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Afrofurist writer #OctaviaButler was born on this day, June 22, in 1947. She was bold, brilliant and prophetic. Her 1990's books "Parable of the Sower," and "Parable of the Talents" forshadowed serious issues we are currently facing in the U.S. and globally including man-made climate change-fueled disasters, the dangerous rise of fascism, and white-supremacist-rooted attacks on public education. She was also a native of Pasedena and was buried in Altadena, California.

#OctaviaToldUs #BelieveBlackWomen

Video and caption reposted from @democracynow As parts of California burn up in climate-fueled wildfires, many are revisiting science fiction author Octavia Butler's "Parable" series. Released in the '90s, the story begins in 2024 in a world of climate chaos, rampant inequality and fascism, including a politician campaigning to "make America great again." Butler explained her inspiration for the novels in a 2005 interview with Democracy Now! — one of the final interviews before her death just months later.

Visit democracynow.org to watch the full interview.

#OctaviaEButler #ParableOfTheSower #ParableOfTheTalents

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Who else's family had a #peacockchair, and how many photos do you have posed in one?

#ILoveUs

🖼✍️🏾📰reposted from the @nytimes In the late 1960s, a certain type of chair became a staple of Black décor. It was known as the rattan throne or the peacock chair, and it spoke to notions of identity and community that felt new and empowering, stoked by one of the most indelible photographs of the 20th century.

It continues to evoke feelings of joy and comfort today, and the regal seat remains part of Black American social traditions.

“It is an ordinary thing that transcends its ordinary-ness, and it has the same effect on the people who sit in it,” #ScheherazadeTillet, an artist, said. She uses the chair in leadership and visual arts training for girls that she started in Chicago. In the peacock chair, she said, “the ordinary gets to be celebrated.”

...Read about the peacock chair’s surprising origins and its place in culture today. Photos by @tough.tongue, Blair Stapp, Kevin Mazur/WireImage, @sherphotographs and @audramelton

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/realestate/peacock-chair-black-experience.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

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This 1897 #HouseMusic classic "Someday," sung by CeCe Rogers, lyrics by Marshall Jefferson.

#HappyJuneteenth

🖼Image and ✍️🏾caption reposted from @naimagram @musicsermon Not gonna front, it feels odd to celebrate Juneteenth as a national holiday when our freedom feels more tenuous than it has in my lifetime. But, freedom ain’t never been free, so we press on.

For Black folks, music has always been part of our fight for liberation. It’s how we passed messages, how we shared stories, how we recorded history, it was a tool of organization, and a source of joy and strength.

Fun fact: the Negro National Anthem (Lift Ev’ry Voice) was adopted *before* the US made the Star Spangled Banner the official national anthem, so even then we led with music.

For Day 19 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share YOUR Black national anthem.

#BlackMusicMonth #BlackAnthems

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There are so many #Juneteenth celebrations in @NYC today - here are a few to choose from:

🖤@thesoapboxpresents 

The 4th Annual Stoop Sessions: Big Band Jubilee

119th St bt Lenox Ave & Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd

FREE Live Concert Featuring @bryancartermusic 

@dandywellington 

@imanirousselle 

@tyreek.mcdole 

@nxw_music 

@crmcbridemusic 

@jasimperales 

@jazzmatic.charles 

@bruceontrumpet 

@mistertoyrobot 

@jasonmarshalljazz 

@mcourtneywright 

@jonthomasjazz 

@jonathon_m_c 

And more… 

4:00 PM - Lindy Hop Workshop (all ages, all levels)

5:00 PM - The Warmup w/ @djduggz 

5:30 PM - The Getdown w/ The Band

🍉@blackownedbklyn and @weeksvilleheritagecenter present the 4th Annual Juneteenth Food Festival, featuring "29 top-tier food brands offering a range of culinary concepts," and music by @djtaranyc & @djspinna. 158 Buffalo Avenue, 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM

🖤@LincolnCenter presents its 5th Annual FREE Juneteenth Celebration, curated and presented by @CarlHancockRux and @BlackTheatreUnited! 

🕕 6:00 PM on Hearst Plaza: "Oh Sankofa!: A Juneteenth Celebration" curated, conceptualized, and executed by Carl Hancock Rux. Featured artists include @IAmDianneSmithArr, Phyllis Stickney, Vinson Fraley, Chanon Judson, Marvin Sewell, and the Etienne Lashley choir.

