#Black fraternities

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #cultural appropriation #divine 9 #black sororities #black fraternities #white people

[writemarcus]

JCTC Produces Reading of New Play SIBLING RIVALRIES By Marcus Scott

The production is set for September 18.

By: Stephi Wild Sep. 06, 2023

Jersey City Theater Center will present a reading of Sibling Rivalries by Marcus Scott, a new play set at a fictional Ivy League school in the years following the Obama Administration. This political drama follows a diverse group of young black men, all members of a fraternity, who face shifting loyalties and eroded principles when they are forced to compete against one another for a prestigious fellowship. Sibling Rivalries will take place at Jersey City Theater Center (165 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07302 / Entrance from Barrow St., Jersey City, NJ, 07302) on Monday, September 18 at 7:30PM. Tickets start at just $5.00 and are available at www.JCTCenter.org.  "As we prepare to showcase the extraordinary talent of Marcus Scott, a remarkable representative of the black, queer community, whose work we have had the privilege of nurturing by providing a creative residency in 2023, our enthusiasm knows no bounds. At the very core of our mission lies our unwavering commitment to open doors for emerging playwrights, allowing their voices to resound both locally and on the globally," stated Olga Levina, the Executive Producer at JCTC. "JCTC is immensely thankful for our enduring partnership with I Love Greenville and the sponsorship from Healthier JC, our collaboration has given rise to a wide spectrum of programming, each piece thoughtfully designed to shed light on the experiences and obstacles faced by people of color while celebrating their rich cultural traditions."  We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers' Unions: ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS, AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS and SAG-AFTRA through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear in this program.

About Marcus Scott

Marcus Scott is a playwright, musical theatre writer & journalist. Full-length works: Tumbleweed (finalist: 2017 BAPF & the 2017 Festival of New American Plays at Austin Playhouse; semifinalist: 2022 O'Neill NPC, 2022 Blue Ink Playwriting Award & 2017 New Dramatists Princess Grace Award in Playwriting Fellowship), Sibling Rivalries (finalist: Normal Ave's NAPseries, 2021 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference & 2021 ATHE-KCACTF Judith Royer Excellence In Playwriting Award; semi- finalist: 2022 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival, 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Award & 2021 New Dramatists Princess Grace Award in Playwriting Fellowship; long-listed: 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award), There Goes The Neighborhood (finalist: 2023 New Dramatists Princess Grace Award in Playwriting Fellowship, 2023 Blue Ink Playwriting Award, the 2019 Bushwick Starr Reading Series; semifinalist: 2023 BAPF) & Cherry Bomb (recipient: 2017 Drama League First Stage Artist-In-Residence, 2017 New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series; 2017 finalist for the Yale Institute for Music Theatre). Heartbeat Opera commissioned Scott to adapt Beethoven's “Fidelio” (Co-writer; Met Live Arts at the MET Museum, Mondavi Center at UC Davis, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, The Broad Stage, Rutgers Presbyterian Church, Baruch Performing Arts Center; NYTimes Critics' Pick! ★★★★). Scott is the recipient of the WTP Rosalind Ayres-Williams Memorial Scholarship (2022-2024). Scott is the recipient of the WTP Rosalind Ayres-Williams Memorial Scholarship (2022-2024). His one-act Sundown Town is published in Obsidian: Literature and Arts of the African Diaspora: Issue: 48.1.   His work has developed or presented at Concord Theatricals/Sam French OOB Short Play Festival, Queens Theatre (New American Voices series), The Fire This Time Festival, Zoetic Stage (Finstrom Festival Of New Work), Dixon Place, Feinstein's/54 Below, Abingdon Theatre Company, Downtown Urban Arts Festival, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Across A Crowded Room at Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library (NYPL), Musical Theater Factory's 4x15 Series, Space on Ryder Farm, Theatre West, New Circle Theatre Company, MicroTheater Miami, Columbia College Chicago, among others.   Residencies and retreats: The inaugural Personal Pizza Party Writers' Kitchen cohort (2023), The 2022 Valdez Theatre Conference, The Road Theatre Company's Under Construction 3 Playwrights Group (2022), Mojoaa Performing Arts Company's Southern Black Playwrights Lab (Cohort 2; 2022), Works & Process LaunchPAD “Process as Destination” Residency at the Guggenheim (2022), Prospect Musical Theater Lab (2021), María Irene Fornés Playwriting Workshop (2021), JACK Governor's Island Artist Residency (2021), Catwalk Artist Residency (2021), The Center at West Park Virtual Performance Residency (2020-2021), Gingold Theatre Group Speaker's Corner Writer (2020-2022), Liberation Theatre Company's Playwriting Residency Fellowship (2018), Athena Theatre Company's Athena Writes Playwriting Fellowship (2018-2019), the inaugural LIT Council at the Tank (2018-2019), Fresh Ground Pepper Artist-In-Residence BRB Retreat (2017), One Co. Writers' Residency at Little Farm (2017) and Goodspeed Opera House Retreat (2013). Scott is a 2021 NYSAF Founders' Award finalist, a 2021 Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award semi-finalist, a four-time National Black Theatre I AM SOUL Playwrights Residency finalist and a four-time top finalist for The Civilians R&D Group. His articles appeared in Architectural Digest, Time Out New York, American Theatre Magazine, Playbill, Elle, Out, Essence, The Brooklyn Rail, among others. BFA: State University College at Buffalo, MFA: NYU Tisch.

