#AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY

[longliveblackness]

Congo is silently going through a silent genocide. Millions of people are being killed so that the western world can benefit from its natural resources.

More than 60% of the world's cobalt reserves are found in Congo, used in the production of smartphones.

Western countries are providing financial military aid to invade regions filled with reserves and in the process millions are getting killed and millions homeless.

Multinational mining companies are enslaving people especially children to mine.

•••

La República Democrática del Congo vive un genocidio silencioso. Millones de personas están siendo asesinadas para que la parte occidental del mundo pueda beneficiarse de sus recursos naturales.

Más del 60% de las reservas mundiales de cobalto se encuentran en el Congo, y se utiliza en la producción de teléfonos inteligentes.

Los países occidentales están proporcionando asistencia financiera militar para invadir regiones llenas de reservas y en el proceso millones de personas mueren y millones se quedan sin hogar.

Las empresas mineras multinacionales están esclavizando a la gente, especialmente a los niños, para trabajar en las minas.

Street Art and Photo by Artist Eduardo Relero

(https://eduardorelero.com)

#blacklivesmatter #blacklivesalwaysmatter #english #spanish #blackhistory #history #share #blackhistorymonth #blackpeoplematter #black history matters #black history 2023 #black history is everybody's history #historyfacts #black history is world history #black history is american history #african history #black history #black history month #modern slavery #knowyourhistory #congo genocide #dr congo #blackbloggers #like #blackhistoryyear #follow #cobalt #blackownedandoperated #culture #art

[readyforevolution]

Image of a Black Samurai in Japan with his family.

#blacktumblr #black history #black liberation #african history #japan

[ayandagama]

kukhanya.k

#south african women #black girl moodboard #black girl aesthetic #black girls are beautiful #black women #black femininity #black women in luxury #black girls in luxury #fashion #clothing #nubian goddess #nubian queen #black woman #black history month #black dress #black girl fitspo #black girl luxury #black girls of tumblr #black luxury #black people #black tumblr #black beauty #black is beautiful #wocsource #wocdaily #woc beauty #women of color #woc #grace elizabeth #wocedit

[jstor]

Dorothy Porter is known as the "Dewey Decimal Decolonizer."

Dorothy Porter was an African American librarian who worked to challenge and decolonize library systems, including the Dewey Decimal System, which traditionally marginalized non-Western perspectives and cultures. She advocated for more inclusive classification systems that better represented diverse voices and histories.

Porter's work emphasized the importance of equity and representation within library collections, aiming to create spaces that reflect the richness and complexity of human experiences. Her efforts have contributed to ongoing discussions and actions toward decolonizing library practices worldwide.

Read more about Dorothy Porter here.

#jstor #librarians #black history month #african american history

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

-fae

#aave #african american vernacular english #black lives matter #blm #black lives still matter #black history #drag balls #queer history

[sbrown82]

Linda Martell - "Color Him Father" (1970)

**Beyoncé's latest album 'Cowboy Carter' spotlights Linda Martell, a pioneer and trailblazer who paved the way for Black country music artists, as she was the first commercially successful Black female artist in the genre.

#linda martell #color him father #1970 #color me country #the linda martell show #beyoncé #beyonce #cowboy carter #renaissance act ii #music #country music #black music #black artists #black history #black women #african american #paying homage #icon #video #sbrown82

[woobosco]

Afro Culture (My Culture)

@woobosco - This shit gon be framed in my crib. 

#african #african american #afrocentric #afro #afrofuturism #Afro Culture #Afro Centric #afro caribbean #afro curls #afro love #afro handshakes #afro dabs #black love #black people #black panther #black history #black power #blackgirlmagic #black men #black cat #blacklivesmatter #black lives #black life #black beauty #ebony #ebony life #ebony love #woods #woodstock #woo

[mimi-0007]

For the ppl in the back!!

