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Ms. Faith Ringgold…rest in absolute power.

thank you.

#Faith Ringgold

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The majorette girls are about to eat this up!

#DD4L #Coach D #majorette #dance teams #buckin #sweet honey buckin #Beyoncé #cowboy Carter #Black dance style #bucking

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…I’ve converted what was my tiny shipping at the beginning. I don’t want Janine and Gregory to become a couple.

#abbott elementary #janine teagues #gregory eddie

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Deric Augustine

#Deric Augustine #actor #Black actor #he’s become a crush #he also has a book coming out about Black wizards in New Orleans #author

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Raven Johnson’s defense!!!

#raven johnson #south carolina #basketball #ncaa women’s basketball #ncaaw #south carolina gamecocks #revenge tour

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“JaBria, are you smart?”

“Yesssss!”

Y’all, JaBria done made it to Abbott!! I knew I recognized her lil face!

#abbott elementary #jabria are you smart? #Jabria Mccullum #she’s adorbs

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SOUTH CAROLINA ‘24 NAT’L CHAMPS!!!!

Remained undefeated ALL season and got the nat’l title! PERFECT season!

The DEFENSE they played was unmatched! And especially Bree and Raven — they were defensively unstoppable!

The freshman, Milaysia and Tessa were impressive!

Congratulations, ladies!!!!

Dawn Staley’s masterclass coaching is incredible. A legend.

(my team—3rd title in program history)

#4theculture

#south carolina gamecocks #Dawn Staley #ncaaw #basketball #ncaa #women’s basketball #champions #Dawn Staley is a legend!

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Tina Turner meets Beyoncé’s “Ya Ya”

#Beyoncé #Tina Turner #The Ikettes #Ya Ya #Cowboy Carter #Dreamgirls #A Fool in Love #Shake #Proud Mary #Angela Bassett #Nutbush City Limits #What’s Love Got To Do With It #Shake Your Tail Feather #The Stepp Sisters #montage #a montage of bending lol #60s #70s #tani b #tani b art #Mrs Tina would love this and be so proud of Bey #Rock n Roll #music #Black music

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JANINE TEAGUES played by Quinta Brunson in Abbott Elementary - "Willard R. Abbott"

#abbott elementary #janine teagues #fit upgrade #quinta brunson

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N i n a S i m o n e

#nina simone

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“…socially despised and yet artistically esteemed…”

This quote from Alain Locke can be applied to every non-Black person. Non-Black American people included.

Our subcultures, regional cultural characteristics (especially Southern Black American culture) are sooo extracted and copied, emulated and imitated, gleaned from while simultaneously being ridiculed, mocked and degraded.

Southern identifies, dialect and accents are belittled yet are modeled after and mimicked.

The specific disdain and shame for Southern Black American culture is truly something (which has really been highlighted since the announcement of this album).

And yeah, Beyoncé soo country! Been country! Is country and never shied away from it!

#Black American #Black American culture #Black Americans #Black culture #Black Southern culture #Southern culture #the South #American Requiem #country accents #accents #Alain Locke

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“This ain’t a Country album. This is a “Beyoncé” album.”

I understand why she said this! Because the way it seems she created a completely new genre with ‘Cowboy Carter’! The Country is there (and all the elements) and there’s some Blues, Folk, Soul, Zydeco, Bluegrass, a lil Rock, Gospel and Opera and then some (all genres with Black (Black) American origins). Almost like she opened a new sonic portal while helping to reclaim the genre made by Black Americans.

First off — the album cover art. She pays homage to a long-standing Black American Southern tradition of Houston rodeo and rodeo queens. Carrying our country’s flag…the imagery is signifying to her being a Black American woman. Who she is.

The album cover alone set the tone for what she presented with act ii. [and the photographer is Blair Caldwell, a fellow Black Texan, who has such an eye for capturing beauty. all his photographs are visually pleasing].

[Even the promo - the track list design is a nod & historical reference to Black American cultural via The Chitlin Circuit promotional posters. I love it. Made my little graphic art heart smile. The nostalgia of it.]

From the opening track title and lyrics and later on within other songs, she wove her ancestral claiming to America with so much pride. Pride for our country and our flag that we absolutely should have.

Then to have Ms. Linda Martell, the trailblazing Black pioneer & legend in the genre who broke many barriers, be a part of this album was so reverent. (Especially her spoken word throughout that spoke to the way that she and Beyoncé have had to navigate this music industry. When their presence wasn’t well-received, in the very genre we created, they set out to move in a “non-traditional” way). They themselves are the embodiment of unconventional. Ms. Martell rightfully receiving her flowers at the golden age of 82 is harmonious!

Every part of act ii has made people research and discover. The same way act i did. Gotta love a good educational experience through music. (btw—the mention of Zydeco had me hyped).

Having Rhiannon Giddens on instrumentation (along with other background Black musicians and I’m sure Black vocalists) and sharing this musical journey with Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, Reyna Roberts, Willie Jones and Shaboozey — other young Black women and Black men in the genre…all of this Black fellowship made me so happy.

Just sooo much honoring throughout it all. Lots of love poured into it.

Everything is resonate. Connecting. With purpose.

Her voice, her musicality, the note choices, the lyrics, the song titles and the spelling of them, the arrangements.

It’s fun and beautiful.

It sounds amazing.

A beautiful tribute to her roots.

Bravo Beyoncé!

#Beyoncé #Cowboy Carter #Linda Martell #Tanner Adell #Brittney Spencer #Tiera Kennedy #Reyna Roberts #Willie Jones #Shaboozey #Blair Caldwell #Black music #Black culture #Black American culture #Black American music #country music #go stream Cowboy Carter #go buy Cowboy Carter #and go stream and buy all the artists she featured

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Beyoncé for Cowboy Carter, 2024.

#beyoncé #cowboy carter

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COWBOY CARTER x BEYONCÉ

#cowboy carter #beyoncé #this album!

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Janine Teagues, the baller

[Abbott Elementary S2E6 — Candy Zombies]

#abbott elementary #janine teagues #quinta brunson #she has basketball dreams #maybe she played in jr high #her James harden costume was good #she loves the sport! #the last episode scrimmage made me imagine janine playing on the kids team and Ava stuffing her shot #she’s so small #i appreciate her love for basketball #Ava has a boyfriend who is a literal basketball player #hints #she’s adorbs

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PATTI LABELLE | The Jennifer Hudson Show (2023)

#patti labelle

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now i need a 1v1 match b/w ava and janine because janine is just as small as this child and i wanna see ava get aggressive and block her shot just like this 🤣

#abbott elementary #ava coleman #janine teagues #janelle james #quinta brunson #why does it feel like ava was thinking of tiny janine when she blocked that baby’s shot!? #he’s so adorable too😊 #and janine loves basketball