#marcus scott #marcusscott #write marcus #writemarcus #black playwrights #theatre #theater #new works #new plays #talented tenth #Sibling Rivalries #black frats #Black fraternities #Ivy league #college plays

[retropopcult]

"Charter members of Michigan State College's first Negro fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, pose with their charter after the founding banquet in the Hotel Olds." Photographed 1948 in Lansing, Michigan.

#vintage #1940s #black fraternal organization #college men

[mokkkki]

sleeping with the enemy, chapter 1 / cain slaying abel, peter paul rubens / sleeping with the enemy, chapter 14 / romulus kills remus / sleeping with the enemy, chapter 13

#web weaving #web weave #webweaving #web weaves #black brothers #the black brothers #regulus black #sirius black #fratricide #fraternity #brothers #siblings #brotherhood #webweave #webweaves #swte #harry potter #art

[blackgirlsreverything]

Facebook: Tamon Frisby

#class of 2023 #dsu #delaware state university #alpha phi alpha #black fraternity #black boy joy #black excellence

[puzzledkeyboard]

ive been listening to this song on repeat while drawing this

ignore literally any mistake i beg of you

#billy lenz #black christmas #black christmas 1974 #silly guy #drawing is so hard sometimes #hurl hurl hurl on sorority girls #spew spew spew on fraternity dudes

[abybweisse]

How did claudia and undy only have 2 children in like 16 or 15 years (with the undertaker= cesric theory)...?

Why stop at two?

I think I've answered something like this before, but even I would have trouble finding it now. Short answer: Because any more children would have been a bigger risk for them.

I have a theory that she only had one pregnancy (or at least only one that came to full term with live births) and that Francis/Frances is actually a younger fraternal twin.

I recall once explaining that carrying the children of a reaper would be difficult for various reasons, like 1. The queen (or someone) finding out and wanting her dead, 2. It might be physically difficult to carry the baby (or babies) to full term, and 3. There might be taboo requirements for actually giving birth to the children of a reaper -- say, that it can only happen on a Friday the 13th... which is definitely when Vincent was born.

You could try searching my blog for #thoth, because a lot of my theory on this is based on Thoth as a reference (one of many) for Undertaker.

If she only had one pregnancy, it might be that it was by accident to begin with, and neither one was sure she'd be able to bear them. There might have been various complications, kind of like how no one was sure how well Rachel and the expected baby would manage, due to her health issues (asthma). If there is a taboo requirement, then it only worked because there was a Friday the 13th coming up at a time when live births were possible. Even still, the delivery might have been slightly early or delayed, having to fall on a special, taboo day.

I'd love to get a flashback of Undertaker the day Vincent and Francis/Frances were born (if they are twins), because it might be a lot like how Vincent and Tanaka walk into the room and see Rachel with twins. The shock and awe and pride and delight! But, in Undertaker's case, also probably fear. Because what happens now? Must they hide the truth? Probably.

And, after that ordeal, they make sure to not have any more children....