🕢 7:30 PM in Damrosch Park: Black Theatre United presents an artistic exploration of the evolution of Juneteenth, featured artists include Tamara Tunie, Ayodele Casel, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Mel Chanté, Matthew Whitaker, Norm Lewis, Capathia Jenkins, Darius de Haas, Lillias White, Brian Stokes Mitchell, J. Harrison Ghee, and Broadway Inspirational Voices under the direction of Allen Rene Louis. 

📸4-6 by Sachyn Mital Photography. 

🖤Voice of Voice NYC, hosted by BONES! featuring DJs Ali Coleman • Bridge • Stormin’ Norman • Soulfinger Sam, the premier of short film Ali’s Story, and a first-look trailer for the upcoming 2026 documentary Movement, the story of NYC’s now-repealed Cabaret Law. 

Dead Letter No. 9 

63 Grand Street (Brooklyn) 

7:00 PM-Midnight

#JuneteenthNYC #FreeInNYC #Juneteenth #EmancipationDay #BlackJoy #BlackMusicMonth

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I'm celebrating freedom and liberation today tuned into our Black-owned @abusiaradiohousemusic 's #JUNETEENTH EMANCIPATION SESSIONS 2025 MARATHON

"This Juneteenth, we’re bringing the sound of liberation to the airwaves.

📅 June 19 | Starts 8AM ET

📍 Streaming on AbusiaRadio.com, our mobile app, and TuneIn.

https://AbusiaRadio.com

🔥 Featuring:

Merlin Bobb (VIP)

Michael Terzian

Uzi

Portia

Casamena

DJPaulHoward

Ian Friday

Mr C-Real

Jacques Celler

URNYC Music

🛍️ Limited edition merch available now

👕 BOGO SALE at Abusia.Store thru June 30

Use code: FREEDOM2025

🗣️ Tell a friend.

🎶 Tune in.

💃🏽 Celebrate freedom on the dancefloor."

(reposted from @abusiaradio)

#HouseIsFreedom #Juneteenth2025 #AbusiaRadio #SoulfulHouse #EmancipationSessions #FreedomOnTheDancefloor #BlackMusicMonth

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🎨#ArtIsAWeapon

Lincoln Center Presents

"SAFE SPACE" by Miles Regis

An Augmented Reality Experience

🗓June 14–October 14, 2025

📍Josie Robertson Plaza

10 Lincoln Center Plaza #NYC

@lincolncenter #SummerForTheCity @milesregis

"Step into the world of Trinidad-born artist Miles Regis, in this visual and auditory experience that transforms Lincoln Center into a hidden canvas bursting with color and light. The second augmented reality commission of the Lincoln Center Immersive series—accessible through web-based technology designed by EyeJack—showcases Regis' signature style in a unique celebration of the city's vibrant cultural backgrounds. Bring your smartphone to Lincoln Center to experience this expressive and joyous work of art, accessible for free." - www.lincolncenter.org/series/summer-for-the-city/andquotsafe-spaceandquot-by-miles-regis-128

🖼✍️🏾reposted from @valenceprojects "In a time of unrest and uncertainty, Miles Regis offers a public sanctuary in the form of a transcendent AR experience at the Lincoln Center.

In our latest feature, we dive into the memories, inspirations, and ancestral echoes that shaped SAFE SPACE—and how Regis is using art as sanctuary through mixed reality, which just opened on June 14th.

Read Josiah David Jones’s interview with Miles now on The Keep Up by Valence Projects→ www.valence.studio/thekeepup/safe-space-miles-regis

Presented by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Now on view through October 14, 2025 Josie Robertson Plaza, NYC

AR Painting & Sound Design: @milesregis

Interactive Installation & Animation: @eyejackapp

#MilesRegis #SafeSpace #ValenceProjects #ARArt #BlackArt #LincolnCenter #BlackGirlArtGeeks #ImmersiveArt

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HAPPY B'EARTHDAY SHANTRELLE! 🎉

Y'all, buy HER book!

🎥✍️🏾reposted from

@apshantology I am Shantrelle P. Lewis, the Founder and Curator of @thedandylionproject and the Author of Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style. I first curated Dandy Lion in 2010 as a pop up exhibition in Harlem by invitation of my friend Ngozi Odita from Society HAE. The exhibition traveled to museums and galleries around the world. In 2017, this renowned project was published into a book that has been highly acclaimed.

