovanni Duprè | Astronomia, Monumento Ottaviano Fabrizio Massotti, 1867. Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa

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i learned about Mario Rigby who walked from Cape Town, South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt. It took him 2 years and he walked 7,456 miles. He was greeted with kindness in most villages on his journey and offered free lodging and food (x)