blackgirlwrites:

“Woman” is not a shared experience.

The purpose of art is higher than art. What we are really interested in are masterpieces of humanity.

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cartermagazine:

CARTER Magazine: Today In History

‘Dr. Betty Shabazz, activist and wife of Malcolm X, was born in Detroit, MI, on this date May 28, 1936.’

(photo: Dr. Betty Shabazz)

- CARTER Magazine

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Maybe I am not the blogger that I so thought to be. I cannot consistently update in an intellectual space such as the net. Maybe I am more of a micro-blogger, maybe micro-blogging isn’t blogging. Who knows? I’ll continue to try. 

vivipiuomeno:

Gordon Parks ph. - The Invisible Man , Harlem, New York  1952

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violetwoolf:

the60sbazaar:

Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali with their children 

Since many members of my family at one point or another were members of the Nation of Islam, this is only right. 

-signed the former Jasmine Muhammad

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alorselleecrit:

Lucille Clifton

alorselleecrit:

Lucille Clifton