I founded #DandyLion as the first comprehensive examination of the phenomenon of the global #Blackdandy in all his/her/their splendor. I’ve defined the #BlackDandies as a trickster figure, a dapper agitator. A person, who dresses as a nod to their well-dressed grandfathers NOT Oscar Wilde. He/she/they — Black dandies mix vintage clothing with modern pieces; European suits with African prints, polka dots with plaid; most importantly flamboyant colors with classic lines. Black Dandyism is NOT about fashion or luxury but all about style.

Lastly, I founded this project to document the cis-het AND queer men, the masculine of center women AND transmen AND femmes, well-dressed trickster rebels who are bucking the system in their suits and ties. (🫶🏿dream for the nuance)

#TheDandyLionMovement has been here for a years. It won’t be erased because we’re here to stay.

In the words of the Black Masking Indians “Won’t bend, won’t bow, don’t know how.” Omar Victor Diop, the late great Daniele Tamagni, Arteh Odjija, L. Kasimu Harris, Abdul Aziz, Rog and Bee Walker, Harness Hamese, Kristin-Lee Moolman, Adrien Sauvage, Janet Beckman, Rose Callahan, Jody Ake, Prisca M. Monnier, Bo Li and Delores Oblitey, Tarik Zaidi, Hassan Hajjaj, John Midgley, Marc Abrahams, Aaron Smith, Eli Schmidt, Phil Knott, Sara Shamsavari, Kia Chenelle, Marc Baptiste, Aaron Smith, BOUBA DOLA, ANT RIVERA

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Want to support? Please repost. Amplify my story and this project and buy my book. (You can get an autographed copy on my site: thedandylionproject.com) #citeblackwomen

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🔥🎥: @antmrivera My GodSun

Lastly, RIP Daniele Tamagni, my dear friend, the Italian photographer...

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#Artist: Derrick Adams @derrickadamsny

#Artwork: Easy Street, 2025

Acrylic and fabric collage on wood panel in artist's frame

60 in x 60 in.

🖼Images and ✍️🏾caption reposted from @shelovesblackart "There are artists who chase market trends, and then there are ones such as Derrick Adams who create their own lanes.

Derrick Adams quote from New York Times magazine."

Derrick Adams Wants His Art To Be Fun, @NYTIMES The Art Issue, June 9, 2025

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/09/t-magazine/derrick-adams.html

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#BlackGirlArtGeeks

#BlackArtists

#shelovesblackart #supportblackart #blackartmatters #Baltimore #blackartcollectors

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#NoKingsDay

🖕🏿#Felon47, his crew of white supremacist cronies, and his cruelty-loving supporters.

Speaking words of strength and protection for all the brave folks organizing and marching across the country today, June 14, 2025 against this fascist, felonious, hateful president and his regime. Learn more about all the planned rallies on this day of defiance: NoKings.org

Y'all be careful - over the past few weeks wicked government officials have arrested lawmakers including U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Representative LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), and Newark NJ Mayor Ras Baraka, so they clearly don't give AF about ANY of our rights.

Meanwhile, Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed, and State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot and wounded in “targeted shootings” in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, two neighboring suburban cities outside Minneapolis.

Again, y'all be safe...

Image 4 & caption reposted from @perryyungofficial Protesting is fundamentally American. Be safe my friends 🙏

#nokings #nodictators

#NoOneIsIllegalOnStolenLand #AllPowerToAllPeople #Resist

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Y'all, please learn about Shantrelle P. Lewis, support her, cite her and buy HER book!

🎥✍️🏾reposted from

@apshantology I am Shantrelle P. Lewis, the Founder and Curator of @thedandylionproject and the Author of Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style. I first curated Dandy Lion in 2010 as a pop up exhibition in Harlem by invitation of my friend Ngozi Odita from Society HAE. The exhibition traveled to museums and galleries around the world. In 2017, this renowned project was published into a book that has been highly acclaimed.

I founded #DandyLion as the first comprehensive examination of the phenomenon of the global #Blackdandy in all his/her/their splendor. I’ve defined the #BlackDandies as a trickster figure, a dapper agitator. A person, who dresses as a nod to their well-dressed grandfathers NOT Oscar Wilde. He/she/they — Black dandies mix vintage clothing with modern pieces; European suits with African prints, polka dots with plaid; most importantly flamboyant colors with classic lines. Black Dandyism is NOT about fashion or luxury but all about style.

