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“Triple Beam Dreaming”📈💰Northstar Quan 💫Black American Archivist/Photographer🎞
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Unc Was Tearing His Ass Up With That Chair 😂.
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Unc Dropping Gems. S/O To The Older Black Men That Don’t Be On That Hating Shit And Don’t Mind Giving Us Game🔥
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When We Say We Want Cougars, We Talking About This Kind😮💨.
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I Still Gotta Remind Myself That Every Black Person Didn’t Have The Luxury Of Growing Up Around Black People That Loved Being Black.
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They Fucked Around And Let A Florida Nigga Start A YT Channel About Gardening 👨🏾🌾
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My Boy Was Running A Health Clinic, Free Breakfast Program/Childcare Center, Being Harassed By CPD, Organizing Gang Truces And Creating A Family All At 21. 🕊️
Who is the greatest Fred of all time?.
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A Group Of Wealthy Black People Discussing How They Felt It Was Bad That Low-Income Black People From The South Began Migrating To Los Angeles In The Late 1960s.
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An Interview With The Cast Of Juice In 1992. Juice Was Released 30 Years Ago Today.
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Emmett Till Riding Bikes With His Cousin, Wheeler Parker, And Their Friend, Joe B. Williams. (1949/50) (Summit, Illinois)
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TL Cleanse🖤. A Group Of Fathers Cheering On Their Children As They Began Their First Day Of School.
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Kids Today Will Never Know How Many Variations Of Crank Dat Dropped That Summer😂.
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While In The NBA, Bill Russell Was Heavily Involved In The Civil Rights Movement And Had An FBI File Open On Him. The FBI Described Him As "An Arrogant Negro Who Refuses To Sign Autographs For White Kids." (1/2)
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A Black Woman Flexing With The Money She Hit For At Bingo. (Red Rock, Oklahoma) (1994)
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Black American Vietnam Soldiers Invented The "Dignity And Pride" Hand Shake Known As The "DAP" After The Military Banned The Black Power Fist In The 60s. This Is A Video Of Arthur Woodley, Jr And His Battle Buddy Doing One Variation Of The Dap. (1/2)
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A White Man In Alabama Asking Other White Americans To Boycott Rock & Roll Music That Was Made By Black Americans.
all of our music—blues, jazz, rock & roll, all of it—was seen as low brow.
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In 2008, Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher Broke The Guinness World Record For The Oldest Married Couple. 🖤 . They Got Married On May 13th, 1924 In James City, NC And Survived the Great Depression, 3 Wars, And The Civil Rights Movement Together.
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Kid n Play, Tisha Campbell, And A.J. Johnson Rehearsing The Dance Scene On House Party. (Los Angeles, California) (1990)
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Nobody Will Ever Do It Like Rashia Tho. She Stung The IRS For 20 Ms And Created A Wave With Drops In Central Florida . Shit Hit Harder Than Crack In The 80s. 😂
One thing about it FL got fraud on lock 🔒 fasho 😭😭😭😭😂😭😂😂😂.
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Kids Doing The Bankhead Bounce In Their Living Room. (Mid 90s) (Atlanta, Georgia)
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Chadwick Boseman On Campus At Howard University. (Late 90s) (Washington D.C.)
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You Had To Be There 🔥
You’re outside in 2004. What song is playing?.
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The Bout It, Bout It Video Shoot In The Calliope Projects. (New Orleans, Louisiana) (1995)
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This Scene Traumatized Me
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Newlywed Couples Crossing Tree Limbs At Weddings Is A Little-Known Black American Tradition. It Represented The Couple’s Wish For A Strong And Stable Marriage. The Couple Would Get A Tree Limb From Both Of Their Families Homes And They Would Also Use The Limb To Build Their Home
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Black Medical Students At Meharry Medical College Explain Why Black Doctors Are Important. (Nashville, Tennessee) (1972)
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Every Since Somebody Said This Was The Black Version Of Finding Nemo I Haven’t Been Able To See It Another Way.
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I Always Think About How Fast Everything Happened In Black History. Crack Hitting The Streets 13 Years After The Civil Rights Act Was Passed Is Crazy To Me. (1/2).
The crack epidemic is still so insane to me. People were 16 years old making $40,000 a week. It was coke users taking this drug thinking it just was a cheaper alternative, not knowing it'd ruin their lives.