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #undertaker #cloudia phantomhive #claudia phantomhive #undertaker x cloudia #cloudia x undertaker #claudia x undertaker #undertaker x claudia #cedric k. ros #cedric k ros #cedric k ros-- #cedric k. ros-- #theories #vincent phantomhive #frances midford #francis midford #fraternal twins #thoth #friday the 13th #anon asks #i answer #answered asks #jan 16 2023

[twinsoftheday]

today's twins of the day are:

pawn white cookie and pawn black cookie from cookie run: ovenbreak

#twins of the day #fraternal twins #i mean. i assume. i do not know the cookie run lore. #no confirmed gender #games #chess choco cookie #pawn white cookie #pawn black cookie #cookie run #cookie run: ovenbreak #cookie run ovenbreak #twins #fictional twins #twinsoftheday

[yemme]

#I need everyone to keep this energy... #Messi can save football but not your state... #Black college fraternity #Florida's economy

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #divine nine #divine 9 #black sororities #black fraternities #white people #cultural appropriation

[kisslovegoodbye]

Stanley Kubrick Photographs

Before directing iconic films such as “The Shining,” “2001: A Space Odyssey,”  “ Lolita,” “Full Metal Jacket,” “A Clockwork Orange,” and so on and so forth,   Stanley Kubrick was a staff photographer for Look magazine, shooting feature stories all over his hometown of New York City.

He was just 17 years old when he started in 1945, and he spent the next five years working on stories that focused on New Yorkers and their daily lives.

Looking back at Kubrick’s early photos, one can get a glimpse of what he would he eventually become.

1) For Look Magazine, “Life and Love on the New York City Subway,” 1947. © Museum of the City of New York. The LOOK Collection,

2 & 3) From “Park Benches- Love is Everywhere,” 1946,

4) From “Life and Love on the New York City Subway,” 1947,

5) University of Michigan, Fraternity party, 1949,

6)  Peter Arno, a famous cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, has a date with actress Joan Sinclair in 1949. The story in Look magazine illustrated Arno’s life as a man about town.

#art #photography #vintage photography #stilllife #still life photography #stanley kubrick #new york #lookmagazine #peter arno #joan sinclair #subway #fraternity #party #love #kiss #lovers #Black and White

[shirkers2018dirsanditan]

the absolute weirdest phenomenon that’s so common now is young people or literal teenagers screenshotting offensive messages made by their peers in private conversations and posting them on the internet as some kind of exposé or whatever. like you are not a whistleblower; you are exposing your peers to a merciless internet mob because you are too cowardly to call them out yourself directly or mature enough to just leave the chat. and when its minors it’s especially repulsive because grown ass adults jump all over them to try and make an example out of a fucking kid. lol

like this is not “promoting accountability” it’s creepy ass thought policing. sorry people can be offensive in private conversations; you can be racist or sexist inside your head. there’s nothing anybody can do to stop you from thinking thoughts or speaking them in likeminded company. and it’s not as though you can force people to change their hearts and minds. this only makes people defensive, and rightfully so because you fully violated their privacy. and its even more insane when people argue that people should face “consequences” for their privately held beliefs. i’m sorry…..have you lost your fucking mind?

#i remember when my sister first started at NYU some asians in this fraternity got ‘exposed’ for being antiblack in a groupchat #and the national chapter of the fraternity ended up suspending them and/or closing down the nyu chapter #and the school itself put out a statement #and like….what was the reason exactly? did it make life better for black students at nyu or black people anywhere? #did it change the fact that nyu is fundamentally a capitalist and white supremacist institution? #did it even change the hearts and minds of those asian students? or did it foster resentment for being given to a faceless internet mob? #and make life worse for everybody because now even your private thoughts are not private? #i remember the crazy woman who stalked me on here bragged about some person who ‘infiltrated’ a ‘terf chat’ or whatever and then put all #the women in there on blast for their evil views or whatever like you are literally a freak what in the damn world

[ausetkmt]

The Black men’s Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has announced it will move its 2025 general convention from Orlando in light of “racist” policies. 

The fraternity announced the news Wednesday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, citing “Governor DeSantis’ harmful, racist, and insensitive policies against the Black Community,” as the reason behind the decision.  

Willis L. Lonzer III, the fraternity’s general president, told The Hill that last week’s controversy surrounding new education standards in the state became the tipping point in the fraternity’s decision.

“Governor DeSantis has continuously advocated for laws and policies that negatively impact Black people and other marginalized communities,” Lonzer said.

“We start first with the laws rejecting the teaching race and the cultural diversity of our nation. We can even talk about the bill that he supported, banning [diversity, equity and inclusion] initiatives in colleges and universities. But the final straw really was his advancement of this new curriculum standards released last week, suggesting enslaved people developed skills that could later be a personal benefit to them, which is absolutely absurd.”

