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14Nov

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Top 20 Quotations To Celebrate Black History Month

"I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me." -- Muhammad Ali The Greatest (1975) "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise." -- Maya Angelou "Still I rise," And Still I Rise (1978) "Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can." -- Arthur Ashe quoted in Sports Illustrated "Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice. " -- Ray Charles "The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we ever have is now. " -- Bill Cosby "There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to the...

A Black History Month Tribute: Paul Robeson – American Singer, Actor And Civil Rights Activist Became A Hero In China

14Nov

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A Black History Month Tribute: Paul Robeson – American Singer, Actor And Civil Rights Activist Became A Hero In China

Chinese broadcasters have aired shows featuring Paul Robeson (1898-1976), one of the most popular African American singers and actors of his era and a well-known civil rights activist, several times in recent years. China National Radio and various channels of the widely influential China Central TV showcased Robeson on programs in 2021, 2012 and 2009 narrating China’s resistence to foreign military aggressions. This could seem like unusually frequent coverage related to an American who passed away decades ago. My book, Arise, Africa! Roar, China! Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century, unpacks the little-known yet important relationship between Paul Robeson and China, which continues to resonate powerfully today. New York City meeting Robeson is long re...

A Black History Month Tribute: Lorraine Hansberry, The First Major Black Theatrical Voice To Emerge From America

14Nov

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A Black History Month Tribute: Lorraine Hansberry, The First Major Black Theatrical Voice To Emerge From America

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry born May 19, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois as the youngest of four children of a prominent real estate broker Carl Augustus Hansberry and Nannie Louise Perry grew up on the south side of Chicago in the Woodlawn neighborhood.in a middle-class family.. The roots of her artistic vision and activism are here in Chicago. Born into a family of substantial means and parents who were intellectuals and activists, her father, Carl Augustus Hansberry, Sr. from Gloucester, Mississippi, moved to Chicago after attending Alcorn College, and became known as the "kitchenette king" after subdividing large homes vacated by whites moving to the suburbs and selling these small apartments or kitchenettes to African American migrants from the South. Carl was not only a successful real est...

Black Women Prefer Hair Products Marketed With Them In Mind

17Jul

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FASHION STYLE & BEAUTY

Black Women Prefer Hair Products Marketed With Them In Mind

Marketing reports indicate that black consumers long to feel authentically represented in advertising campaigns, especially black women. Black female consumers outpace other consumer groups in a number of spending categories, notably personal care and hair products, but feel unappreciated by top brands. This line of thinking raised several questions for me: With the fairly recent launch of an ethnic corporate product line, Pantene’s Gold Series Collection, are black women feeling the love? When faced with choosing between this new corporate option and Shea Moisture, a brand perceived to be black-owned, where does their allegiance lie? And if what people buy is an expression of their identity, then which brand best reflects black female consumers’ truest sense of self? Our study builds on ...

Black History Month – Black History – HISTORY.com

14Dec

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Black History Month – Black History – HISTORY.com

Black History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. The event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating black history. Find out more about the history of Black History Month, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com Source: Black History Month - Black History - HISTORY.com...

Queenie, The Story Of A Young Black Woman Living And Dating In London, Is ‘Complex, Funny, Broken, Fun’

27Apr

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Queenie, The Story Of A Young Black Woman Living And Dating In London, Is ‘Complex, Funny, Broken, Fun’

My favourite fictional character: Queenie, a young Black woman living and dating in London, is ‘complex, funny, broken, fun’. Early in the pandemic, I looked after my niece because she had conjunctivitis and couldn’t go to daycare. Despite my best efforts, I caught it. My infection morphed into tonsillitis and I became very sick. I couldn’t read or watch TV properly – which everyone knows are the only pleasures of being sick. So I downloaded the audiobook of Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams and listened in bed with my eyes closed. Eric Nopanen/Unsplash, CC BY Before long, I found myself pausing the book to leave myself croaky, semi-lucid voice notes as I fell in love with Queenie Jenkins. (I should have known, in the middle of my PhD on rom-com, I’ll never read commercial fiction sole...

Black & White Dating: Things You Need To Know

14Dec

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DATING

Black & White Dating: Things You Need To Know

Companionship can make a big difference in a person's life. There was a time when the only method to date was to dress up, hang out with friends and keep your eyes open for the single people out there. But today we live in a technically advanced era. And so this traditional approach takes a backseat. Men and women are known to interact more often thanks to the internet. And gradually, this technology is making its presence felt in the dating sector as well. There are various dating sites that welcome you to come share your profile and look for like minded people as companions. A relatively recent yet popular trend emerging through these interracial dating sites is black women white men dating and white women black men dating. Yes! The concept of interracial dating is growing fast and ...

A History Of Myths About Black Hair: From Slavery To Colonialism And School Rules

10Dec

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HAIR, VIDEO REELS

A History Of Myths About Black Hair: From Slavery To Colonialism And School Rules

“Your hair feels like pubic hair.” That was one of the first insults that someone hurled at my hair. She was a junior at my school. She would touch my hair and repeat this sentence to all present. I had to threaten her with violence to get her to stop touching my hair and comparing it to her pubes. This is one of the first dilemmas that black people face: do I let people touch my hair and under what circumstances? The question, “can I touch it?” becomes one of the most awkward social moments and can break relationships before they even start. This fascination with the texture of black hair (please don’t call it “ethnic”), is not new. In slave societies, white women would often hack off the hair of their enslaved female servants because it supposedly “confused white men” . Today, black w...

Isabelle Fuhrman The Black-Haired Babe With Large Brown Eyes, And A Doll-Like Face

10Dec

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MOVIES

Isabelle Fuhrman The Black-Haired Babe With Large Brown Eyes, And A Doll-Like Face

Isabelle Fuhrman grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, which is basically second Hollywood. It's no wonder that the black-haired babe with large brown eyes, clear porcelain skin, and a doll-like face was going to be a star. A casting director from Cartoon Network apparently spotted Isabella and decided to cast her on her show Cartoon Fridays. She also began doing commercial work for Rooms to Go Furniture and from there she was flown to Los Angeles to go on auditions and appear in different skits on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Want Free Access to Isabelle Fuhrman Sexy Pics & Clips? Click Here! She got her big break in 2009 when she was cast as Esther in the horror flick Orphan. She proved she was someone to watch! Soon after that, she played Clove in The Hunger Games (2012) and the freckle-...

Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmed As The First Black Woman To Sit On The Supreme Court

9Dec

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Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmed As The First Black Woman To Sit On The Supreme Court

The phrase “in a historic vote” gets thrown around a lot in journalism – and it isn’t always warranted. But shortly after 2 p.m. EDT on April 7, 2022, a Senate roll call confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the next U.S. Supreme Court justice – the first Black woman to sit on the bench. The elevation of Jackson to the Supreme Court will not change the ideological setup of the bench – which would continue to be split 6-3 in favor of conservative justices. Nonetheless, it is an important landmark in the history of the court – of the 115 justices on the Supreme Court since it was established in 1789, 108 have been white men. Race featured in Jackson’s confirmation process; so too did attempts to define her “judicial philosophy.” The Conversation has turned to legal scholars to explain the me...