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Maya Angelou Talks About The Black Bourgeoisie And How She Doesn’t Consider Herself Apart Of The Black Middle Class. (Unknown Location) (1987)
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A Group Of Black Men Shooting Craps In Harlem, New York. (1928)
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Barry White Explaining Each Instrument's Purpose While Producing "It's Ecstasy" (1977)
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Students At Morgan State University Dancing To Go-Go Music. (Baltimore, Maryland) (1995)
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When People Talk About The Holocaust, They Never Mention The Part About Black American Artists Being Kidnapped And Held At Concentration Camps While They Were On Tour Overseas. Freddie Johnson Was Held At A Concentration Camp For 3 Years After He Was Detained In Amsterdam.
In the mood for some random Black industry facts. What y’all got for me?.
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Black Americans Line Dancing At Clyde Killen’s Pool Hall. (Overtown, Florida) (1961)
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“Sugar” Ray Robinson Leaning On His Pink Cadillac Convertible In Front Of Two Businesses That He Owned On 124th St And 7th Ave. (Harlem, New York) (1950)
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Field Order 15 Was Supposed To Give Black Americans 400,000 Acres Of Land, With 40 Acres Given To Each Black Family As A Form Of Reparations. Black Americans Requested Land That Was Near Waterways Specifically, The Land From Charleston, SC To The St. John’s River In Florida (1/2)
What’s some black history that most people wouldn’t know ?.
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This Clip Highlights How Some New York Artists Have Always Looked Down On The South, Assuming We Were Slow. David Banner Shares His Experience Of Being Disrespected By Souls Of Mischief And Wu-Tang Clan After They Found Out He Was From Mississippi.
RZA says the New York culture now is all about chasing something to make you dance and missing that brain stimulation and admits Wu-Tang Clan’s music being minimized in New York opened the door for Cash Money, No Limit, and Southern music to take over radio stations. (🎥
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That Nigga Be Off Beat But He Gone Talk His Shit😂🔥
Birdman one of them ones. I’ll die on that hill.
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The Birmingham Black Barons After They Won The Negro League’s World Series At Rickwood Field. (Birmingham, Alabama) (1948)
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@princessuglina @noahelijvh She Passed Up A 2 Million Dollar Check So Jason Could Get Royalty Checks From The Lion King🐐🐐
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Bill Russell Called Medgar Evers Family On The Night He Was Assassinated And Flew To Jackson, Mississippi To Host The City's First Integrated Basketball Camp. After Receiving Death Threats, The Deacons For Defense Provided Security For Bill While He Stayed In Jackson.
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When The FBI Couldn't Find The Bodies Of 3 Civil Rights Workers, They Turned To Gregory Scarpa, A Hitman From The Colombo Crime Family. Gregory Allegedly Kidnapped 3 KKK Members And Pistol-Whipped Them Until He Told Them Where The Bodies Were Buried. (1/2)
what’s the most random piece of information you know.
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D’angelo On 125th St In Harlem, NY In 1995 . Photo By: Jamil GS📸
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Students Being Interviewed At Clara Barton High School’s Prom. (Brooklyn, New York) (June 8th, 2005) (1/2)
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Fun Fact: This Video Was Shot At Bowie State University.
Baby-Baby-Baby • TLC [1992] 🌐. Daryl Simmons & Kayo on the prod 🤝🏽.
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B.G. And Magnolia Shorty Taking A Photo Together. (Late 90s)
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@birthmarxist @BeniBrown_ This Is A Recording From When The FBI Approached Malcolm X And Tried To Get Him To Sell Out
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I’m About To Do A Thread On Fred Hampton Since Today Make It 50 Years Since He Was Assassinated By The FBI And Chicago PD And We Was Never Taught About Him In School 🤷🏾♂️.
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B.G. Performing His Song “Get Your Shine On!!” With Juvenile At Q93’S Teen Summit In New Orleans, Louisiana. (1997)
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Black Soldiers That Were Drafted Into The Vietnam War Expressing Their Frustrations With Racism And Discrimination They Experienced From Their Superior Officers And The Vietnamese People. (Saigon, Vietnam And Okinawa, Japan) (Between 1968-1970) (Thread)🧵
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Jerry Butler, Donny Hathaway, And Quincy Jones At Kenwood High School. (Chicago, Illinois) (1972)
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That’s Why They Are Quick To Mention Statistics Instead Of Personal Experiences When It Comes To Black People.