“This is a stunt,” DeSantis’s office said in a statement to The Hill.

Florida’s new guidelines, approved last week, require lessons on race be taught in an “objective” manner that does not seek to “indoctrinate or persuade students to a particular point of view.” 

One of the updated standards that received backlash requires instructors to teach that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” 

Another requires that students must learn about “acts of violence perpetrated against and by African Americans.” This includes massacres such as the Tulsa Race Massacre. 

The new education standards were immediately met with backlash from Black leaders around the nation, including Vice President Harris, who blasted DeSantis in a speech in Jacksonville for “pushing propaganda” on children.

The latest set of guidelines follows the state’s decision earlier this year that prohibited an Advanced Placement African American studies course from running. At the time, the state said the class lacked educational value. 

Alpha Phi Alpha was the fraternity of some of the most prominent Black leaders in America, and remains so today. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Paul Robeson, Whitney Young and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall were all members of the fraternity. 

Today, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D), Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, are all members. 

While a new location has not been decided upon just yet, Lonzer said the fraternity expects their decision will cost the greater Orlando area some $4.6 million in revenue.

“We will not spend our money where Black people and other marginalized communities are continuously harmed by policies at the highest level of government,” Lonzer said.

He added that other members of the Divine Nine — a group of nine historically Black fraternities and sororities — are all “aligned” on the significance of ensuring that all people are treated with respect. 

But he also urged those in Florida to exercise their right to vote when the time comes. 

“We have not forgotten our membership or the citizens of Florida,” Lonzer said. “We are committed to encouraging them to stay vigilant and to ensure that they are in the voting process. We will continue to make our voter education opportunities available as we funnel funds to the state of Florida to ensure that they can hold various forums and can have the appropriate conversations. When the time comes to vote, we will get them out to vote.”

–Updated on July 27 at 10:36 a.m.

#Alpha Phi Alpha moves 2025 convention out of Florida over ‘racist’ policies #florida #Alpha Phi #alpha #Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity #A Phi A #Racism in Florida #florida is dangerous for Black People

[bycynical]

Read

The Bama Rush documentary has shown me just how much all of us want to be apart of something.

To fit into some sort of mold that’s made for us. Because being different and having individuality is scary to some of us. Individuality carries too much responsibility and requires too much confidence.

#bama rush #documentary #bama rush doc #sorority #fraternity #writing #Black Writers #women writers #female writers #Writers and Poets #pop culture #poetry #black women #writers on tumblr #black blogger #female blogger

[oorevitcejda]

but why?? why now?? have none of you seen how Captain John Price carried Soap in that whole mission in mw2 the first one??? PRICE AND SOAP WERE ROBBED

#cod mw #not saying i dont like ghost and soap #but COME ON #price fucking loved soap that ugly muppet #how dare #ppl like this now #i mean keep it up but where were yall when soap fucking DIED getting info to price while under siege #'yuri knows makarov' AND DIED. PRACTICALLY IN PRICES ARMS #and then you get fucking DECKED down some stairs like price was PISSED #grab my hand #join me on this fucking adventure of soap and price #the story that could never be due to the us military gay policy at the time and the fraternization of capt/squad #but price loved soap leave me alone #tho i do wanna see where this ghostxsoap is coming from #actually now that i think about it it has to be a whole do over right? bc most of 656 was dead or disavowed? #idk i should play the campaigns again #black ops and ghosts were the stories i paid the most attention to tbh. mw was fun and i definitely see soapxprice

[blackmail4u]

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s Instrumental In Launching First Negro History Week In 1924

In 1924, the Omega Psi Phi fraternity played a key role in launching the first “Negro History Week” that we now celebrate as Black History Month! Click the link to learn more or listen via podcast.

Welcome To Black Mail! Where we bring you Black History, Special Delivery. Passionate about spreading the knowledge of Black History, Carter G. Woodson launched Negro History Week, which we now celebrate as Black History Month. During the national meeting of Omega Psi Phi on December 27, 1920, Woodson gave a powerful speech encouraging his fraternity brothers to promote the study of Black…

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#ASALH #Black History #Black History Fact #Black History Month #blackmail4u #Carter G. Woodson #Negro History Week #Omega Psi Phi Fraternity