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masteradept: George Zimmer, the owner and founder of The Men’s...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:20:13 -0400

George Zimmer, the owner and founder of The Men’s Wearhouse, does not background check his employees. “I don’t trust the U.S. justice system to get it right,” says Zimmer, who is himself a recovering alcoholic. “I’d rather make my own decisions, and I believe in giving people a second chance.”

Good to know some people with money and power get shit right.

Imma go buy me a suit right now.

This is just depressing.

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:40:50 -0400

This is just depressing.

auntada: Trailer from the 1920 silent film, Within Our...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:40 -0400

auntada:

Trailer from the 1920 silent film, Within Our Gates, directed by Oscar Micheaux. The film portrays the hardships blacks faced in Jim Crow America. The subject matter was so controversial at the time, that the film was severely edited. Most prints were destroyed, and the film was considered lost for 70 years until a lone print was discovered in a Spanish archive. Within Our Gates is believed to be the earliest surviving film directed by an African-American filmmaker. The full version of the film is available online.

Former NASA Engineer Awards Kiera Wilmot Scholarship to Space Academy

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:20:16 -0400

Former NASA Engineer Awards Kiera Wilmot Scholarship to Space Academy:

jalylah:

As a show of support, former NASA engineer Homer Hickam awarded Kiera a scholarship to attend the United States Advanced Space Academy (ASA), a branch of the famous Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama!

YESSSSSSSSS!

Hey, Have you seen this @DNLee?

livin-la-vida-kimbo: terrencecosby: Lenny Yes Lawd drool

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:41:09 -0400

livin-la-vida-kimbo:

terrencecosby:

Lenny

Yes Lawd

*drool*

soulbrotherv2: Million Man March by Michael H....

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:39 -0400

soulbrotherv2:

Million Man March by Michael H. Cottman

Wonderful black-and-white photographs capture the many moods & emotions of the participants in the Million Man March on October 16, 1995. There is background information on the organization of the march & the agenda of Louis Farrakhan. One chapter features excerpts from Farrakhan’s speech. List of milestones & bibliography.

alicetheowl: xime2: #respect #different #abilities #visible...

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:20:26 -0400

alicetheowl:

xime2:

#respect #different #abilities #visible #disability

Not every disability is visible

Aint that the truth!

princesspunani: #missing #Detroit Tafari Stevenson-Howard!

Fri, 17 May 2013 02:41:40 -0400

princesspunani:

#missing #Detroit

Tafari Stevenson-Howard!

memesnfunnypics: (via Bitches or not)

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:20:14 -0400

memesnfunnypics:

(via Bitches or not)

eternallybeautifullyblack: It takes a real man to sing, dance,...

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:40:23 -0400

eternallybeautifullyblack:

It takes a real man to sing, dance, and play guitar in front of thousands of people wearing only some bikini drawers and leg warmers. Respect.

thegirlon: E-mail me if you’d like to see more, nice bulge for...

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:00:21 -0400

thegirlon:

E-mail me if you’d like to see more, nice bulge for you to study.. (For scientific purposes, of course)

Hello! Kitty…

soulbrotherv2: Babylon Girls: Black Women Performers and the...

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:20:35 -0400

soulbrotherv2:

Babylon Girls: Black Women Performers and the Shaping of the Modern

Babylon Girls is a groundbreaking cultural history of the African American women who performed in variety shows—chorus lines, burlesque revues, cabaret acts, and the like—between 1890 and 1945. Through a consideration of the gestures, costuming, vocal techniques, and stagecraft developed by African American singers and dancers, Jayna Brown explains how these women shaped the movement and style of an emerging urban popular culture. In an era of U.S. and British imperialism, these women challenged and played with constructions of race, gender, and the body as they moved across stages and geographic space. They pioneered dance movements including the cakewalk, the shimmy, and the Charleston—black dances by which the “New Woman” defined herself. These early-twentieth-century performers brought these dances with them as they toured across the United States and around the world, becoming cosmopolitan subjects more widely traveled than many of their audiences.

Investigating both well-known performers such as Ada Overton Walker and Josephine Baker and lesser-known artists such as Belle Davis and Valaida Snow, Brown weaves the histories of specific singers and dancers together with incisive theoretical insights. She describes the strange phenomenon of blackface performances by women, both black and white, and she considers how black expressive artists navigated racial segregation. Fronting the “picaninny choruses” of African American child performers who toured Britain and the Continent in the early 1900s, and singing and dancing in The Creole Show (1890), Darktown Follies (1913), and Shuffle Along (1921), black women variety-show performers of the early twentieth century paved the way for later generations of African American performers. Brown shows not only how these artists influenced transnational ideas of the modern woman but also how their artistry was an essential element in the development of jazz.

hairgetskinky: I. AM. HOLLERING. #naturalhair...

