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pagansphinx · 2 months

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Black History Month

James Baldwin (1924-1987)

"It comes as a great shock around the age of five, or six, or seven, to discover that the country to which you have pledged allegiance along with everyone else has not pledged allegiance to you.”

– James Baldwin

#american author #james baldwin #african american writer #civil rights activist #black history month #black history #black history matters #pagan sphinx art blog #queer history #urban fiction

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louandlillie · 6 months

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"Never Alone," found wood. Part of my Bird Series paying homage to writer-anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, subject of my latest book. She once hauled away a snake to the delight of chirping birds in Eau Gallie, Florida, now part of present-day Melbourne. She did while working alone, something she often did. Twice she tried to buy a cabin in which she worked. She was unsuccessful as the locals passing enjoyed how she beautified her yard but could not bear the idea of her actually owning that cabin near the Indian River. See this work and others at the Artworks of Eau Gallie Arts Festival November 18-19, 2023.

#zora neale hurston #assemblage art #anthropologist #writer #african american writer #birds #minimalist #sharony green #artist #eau gallie #florida

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sbrown82 · 13 days

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Marsha Hunt, circa 1970.

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twixnmix · 1 year

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James Baldwin photographed by Dave Pickoff in Harlem, June 1963.

#james baldwin #lord of the flies 1963 #african american #harlen #nyc #1960s #writer

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yourdailyqueer · 3 months

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Mary P. Burrill (deceased)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: August 1881

RIP: 13 March 1946

Ethnicity: African American

Occupation: Writer, playwright, professor, director, activist

#Mary P. Burrill #Mary P Burrill #lgbt history #female #lesbian #1881 #rip #historical #black #poc #african american #writer #playwright #teacher #director #activist #popular #popular post #old hollywood

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blkice64-blog · 5 days

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James Baldwin

photographer unknown

#james baldwin #historic photo #race in america #african american writers

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uwmspeccoll · 2 months

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The Ballad of the Brown Girl

The Ballad of the Brown Girl was Harlem Renaissance writer Countee Cullen's (1903-1946) first major poem, and this is the first edition of only 500 copies, published in New York and London by Harper & Brothers in 1927, with illustrations and page decorations by the unrelated Art Deco artist Charles Cullen (1887-?). Brown Girl is Countee Cullen's revision of a 17th-century English ballad based on a folk tale featuring two women with different color hair. Cullen's revision alters the descriptions to suggest they are of different races, establishing tensions between romance, segregation, and social hierarchy.

The white Charles Cullen grew up in Brooklyn and was living and working in Manhattan when he met the Black Countee Cullen around 1926 and illustrated four books for the writer: Copper Sun (1927), The Ballad of the Brown Girl (1927), an illustrated second edition of Color (1928), and The Black Christ and Other Poems (1929). It seems a significant coincidence that the two would share a last name, but the stars seem to have been aligned. For example, Countee Cullen's birth name was Countee LeRoy Porter and Charles Cullen was born in LeRoy, New York. Coincidence? We don't think so.

View another work by Countee Cullen.

View another book illustrated by Charles Cullen.

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#Black History Month #Countee Cullen #The Ballad of the Brown Girl #Harper & Brothers #Charles Cullen #poems #African Amerricans #African American writers #illustrated books #Art Deco

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kcyars520 · 3 months

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nickysfacts · 10 months

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All racism has ever done is slow down the creation of new beauty💜

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ausetkmt · 9 months

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#James Baldwin #African American Poet #Black Writers

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wojakgallery · 2 months

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Title/Name: Barack Hussein Obama II, popularly known as ‘Barack Obama’ or simply ‘Obama’, born in (1961). Bio: American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president in U.S. history. Country: USA Wojak Series: Soyjak (Variant) Image by: Unknown Main Tag: Obama Wojak

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pagansphinx · 2 months

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Black History Month

Maya Angelou (American, 1928-2014)

Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I'm not cute or built to suit

a fashion model's size

But when I start to tell them,

They think I'm telling lies.

I say,

It's in the reach of my arms

The span of my hips,

The stride of my step,

The curl of my lips.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

I walk into a room

Just as cool as you please,

And to a man,

The fellows stand or

Fall down on their knees

Then they swarm around me,

A hive of honey bees.

I say,

It's the fire in my eyes,

And the flash of my teeth,

The swing in my waist,

And the joy in my feet.

I'm a woma

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

Men themselves have wondered

What they see in me.

They try so much

But they can't touch

My inner mystery.

When I try to show them

They say they still can't see.

I say,

It's in the arch of my back,

The sun of my smile,

The ride of my breasts,

The grace of my style.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

Now you understand

Just why my head's not bowed.

I don't shout or jump about

Or have to talk real loud.

When you see me passing

It ought to make you proud.

I say,

It's in the click of my heels,

The bend of my hair,

the palm of my hand,

The need of my care,

'Cause I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

#american women #maya anjelou #poet #essayist #black woman wrirer #american writer #african american woman of letters #poetry #contemporary poetry #american poetry #still i rise

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afrotumble · 2 months

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Dias, named after reggae singer Bob Marley, is of Jamaican and Cape Verdean descent. She was born in Philadelphia and grew up in West Orange, New Jersey. Her mother, Janice Johnson Dias, is co-founder of the GrassROOTS Community Foundation.

When Dias was age 11, she complained to her mother that all of her mandatory readings were books about white boys and dogs. Dias decided to start a book drive, #1000BlackGirlBooks, to bring more attention to literature featuring black female protagonists, with the goal to collect 1,000 books to donate for black girls to other schools. Within a few months, more than 9,000 books were collected. Many of these books have been sent to a children's book drive in Jamaica. The campaign also called public attention to the lack of diversity in children's literature. Dias attended West Orange High School in West Orange, New Jersey, graduating in 2022. She is currently attending Harvard University.

#books #book drives #black female characters #writers #activists #african american

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sbrown82 · 2 months

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Marsha Hunt, circa 1969.

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twixnmix · 1 year

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James Baldwin and civil rights activist Jerome Smith outside of the ANTA Theater during the production of Baldwin’s play "Blues for Mister Charlie" in New York City, 1964.

Photos by Bob Adelman

#james baldwin #jerome smith #1964 #broadway #freedom rider #writer #1960's #1960s fashion #1960s #new york city #african american #blues for mister charlie #bob adleman

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yourdailyqueer · 2 months

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Zuriel Hooks

Gender: Transgender woman

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: N/A

Ethnicity: African American

Occupation: Activist, model, poet, writer

#Zuriel Hooks #black excellence #queerness #lgbt #transfemme #transgender #trans woman #queer #black #african american #poc #model #poet #writer #activist

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