Lastly, I founded this project to document the cis-het AND queer men, the masculine of center women AND transmen AND femmes, well-dressed trickster rebels who are bucking the system in their suits and ties. (🫶🏿dream for the nuance)

#TheDandyLionMovement has been here for a years. It won’t be erased because we’re here to stay.

In the words of the Black Masking Indians “Won’t bend, won’t bow, don’t know how.” Omar Victor Diop, the late great Daniele Tamagni, Arteh Odjija, L. Kasimu Harris, Abdul Aziz, Rog and Bee Walker, Harness Hamese, Kristin-Lee Moolman, Adrien Sauvage, Janet Beckman, Rose Callahan, Jody Ake, Prisca M. Monnier, Bo Li and Delores Oblitey, Tarik Zaidi, Hassan Hajjaj, John Midgley, Marc Abrahams, Aaron Smith, Eli Schmidt, Phil Knott, Sara Shamsavari, Kia Chenelle, Marc Baptiste, Aaron Smith, BOUBA DOLA, ANT RIVERA

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Want to support? Please repost. Amplify my story and this project and buy my book. (You can get an autographed copy on my site: thedandylionproject.com) #citeblackwomen

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🔥🎥: @antmrivera My GodSun

Lastly, RIP Daniele Tamagni, my dear friend, the Italian photographer...

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🗣🔊#ArtIsAWeapon Tonight, June 13, @summerstage will be celebrating the pioneering poet, musician, activist and author Gil Scott-Heron in The Bronx at the Gil Scott-Heron Amphitheater in St. Mary’s Park with @freedomridersmusic @thelastpoetsofficial @sistazock and @the_real_greg_caz, in association with @jazzfoundationofamerica & @nycparks. This FREE show starts at 5PM!

📍St. Mary's Park / Gil Scott-Heron Amphitheater

cityparksfoundation.org/events/gil-scott-heron/

St Ann's Ave &, E 146th Streer, Bronx, NY 10455

#Summerstage #BlackMusicMonth #GilScottHeron #Revolutionary #AllPowerToThePeople #TheBronx

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The very dope DJ collective @uptownvinylsupreme (@sunnaay @uptowndollyandvenus @chiquitabrujita @joshhubi) kicks off their monthly summer residency tonight at @thebronxbrewery with special guest sensation @quiinnette! Get your ticket and meet me in the Boogie Down!

UVS Summer Series with DJ Quinnette @ The Bronx Brewery

🗓Friday, June 13, 2025

⏰️6:00 PM - 12:00 AM

📍The Bronx Brewery Courtyard

856 East 136th StreetThe Bronx, NY, 10454

🖼Images & ✍️🏾captions reposted @uptownvinylsupreme Peace Beautiful People!

Just like that, 2025 marks 10 years of Uptown Vinyl Supreme doing what we can as a collective in our community & that means we couldn't let what'll surely be a memorable summer slip by without cooking up something special at home in the beautiful Boogie Down.

Join @uptownvinylsupreme this Friday the 13th as we launch our summer residency at @thebronxbrewery with our special guest @quiinnette gracing the decks! by @rebelorisha + @pinchazostoreofficial Pop-Up + beautiful music all night long! //COMMUNITY >>> ALL THAT SEEKS TO SILENCE AND HARM US.

21+//6pm-12am//$20 at the door

Afterparty launch of Doña Sunmer @walnut_bar_and_grill around the corner from 12am-4am with DJs @acrylica._ @steffi_michelle + @dadacozmic

Tix live in the link now. 😘🐦👛

Vinyl to the people since Saturday night, 10/10/15.

With Love,

UVS

💛🙅🏽‍♂️🎶🗽🎧🎂🍉⚖️💛

#uptownvinylsupreme

#vinyltothepeople

#cantstopwontstop #BlackMusicMonth #MusicLovers #Dancers

#uvs10yrs #TheBoogieDown

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Peaceful transitions to Aly-Us singer Eddie "Supa" Lewis, whose passing was announced recently.

Sending condolences to his family, friends and fans, and to producer of this iconic track Kyle Smith.