Wed, 15 May 2013 02:40:06 -0400

hairgetskinky:

I. AM. HOLLERING. #naturalhair #naturalhairproblems

Kinda sorta but not, yeah. lol

ancestryinprogress: because yes.

Sun, 12 May 2013 08:00:35 -0400

ancestryinprogress:

because yes.

kemetically-afrolatino: NRA President Jim Porter: “It’s Only A...

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:41:01 -0400

kemetically-afrolatino:

NRA President Jim Porter: “It’s Only A Matter Of Time Before We Can Own Colored People Again”

“I don’t have to clarify. You know gall darn well what I mean. In fact, it’s only a matter of time before we can own colored people again.

They sure as hell won’t be our leaders. It’s out-right embarrassing. The War of Northern Aggression made it all possible, and you be best to know it’s all gonna change back. I’ll be on the front lines making sure it happens.

I don’t want my grandkids growing up taking orders from a colored man. It’s our God-given right to keep them as property and keep them in line.”

“color blind post racial society” at its finest

spiritgun: bless ppl like him This guy probably has the...

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:20:24 -0400

spiritgun:

bless ppl like him

This guy probably has the position saved for a friend of a friend or some shit. Yes, Im unemployed and Im bitter.

seananmcguire: youngblackandvegan: disneyway1311: Click here...

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:40:18 -0400

seananmcguire:

youngblackandvegan:

disneyway1311:

Click here for source of photo

black princess supremacy

This is why we need all the princesses. EVERYBODY GETS THEIR PRINCESS.

I just love seeing Black girls with Tiana.

gadaboutgreen: commanderbishoujo: sourcedumal: 10 actual...

Sat, 11 May 2013 08:00:21 -0400

gadaboutgreen:

commanderbishoujo:

sourcedumal:

10 actual Indian actors who could’ve played Khan Noonien Singh instead of Benedict Cumberbatch: Sendhil Ramamurthy, Naveen Andrews, Sacha Dhawan, Kal Penn, John Abraham, Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Aamir Khan, Kabir Bedi (who should’ve been the original Khan anyway)

LOOK AT ALL THESE GORGEOUS ASS MEN!

LOOK AT THEM!

I’ll take them over Curdled Milk Oppa ANYDAY

I’m here for Hrithik Roshan

Naveen Andrews doe. Naveen. motherfucking. Andrews. Doe.

All of these men would be banned from Saudi Arabia. #toohottotrot

histoirenoire: Watercolor portrait of a Senegalese woman by...

Sat, 11 May 2013 05:20:19 -0400

histoirenoire:

Watercolor portrait of a Senegalese woman by David Boilat, 1853.

WHEN SOMEONE THINKS HELLO CUPCAKE IS BETTER THAN GEORGETOWN CUPCAKE

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:40:26 -0400

whenindc:

Well, it is.

Lola Gets Life

masteradept: George Zimmer, the owner and founder of The Men’s...

This is just depressing.

auntada: Trailer from the 1920 silent film, Within Our...

Former NASA Engineer Awards Kiera Wilmot Scholarship to Space Academy

livin-la-vida-kimbo: terrencecosby: Lenny Yes Lawd *drool*

soulbrotherv2: Million Man March by Michael H....

alicetheowl: xime2: #respect #different #abilities #visible...

princesspunani: #missing #Detroit Tafari Stevenson-Howard!

memesnfunnypics: (via Bitches or not)

eternallybeautifullyblack: It takes a real man to sing, dance,...

thegirlon: E-mail me if you’d like to see more, nice bulge for...

soulbrotherv2: Babylon Girls: Black Women Performers and the...

hairgetskinky: I. AM. HOLLERING. #naturalhair...

ancestryinprogress: because yes.

kemetically-afrolatino: NRA President Jim Porter: “It’s Only A...

NRA President Jim Porter: “It’s Only A Matter Of Time Before We Can Own Colored People Again”

spiritgun: bless ppl like him This guy probably has the...

seananmcguire: youngblackandvegan: disneyway1311: Click here...

gadaboutgreen: commanderbishoujo: sourcedumal: 10 actual...

histoirenoire: Watercolor portrait of a Senegalese woman by...

WHEN SOMEONE THINKS HELLO CUPCAKE IS BETTER THAN GEORGETOWN CUPCAKE

livin-la-vida-kimbo: terrencecosby: Lenny Yes Lawd drool