baldblackbeauties:

Grace Jones 1977

She’s amazing. <3

baldblackbeauties:

Grace Jones 1977

She’s amazing. <3

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evolutionatl:

Black icons hanging out.

<3

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dynamicafrica:

Photos of South African women protesting in the streets against the Apartheid government. 1980s. Read more about the critical roles women played during the anti-Apartheid struggle.

sonofbaldwin:

#KnowYourHistoryYou would get banned on Facebook for posting this photo. #FascistBook

THIS.

sonofbaldwin:

#KnowYourHistory

You would get banned on Facebook for posting this photo. #FascistBook

THIS.

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dynamicafrica:

Women’s Hair Dressing in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Late 19th century.

Beautiful! You see that hair pick, right? :)

dynamicafrica:

Women’s Hair Dressing in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Late 19th century.

Beautiful! You see that hair pick, right? :)

afro-art-chick:

May 5, 1969 - Moneta Sleet becomes the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Photography (his photograph of Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr. and her daughter at her husband’s funeral)

blackhistoryalbum:

Unidentified Woman with Camera, ca. 1935. Daniel Cowin Collection, International Center of Photography

Now you know as a Black woman and photographer myself, I am in LOVE with this image.

blackhistoryalbum:

Unidentified Woman with Camera, ca. 1935. Daniel Cowin Collection, International Center of Photography

Now you know as a Black woman and photographer myself, I am in LOVE with this image.

crissle:

these photos make me so glad to be black and i don’t know why

Love them. I had no clue they were sisters until last year. <3

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dglsplsblg:

Google honors The Great Ella Fitzgerald. AWESOME!

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blackhistoryalbum:

LIL’ BALLERINAS | 1947
Doris Patterson’s dance class by Addison Scurlock, Washington D.C., 1947. National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

&lt;3

blackhistoryalbum:

LIL’ BALLERINAS | 1947

Doris Patterson’s dance class by Addison Scurlock, Washington D.C., 1947. National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

<3

vintageblackglamour:

Brilliant scholar, activist and author Angela Davis, photographed in 1973 by the legendary photographer Philippe Halsman. Filmmaker Shola Lynch Free Angela has just released an AMAZING documentary about the iconic Ms. Davis. Photo: Philippe Halsman/Magnum Photos.

vintageblackglamour:

Brilliant scholar, activist and author Angela Davis, photographed in 1973 by the legendary photographer Philippe Halsman. Filmmaker Shola Lynch Free Angela has just released an AMAZING documentary about the iconic Ms. Davis. Photo: Philippe Halsman/Magnum Photos.

blackhistoryalbum:

YWCA Camp for Girls (1930) by Addison Scurlock. Image courtesy of the American History Museum, Smithsonian Institute

blackhistoryalbum:

YWCA Camp for Girls (1930) by Addison Scurlock. Image courtesy of the American History Museum, Smithsonian Institute

Mama Ruth!

YES!

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yagazieemezi:
Lijadu Sisters Nigeria 1970’s
They&#8217;re beautiful. &lt;3
&#8220;Tora Mata&#8221; from this album just came on my Fruko Y Sus Tesos Pandora station, and I had to post this, looking at the album art. Hollywood ain&#8217;t always here for Afro-Latina women who look like Celia. We know how it goes.
She was truly exquisite. Genius. And Pacheco? &lt;3

“Tora Mata” from this album just came on my Fruko Y Sus Tesos Pandora station, and I had to post this, looking at the album art. Hollywood ain’t always here for Afro-Latina women who look like Celia. We know how it goes.

She was truly exquisite. Genius. And Pacheco? <3