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alwaysbewoke · 3 months

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agelessphotography · 4 months

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Helen Frankenthaler, New York, Gordon Parks, 1957

#photography #vintage photography #vintage #helen frankenthaler #gordon parks #1950s #1957 #color photography #american #african american #black artists #artists of color #portrait #celebrity

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dayzsaclark · 10 months

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Happy Juneteenth!! 🎉🥳🎊 ❤️🤍💙

#Happy Juneteenth #Happy Juneteenth 2023 #celebration #Juneteenth #african american #blm #civil rights #juneteenth 2023 #black history #black lives matter

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sbrown82 · 1 year

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Nia Long attending the premiere of “You People” at Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, CA on January 17th, 2023.

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afrotumble · 5 months

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Legends. Sisters.

#debbie allen #phylicia rashad #sisters #celebrities #family #african american

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cyarskaren52 · 10 months

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Shout out to people from Texas more specifically Galveston, Texas who are celebrating Juneteenth today

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tabney2023 · 1 year

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RIP Chadwick Boseman

Amazon Prime Videos: Actor Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman: The King (2022)

James Brown: Get On Up (2014)

Thurgood Marshall (2017)

Black Panther: King T’Challa (2018)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

#chadwick boseman #black hollywood #black celebrity #black archives #african american #black men fashion #black panther #james brown #black history #thurgood marshall #king tchalla #wakanda forever #black tumblr #blackisbeautiful

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effeminateebony · 6 months

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I'm a motherfuckin' starboy

#black gay men #gay #african american #lgbt #achillean #black gay magic #stargirl #starboy #star boy #celebration #gay pride #stargirl aesthetic #divine feminine #my collage

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ldagence-celbs · 22 days

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Naomi Rapace and Charlize Theron at the World Premiere of “Prometheus” in Leicester Square. London (2012)

#Naomi Rapace #swedish actress #charlize theron #celebrity #actress #south african american actress #legs #premiere

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usnatarchives · 2 years

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Former slave Sally Fickland views the Emancipation Proclamation on the Freedom Train, 1947.

WE HONOR JUNETEENTH #OTD 2021, Juneteenth named a federal holiday By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

On June 19, 1865, 2½ years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order #3, informing the people of Texas that all enslaved people were now free. Texans were the last Americans to learn this.

Visit the National Archives in DC this weekend (June 18-20) to see General Order #3 and the Emancipation Proclamation! Details here.

This day became known Juneteenth, a combination of June and 19th, aka Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, it’s this country's oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery. On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday.

Excerpt from General Order #3:

The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor.

Featured Document Displays June 18-20, 2022 ONLY National Archives, DC: ‘Juneteenth’ Gen. Order # 3 - West Rotunda Gallery, The original Emancipation Proclamation - East Rotunda Gallery President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached the third year of the Civil War and declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free."

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed’s NARA book talk online.

About that promised Emancipation... Emancipation wasn't a singular event. There were many emancipation days as enslaved people obtained their freedom in the decades spanning from July 4, 1776 through the Civil War.

Despite its expansive wording, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited. The freedom it promised was dependent upon a Union victory in the war. It also only applied in 10 Confederate states, leaving more than half a million men, women, and children in bondage in parts of the Confederacy already under Northern control and in the loyal border states. Learn more about this landmark document here.

More online:

Press release: National Archives To Display Emancipation Proclamation and ‘Juneteenth’ General Order No. 3, June 18–20

National Archives Safeguards Original ‘Juneteenth’ General Order.”

Archives Staffers “Find” Original Juneteenth Order!

The “EP” at the National Archives, Pieces of History

#juneteenth #civil rights #blm #black history #civil war #freedom #no justice no peace #african american history #black lives matter #juneteenth celebration #otd

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agelessphotography · 7 months

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Grace Jones, Studio 54, Ming Smith, 1977-79

#photography #vintage photography #vintage #grace jones #ming smith #studio 54 #1970s #american #african american #black artists #women artists #female artists #black and white photography #new york #new york city #celebrity #100 notes #250 notes

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kbjones · 5 months

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Here's former US President Barack Obama in a tan suit. https://wp.me/pLP9Y-5ed #BarackObama #President #USA #tansuit #kidlit #kidlitart #artsample #USPresident #44 #blackhistory

Here’s former US President Barack Obama in a tan suit. I drew this as part of a larger project for Learning A-Z. You might remember that there was a brief, silly controversy about President Obama wearing this tan suit because on a slow news day some people thought it did not look presidential. Originally, this illustration had him in a black suit, but the client was concerned that the project…

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sbrown82 · 2 years

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Trevante Rhodes at the Toronto International Film Festival for Los Angeles Times (2016).

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nickysfacts · 25 days

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Baby Esther “boop boop a doop” herself to stardom!💄

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cyarskaren52 · 10 months

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Juneteenth2023 To all Wypipo that have an issue with this day being a holiday, take your asses to work if you don’t like it. I mean that day you all get weepy about in July? Yeah my ancestors were still working on July 4th 1776. But Y’all not ready for that conversation.

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tabney2023 · 11 months

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Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour (2023)

BUY Now: Beyonce’s Music Album—Renaissance (Amazon USA)

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