February is here, and that can only mean one thing: it’s BlackExcellence365, back for our fifth year right here on Tumblr. This is a celebration of all things Black culture and history, and it’s not just for February—this is a community celebration every day of every week of the year. This year we will be highlighting Black artists. So join us each month, as we will be exploring Black creativity with a series of themes such as history, power and activism, and PRIDE.
Introducing February’s theme: Black History
If you are a Black artist or creative, join in, follow, and share your art related to Black History using the tag #BlackExcellence365. Let’s lean into our creativity and explore Black Excellence through art. Selected posts will be featured, gifted free blazes🔥, or given a spot on radar.
Keep your eyes peeled each month for your chance to showcase your expressions of Black Excellence. You will be able to do so as we explore artists here and across Tumblr over on Meet The Artist, Artist Picks, and Artist Alley— it doesn’t matter whatever your discipline: music, writing, photography, dance, fashion, film, and anything in between.
Like I mentioned earlier, plenty of new posts rolling out tonight and tomorrow. This is one speaking about role of Gospel music and the “spells” they put on us.
The Coroner says it was murder! The boy stole nothing. He ran because he saw that POS coming for him with a gun. They neighbourhood tore that store up!
Welcome to Black Excellence 365, where we celebrate all things Black culture and history every day of the year. And where better to start exploring Black excellence in creativity than this month's theme, History & Trailblazers 💯🔥.
This month we will highlight Black artists on the platform who use their talents to promote not just Black excellence, but the Black experience. We will also highlight history makers and trailblazers, whether those at the turn of the century like Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday, or those established at the legendary Black Arts Repertory Theater in Harlem, New York, and the creators the movement included: names such as Audre Lorde, Ntozake Shange, Thelonious Monk, James Baldwin, and Gil Scott-Heron. We will highlight icons from across disciplines, and explore the work of Prince, Aretha Franklin, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Toni Morrison, and Miles Davis. History takes us to the contemporary, and we will look at the Black artists today playing their part in the story of Black excellence and creativity with boldness and brilliance: including Kehinde Wiley, Bernardine Evaristo, and Kara Walker. This will go hand in hand with the history of Black creators in the arts, and trace the story of their work through some of these iconic names.
Most important of all: POST your art of a trailblazer, history-maker, or something inspired by your Black art influencers and heroes, and tag it with #blackexcellence365 for the chance to be featured. And join us for the story of the trailblazers and history-makers in the arts, and make sure you join in, follow, and share using the tags #BlackExcellence365. Welcome to February in #BlackExcellence365 ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽!
We are tired of apologies. We don't want apologies. They don't mean it. It trivializes the issue. People need to stop thinking "oops my bad" makes everything all better. It doesn't.
That’s like if an unfaithful man/woman says yes I have cheated but I still want you and I love you NO THE HECK YOU DONT BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO REALLY LOVE EACH OTHER DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO HURT THEM INTENTIONALLY!
A racist apology is like a gop thought and prayers after a school shooting: to hell with that , shove it, fquck that and you!
I’ll be launching my Patreon today. My very first post will be about the Rosenwald schools and their goal to educate newly freed children. Once it is finished, I will post the link.
FYI: my Patreon will be a paid membership one simply due to the amount of money I’ve spent over the years collecting information.