#black tumblr #black history #black literature #black excellence #black community #civil rights #black history is american history #civil rights movement #equality #equal rights #black lives matter #black pride #black people #equal #african slavery #american slavery #african american history #american history

[originalhaffigaza]

#black community #original photographers #black people #graphic design #black art #black history #black culture #artwork #black family #black power #black africans #africa fashion #african art #african american #african #africa #original art #black woman #black history month #black is black #blacklivesmatter #black tumblr #black women #black success #black children #black love

[kingdomoftheblackpanther]

#black is divine #african tribe #african history #african kingdom #black history

[the-cricket-chirps]

Betye Saar, Rojo Toro, 1964

Betye Saar, The Beast that Pounds the Devil's Dust, 1964

#betye saar #modern art #american art #contemporary art #black artist #african american artists #african american art history #african american art #american painting #american painter #red bull #fantastic beasts #the devil #saar #animals #animals in art #animal art #petroglyphs

[readyforevolution]

#blacktumblr #black history #black liberation #african history #fred hampton #black panther party

[ayandagama]

South African women

#black girl aesthetic #black girls are beautiful #black girl moodboard #black women #black femininity #black women in luxury #fashion #black girls in luxury #south african women #clothing #wocedit #woc beauty #wocdaily #woc #wocsource #pretty black girls #black woman #black history month #black girl fitspo #black girl luxury #black girls of tumblr #black people #black luxury #blackgirl #blackgirlmagic #classy black women #blacklivesmatter #black tumblr #black beauty

[alwaysbewoke]

Thomas Jennings was a free man born in 1791 in New York City. He was 30 years old when he was granted a patent for a dry cleaning process. In his early 20s Thomas Jennings became a tailor, and later opened a dry cleaning business in the city. As a tailor. Jennings' skills were so admired that people near and far came to him to alter or custom tailor items of clothing for them. Eventually, Jennings reputation grew such that he was able to open his own store on Church street which grew into one of the largest clothing stores in New York City. While running his business Jennings developed dry-scouring. He had many customers complain of their clothes being ruined by stains and so he began experimenting with cleaners and mixtures that would remove the stains without harming the material. He earned a large amount of money as a tailor and even more with his dry scouring invention and most of the money he earned went to his abolitionist activities. In 1831, Thomas Jennings became assistant secretary for the First Annual Convention of the People of Color in Philadelphia, PA. Thomas L. Jennings Dry Scouring technique created modern day dry cleaning. Jennings was fortunate that he was a free man at the time of his invention. Besides all the other indignities and cruelties slaves had to face, they were also ineligible to hold a patent. Under the US patent laws of 1793 a person must sign an oath or declaration stating that they were a citizen of the USA. While there were, apparently, provisions through which a slave could enjoy patent protection, the ability of a slave to seek out, receive and defend a patent was unlikely. Later, in 1858, the patent office changed the laws, stating that since slaves were not citizens, they could not hold a patent. Furthermore, the court said that the slave owner, not being the true inventor could not apply for a patent either. Thomas Jennings died in New York City in 1856.

#black history #Thomas Jennings #dry cleaning #inventor #tailor #abolitionist #New York City #patent law #slavery #abolitionist activities #dry scouring technique #historical injustice #patent discrimination #civil rights activism #African American entrepreneurship #19th century America

[todayontumblr]

Thursday, February 1.

Black History Month 2024.

Get ready to immerse yourself in a month-long celebration of Black joy, Black excellence, and Black art. Following the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's announcement that the theme for Black History Month 2024 is "African Americans and the Arts," we're thrilled to shine a spotlight on Black creators of all stripes right here on Tumblr.

#today on tumblr #black history #black history month #black history month 2024 #black women #black art #black artists #black history 365 #black history month 24 #BHM 24 #BHM 2024 #african history #black artist #black love #black excellence

[yourdailyqueer]

Lucy Diggs Slowe (deceased)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 4 July 1885 

RIP: 21 October 1937

Ethnicity: African American

Occupation: Former prof tennis player, professor, activist

Note of firsts: First Black woman to serve as Dean of Women at any American university. Won the national title of the American Tennis Association's first tournament in 1917, the first African-American woman to win a major sports title. First person from her school to attend Howard University.

#Lucy Diggs Slowe #lgbt history #black history #lgbt #lesbian #female #1885 #rip #historical #black #poc #african american #athlete #tennis #teacher #activist #first #popular #popular post #300