February 2012
Mer des Miroirs: Paradox →
merdesmiroirs:
“As long as the ancient Egyptian believed that their king was their only link with the gods…”
And the God was Aten (…)
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More so…
- speaking “hieratic”…
- Ammon, which is the Greek rendition of far more common AND native Amun (Why, Gods, why?)
- Tanis (… Long Live Ramses II!)
- The poor,…
Black History Month #23: Aaron Douglas
newmanology:
Spark, 1934 This was original art by Aaron Douglas for a magazine that was never published
Source: AIGA
“The special function of the Negro intellectual is a cultural one. He should take...”
– Harold Cruse, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual (via black-brains)
Faces of Our History
sunnydelyte21:
Wanna learn more about our African American History….follow my blog series “Faces of Our History” learn about some people you may know and ones you may not know.
Here are the folks I talked about this year!!!
Virgil Ware
Maggie L. Walker
William Stall
Rebecca Crumpler
Annie Malone
Bayard Rustin
Carter G. Woodson
It’s still more days in the month and I’m undecided on if I...
The Azumah Student Assistance Program Foundation:... →
theasapfoundation:
The DuSable Museum of African American History is the first independent museum in the country dedicated to the African American experience. Founded in 1961, the goal of the Museum was to be a space to promote cultural understanding and harmony, while correcting the apparent…
Black History Month #24: Blaxploitation Movies
newmanology:
Coffy, (1973) Starring: Pam Grier, soundtrack: Roy Ayers
Source: Design You Trust
Black History Month #24: Blaxploitation Movies
newmanology:
Cotton Comes to Harlem, 1970 Starring: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, and Calvin Lockhart, director: Ossie Davis, soundtrack: Melba Moore
Source: Design You Trust
Black History Month #24: Blaxploitation Movies
newmanology:
Super Fly, 1972 Starring Ron O’Neal, directed by Gordon Parks, Jr., soundtrack: Curtis Mayfield
Source: Design You Trust
Black History Month #24: Blaxploitation Movies
newmanology:
Hammer, 1972 Starring Fred Williamson
Source: Design You Trust
Black History Month #24: Blaxploitation Movies
newmanology:
Black Caesar, 1973 Starring: Fred Williamson, soundtrack: James Brown
Source: Design You Trust
Black History Month #24: Blaxploitation Movies
newmanology:
Foxy Brown, 1974 Starring: Pam Grier, soundtrack: Willie Hutch
Source: Design You Trust
The Libya Editorial Someone Doesn’t Want You To... →
Anonymous Judge Blows the Whistle: America is...
http://www.in5d.com/anonymous-judge-blows-the-whistle.html
Secret documents reveal DHS lied about tracking... →
“Happy Black History Month!!!
“You can be up to your boobies in white satin,...”
– (via lethalredpen)
“ Here’s the plain letter of the Constitution, the plain, simple, sworn duty of...”
–
Hon. George H. White: Member of Congress from North Carolina, A Defense of the Negro Race
(via blackintellect)
PeaceShine3: Biggest Loser Bullshit reflection →
peaceshine3:
So I was watching ‘The biggest Loser’ last night. Apparently there was this brother and sister team that was African American. The brother of sibling duo started the show very confident. He felt he had been working hard at home and was ready to tackle the challenge. Well apparently the people…
Today in black history
rockycreepskate:
2.23.1868 WEB Dubois (activist) is born
2.23.1942 Haki Madhubuti ~ is born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is an author, activist, and the founder of the Third World Press
2.23.1979 Frank E. Petersen, Jr ~ becomes the U.S. Marine Corps’s first Black Brigadier General
“The stench of the hold while we were on the coast[of africa] was intolerably...”
– Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narravitive of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa the African. (via descroissants)
Black History Month #23: Aaron Douglas
newmanology:
Sahdji, 1925 Art by Aaron Douglas
Source: Artnet
Writers Explore What It Means To Be 'Black Cool' -... →
…In a new collection of essays, Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness, writers explore the definition of coolness within African-American culture. Writer Rebecca Walker edited the book and compiled a series of essays aimed to build a “periodic table of black cool, element by element.”
She tells NPR’s Neal Conan: “I really wanted to name ‘black cool’ specifically because I think that...
