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helloparkerrose · 5 months

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blackgirlslivingwell · 1 month

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Part 2 of 2: Why These Black Women Are Voting For Trump - What's Going On??

In this video, I want to address a growing trend that I've recently been made aware of. I've been seeing a lot of Black women who have expressed that they're voting for Donald Trump, so I went to X and did a search for "Black Woman Trump" and I came across several postings. In this video, I'll share two of them. This is part 2.

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sbrown82 · 2 years

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#black power movement #black power #black power button #black america #1960s #60s #cultural revolution #revolution #black people #black culture #retro #vintage #african american #black love #photo #sbrown82

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blackstar1887 · 3 months

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What is Pan Africanism

#pan afrikan #pan africanism #africa #black america #black power #black history #black panther

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3rdeyeblaque · 8 months

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Today we venerate Ancestor Bishop C.H. Mason on his 157th birthday 🎉

Bishop C.H. Mason founded the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), THE largest Black American pentecostal church in the U.S. In doing so, he preserved and cultivated the religious culturesof our Afrikan ancestors while fighting for ourreligious freedom of expression and integration in the church house.

Brother Mason born to former slaves in Shelby County, TN. Due to his family's impoverished status, young Mason worked as a sharecropper and did not receive a formal education. Yet he still learned how to read and write. As a child, Mason was greatly influenced by the religion of his parents and other former slaves. He admired their prayer rituals, spontaneous singing, & shouting. At age 12, he embraced the Afro-Baptist faith and was later baptized in his older brother’s church.

In 1895, Brother Mason met Charles Price Jones, a popular Baptist preacher from Mississippi. Mason and Jones started preaching the doctrine of holiness and sanctification together in local Baptist churches, which led to their expulsion from the Baptist & Methodist churches. They, and others, established the Church of God and Church of Christ. Their movement consisted of both Black and White folk were grossly dissatisfied with mainstream denominations. From COGIC’s inception, Brother Mason ordained and allowed whites to join his denomination. He dreamed of an integrated church and believed that all races were entitled to equal rights and authority therein. Their principal belief was that being sanctified was an internal experience that resulted in external changes within individuals & their communities. They taught their followers to seek higher spiritual development and encouraged them to rekindle the dynamism of "slave religion".

In 1897, Brother Mason established St. Paul COGIC in an old cotton gin located in Lexington, Mississippi. He then started using the name “Church of God in Christ”, because, "God told him that if he used that name it would cause people to follow him". By 1904, Brother Mason established pastoring 4 churches: St. Paul in Lexington, Saints Home and Dyson Street in Memphis, and a COGIC church in Conway, AR.

In 1907, he attended an interracial service in Los Angeles, CA. After which, he declared that he'd experienced a spiritual metamorphosis and that he now believed in speaking in tongues. This is what spurred Jones and others to excommunicate him from their Holiness association. This ultimately led to Brother Mason and Jones’s 12yr partnership ending over theological differences, rights to church properties, ecclesiastical power, and the COGIC name itself. After 3 years of legal battles, in 1911, Mason’s legal victories catapulted him into historical prominence and placed COGIC in the Mid-South’s religious pantheon.

Brother Mason was also an outspoken conscientious objector. He was arrested in 1918 and probed by the FBI for teaching pacifism and encouraging Brothas to refuse being drafted into WW I and II.

By the early 20th century, the Black Christian middle class frowned upon any & everything associated with Mother Africa. They believed shouting, dancing, & especially speaking in tongues, were shameful & hindered Black progress. Defiantly, Brother bMason encouraged his followers to embrace their Afrikan heritage and gave them space to express themselves in church. He allowed the working classes to dance shout, testify, speak in tongues, string musical instruments, & sing gospel. His preservation of the Afrikan heritage, freedom of religious expression, & leadership spearheaded COGIC’s astronomical growth.

In the 1920s, COGIC had 30K members &, as a result of the Great Migration, 68.7% percent worshiped in urban cities. By the 1930s, COGIC was an urban phenomenon. During the Great Depression, Brother Mason’s churches fed and clothed poor Whites and Black Peoples across Memphis

Today, it has an estimated 6.5 million members and 12,000 congregations. COGIC is the largest African American denomination in the United States, with eight million members worldwide.

We pour libations & give him💐 today as we celebrate him for his passion & commitment to the preservation & cultivation of our Central/West Afrikan cosmologies, cultures, & belief systems via our religious of expression.

‼️Note: offering suggestions are just that & strictly for veneration purposes only. Never attempt to conjure up any spirit or entity without proper divination/Mediumship counsel.‼️

Offering suggestions: COGIC bible/prayer offerings, water libations, gospel songs of praise/dance

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#hoodooheritage #ATR #ATRs #hoodootradition #TheHoodooCalendar #ancestors #veneration #theblackchurch #ancestorveneration #bishopchmason #cogic #cogicchurch #og #deepsouth

#bishop ch mason #cogic #cogicchurch #black America #black Christians #ancestor elevation #ancestor #hoodoo #hoodoos #atr #the hoodoo calendar #atrs #conjure

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bossescreatingbosses · 4 months

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Introducing Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, ‘The Color Purple’s’ Young Celie: ‘This Is Work I Was Meant to Do’

Turning 30 is always a memorable moment, but “The Color Purple” actor Phylicia Pearl Mpasi rang in her third decade with a birthday serenade from …Introducing Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, ‘The Color Purple’s’ Young Celie: ‘This Is Work I Was Meant to Do’

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brownthoughtsrainbowperception · 7 months

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What is Black

Is it the other side of the deck stacked

White with a perceived lack

Some artificial slack

And while I sing in the breeze and all accompany me who can foresee the sheen on the guilded seam