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Two Sharecroppers Discuss Why Europeans Colonized America, As Well As Reparations And Why They Are Important. (Clarksdale, Mississippi) (Early 70s)
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It’s Crazy How Nobody Mentioned This Song
Whats an Rnb song that you feel was created PERFECTLY ?.
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David Ruffin Hanging With 2 Students After He Performed At Southern University In 1972. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (Unknown Photographer)
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Nipsey Hussle Graduating From Edwin Markham Middle School. (Los Angeles, California) (1990s)
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Students Recalling The Mass Shooting That Took Place At Jackson State University On May 15th, 1970. Jackson Police Opened Fire On A Group Of Black Students While They Were Protesting. (1/2)
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Grape Street Crips In The Jordan Downs Projects Between 1988-1992. (Watts, California) (Photo Thread) . Captured By: Axel Koester📸
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African American Sharecroppers Shooting Dice On A Cotton Field. (1900) (Unknown Photographer And Location)
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Silent Footage Of Dr. Charles Drew Giving A Lecture To A Class At Howard University In 1943. Dr. Charles Drew Was A Black American Surgeon Who Discovered A Way To Store Plasma For Long Periods Of Time. (1/2)
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Magnolia Shorty Riding Through The Projects. (New Orleans, Louisiana) (1990s)
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A Black Middle-Class Man Explains His Thought Process And How He Never Considered Himself Black. (1967) (Atlanta, Georgia)
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Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmett Till’s Mother, Discussing How When Emmett Was 11, He Took Over The Household Responsibilities While She Worked. (1/5)
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Famu’s Marching 100 Band Preforming In Paris, France. In 1989, Famu Was Chosen To Represent The United States At France's 200th Bastille Day Parade. Dr. William Patrick Foster Was The Band Director At The Time. (1/2)
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A Black Woman Plucking Feathers Off The Thanksgiving Day Turkey On Her Porch . (1900) (Elizabeth, New Jersey)
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Kids Slap Boxing On The Street In Harlem, New York. (1938)
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A Family Sitting On Their Porch In St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. (1979)
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@gonclap31 Ngl, It’s The Older Generation Too . Alot Of Old Heads Think White Ice Is Colder.
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A Group Of BW Having A Discussion About The Administration At Howard University. In 1968, Over 2,000 Students Held A Sit-In Protest Outside Of Douglass Hall To Create A Student Judiciary Committee, A Curriculum That Included Black History (1/2)
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Eva Fontenot, A Louisiana Creole Woman, Is Preparing Boudins And Other Dishes For Mardi Gras With Her Family. (Eunice, Louisiana) (1973)
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People Talking About Why They Loved Fishing/Crabbing Under The Seabrook Bridge. (New Orleans, Louisiana) (1990)
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Boosie Performing His Song “Beat It Up” With Webbie At Club Freelons In Jackson, Mississippi. (2009)
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This How You Can Tell Folks Didn’t Watch Boondocks . Huey Was A Revolutionary & Anti Government And Riley Was A Street Runner 😂.
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When Eddie Murphy Hinted That Life And Harlem Nights Was In The Same Universe.
When the joke is so good you had a smile at the screen like this
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Charlotte Riding In Her Cadillacs. At The Age Of 19, She Owned 7 Cadillacs And Was One Of The First Women In Houston To Build A Slab. (Houston, Texas) (1980s- Early 90s)
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y’all boys really out here turning down gram plays?? y’all not no real trappers man lol.
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Sam Cooke Was The First Black Artist To Own A Label . He Also Helped Discover Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder And Marvin Gaye.
In the mood for some random Black industry facts. What y’all got for me?.
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A Black Middle-Class Man Explains His Thought Process And How He Never Considered Himself Black. (1967) (Atlanta, Georgia)
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Fun Fact: In 1969, Luther Vandross Appeared In The First Episode Of Sesame Street.
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A Sharecropper Explains How Their Landlord Sold The Acres Of Land Used To Grow Corn In Order To Prevent Them From Raising Chickens. She Also Talked About How She Couldn’t Afford To Buy Foodstamps Because She Only Made $3.50 A Day ($30.74 With Inflation). (Alabama) (1968) (1/2)
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Famu’s Marching 100 Having A Band Rehearsal. (1980) (Tallahassee, Florida)
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