✍️🏾🎥reposted from @housemusic.us Aly-Us – Follow Me (1992)

Released on the legendary Strictly Rhythm label, Follow Me by Aly-Us became an anthem for house music’s deeper, more soulful side. With its infectious groove, hypnotic bassline, and powerful message of unity and freedom, the track captured the essence of early ’90s club culture, especially in New York and New Jersey.

It wasn’t just a song; it was a call to come together, to dance, and to be free. Over 30 years later, its energy still echoes across dancefloors worldwide. A timeless house record that continues to inspire.

#greatesthousemusictracksofalltime #HouseMusic #HouseHeads #ClubMusic #JerseyHouse #BlackMusicMonth

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Respect to the dope @doechii, who is a talented and fearless! She used the moment she won a #BETAward for Best Female Hip Hop artist last night to call out #Felon47's fascism and speak up for marginalized people.

Meanwhile, BET also gave that uncle coon rapper who performed at Felon47's inauguration an Icon Award. Make it make sense @BETAwards. I haven't tuned in since you last let that convicted sexual abuser perform in 2013. Please do better #ForTheCulture.

🎥✍️🏾reposted from @bet The Swamp Princess takes her crown once again! All hail the #BETAwards Best Female Hip Hop Artist, @doechii!

Each stage she has touched became a world of its own, turning internet buzz into undeniable impact. @doechii isn’t just performing, she’s shifting the culture and building a universe where every girl who felt unseen now has a voice.

#Doechii #BlackMusicMonth #Resistance

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🕊Wow.

Peaceful transitions #SlyStone

Innovator

Icon

Genius

Visionary

Titan

Caption reposted from @npr: Sly Stone, the remarkable, eccentric frontman, singer, songwriter, and producer of his family group, Sly & the Family Stone, has died. He was 82.

The musical icon had been battling lung disease, according to a statement provided by his family.

"While we mourn his absence, we take solace in knowing that his extraordinary musical legacy will continue to resonate and inspire for generations to come," they wrote.

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Video & caption reposted from @hulu @onyxcollective

Sly Stone didn’t just make music—he reinvented it. As the first artist to use a drum machine on a hit record, he changed production forever. His bold creativity encouraged musicians to experiment, and his influence can be heard in some of the greatest artists of all time.

“SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” examines the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone, the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone. The film captures the band’s rise, reign and subsequent fadeout while shedding light on the unseen burden that comes with success for Black artists in America.

#ArtIsAWeapon

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🖤#ArtIsAWeapon 📷✍️🏾reposted from @schomburgcenter #HappyBirthday to actress, dancer, singer, and activist #JosephineBaker (1906 –1975)! She was born #onethisday, June 3. She achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s.

#Didyouknow she has materials in our collections? Our Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division holds some of her correspondence. Itmes include three speeches from her 1952 lecture tour in Argentina and Brazil to promote "the spiritual freedom of mankind" and an end to racial discrimination, and printed matter from her 1954 tour of Japan.

Our Photographs and Prints Division holds two scrapbooks from her 1954 trip to Japan. Baker’s friend Mika Sawada created them. All items are available to view by scheduling a research appointment. #Schomburg100 #SchomburgCenter

NYPL Digital Collections Images: ps_the_cd70_1078, 5234823, and 5056041. In photo 3, Baker is pictured with Flournoy Miller, Noble Sissle and Ivan Harold Browning.

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It's that time again @musicsermon's #BlackMusicMonthChallenge 2025... Let's go!

🖼✍️🏾reposted from @musicsermon Whew... delayed but not denied!!

Thank y'all for you patience... now let's get the 2025 #BlackMusicMonthChallenge started!

Y'all know the drill: I post each day's prompt with graphic daily.

Post your answers using the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge hashtag and tag me in your post! (Or just reply).

Engage with folks! Have fun! Don't overthink it, but don't post random ish either - it can be fine line, I know.

When you can't make a decision, post multiple songs!!

We're starting this year with an appropriate seasonal theme.

For Day 1 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share your cookout anthem(s).

🎶My answer: "Love Is The Message" by MFSB!" 🎶

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Some songs hit your spirit on such a real way that they feel like gospel - even if it's hood gospel. Or they just give you the message and energy you need to make it through, to keep pushing, to remind ppl wtf you are.

For Day 2 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share the song(s) that are basically negro spirituals for you.

🎶My answer: "Keep On" by D-Train