Yes that's a rhyme and it spans a brilliant time

Did they ask you to be kind

Who failed in the definition

Meaning exquisite

Lies explicit

Were we all wishing

We are a people streaming

Flawed and gleaming

Do you understand the true meaning

Destiny thieving

#black america #black people #diaspora #creative writing #word play #word art #abstract word art #black poet #buy my books #my truth #my words

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variousqueerthings · 10 months

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had the opportunity and privilege to watch kokomo city yesterday, a documentary about black trans sex workers in America, directed by d. smith, who was working with some of the biggest names in the music industry, before (surprise surprise) losing employment and housing following her transition

if there's any chance to watch it, I really do recommend. there's so much love in the imagery and it's so vibrant, you can tell she's got a music background in the way the image beats move electrically with the soundtrack, and it adds to the ability to tell nuanced stories and let the women (and cis men who speak about their attractions to trans women) actually be funny/smart/sad/complicated

can read more about it here

I hope this spells a shift in her opportunities and in the platforming of this sort of work and documentation

#kokomo city #d smith #cinema #movies #queer cinema #queer documentary #trans cinema #trans documentary #black america #america

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freshthoughts2020 · 4 months

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My Enemies Will Fall

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vintage-tigre · 9 months

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#rap #hip hop #aesthetic #vintage #old school cool #70s style #70s aesthetic #80s music #books #black America #street style

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helloparkerrose · 2 months

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#1960s #black america #college students #hbcu life #black college students #black couple #valentine's day #valentines day #black history month

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blackgirlslivingwell · 1 month

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🔥Full Video

Part 1 of 2: Why These Black Women Are Voting For Trump - What's Going On??

In this video, I want to address a growing trend that I've recently been made aware of. I've been seeing a lot of Black women who have expressed that they're voting for Donald Trump, so I went to X and did a search for "Black Woman Trump" and I came across several postings. In this video, I'll share two of them. This is part 1.

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manwalksintobar · 2 months

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Epilogue // Langston Hughes

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.

Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, “Eat in the kitchen,” Then.

Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed—

I, too, am America.

#poetry #Langston Hughes #America #Harlem Renaissance #Black America #poems of praise #poems of protest #The Weary Blues #sing

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teezyfbby · 1 year

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Beyonce, Black Pride and Black America

I love Beyonce and I've always been aware of some of the critique she gets for treating black capitalism as black liberation. I will not be critiquing her through an anti capitalist lens today but rather question the effectiveness of her activism. What does Beyonce actually achieve in the grand scheme of things?

About two days ago I was listening to Black Parade for maybe the 100th time. I've been listening to it casually since the day it came out and always enjoyed it. I've never really paid attention to what she says in the song but this time a lyric really struck me. “Fuck these laid edges imma let it shrivel up”. Now I completely get the sentiment here. Not abiding to the social pressures of having your hair constantly look “presentable” and manipulating the natural texture of your hair can be rather liberating. Black women's hair texture and styles have been policed heavily in western societies and held to a higher standard than virtually every other race. Accompanied with the discourse that takes place within the community that perpetuates texturism and other oppressive views that stem from white supremacist ideologies, it is a deep seeded issue. I'm sure some people will remember the discourse regarding braids as not being an acceptable “birthday hairstyle". One twitter user even wrote “a bitch really told me to get braids as my birthday hairstyle ..i unfollowed shorty so quick”.

The lyric did make me laugh though, because Beyonce is and has been a prominent figure that influences the beauty standards within the black community. Do some quick research and scroll through her instagram page and you will see a perfectly laid wig or weave in virtually every post. While we all know that instagram is just a collection of people's “best” pictures and carefully crafted images, presenting your “best” self as the version of you that upholds to european beauty standards is interesting. To me.

Yes, she is ultimately a victim to the beauty standard that has been put in place. However, when she does embrace hairstyles such as braids and locs, it is usually done in artistic endeavors. In a music video or film. There is nothing inherently wrong with this, but it can unintentionally treat black liberation and african traditions as a spectacle. Which is very much played out in the entertainment industry today. At highly acclaimed and exclusive events such as the grammys, oscars etc. you will notice that beyonce puts the braids away and adopts to her usual wig or weave. When I looked up to see if she has worn braids to red carpet events it is very few and her most notable braided red carpet look was for the “The Lion King” premier which speaks for itself. I didn't even go in on another lyric in the song "waist beads from Yoruba" which, as a Nigerian who is a part of the Yoruba tribe, was hilarious.

I just want to highlight some irony that takes place here in regards to her music and her brand vs. how she chooses to present herself “professionally”. For me, more impact could take place within the community if we saw her in these “exclusive” spaces wearing her natural texture or even braids. Normalizing it to people through action rather than separating it from her ‘work environment” because ultimately that's what these events are for her. I am just using Beyonce as an example for an issue that includes most people in her industry and goes a lot deeper than this. Like many other black women, Beyonce has been a role model and a highly regarded figure in my household for as long as I can remember. I grew up on her music and always loved it. I will also argue the fact that she is the best performer of this generation. All that being said I do believe it is possible to critique one's actions without belittling their character as a whole and still be a fan.

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tani-b-art · 1 year

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Black Americans rapping, breakdancing, beatboxing all in the 1940s!

The originators. The origins of hip hop come from us, Black Americans.

#Black Americans #Black American #Black America #hip hop #rap #breakdancing #music #Black American culture #American culture #dance

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realityarchitect · 3 months

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Black History February, learn some history and share with a friend or family! My gift to you is learn about Marcus Garvey as much as you can ☝🏾!

#black history #black America #African American #black history month #black American #Spotify #marcus garvey

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