#african american culture

#black culture #black american #african american #black history #marian anderson #african american culture #african-american history #vintage black glamour #black american history #black hollywood #classic hollywood #american opera #black opera singers

#spike lee #director #movies #african american culture #culture #brooklyn

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Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:06:44

#ThisWeekInJET inspired by @byshefon on Twitter. Marian Anderson, African American opera singer is on the cover of Jet Magazine in February 7, 1952. Google books has archived editions of magazines such as Jet, Ebony, and Negro Digest.

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 14:48:57

nprmusic:

Marian Anderson broke the color barrier at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955 when she starred in Verdi’s Un Ballo en Maschera. A new live recording of her performance has just been released. To hear her sing phrases like “Il tetto mio penetra,” in her big Act 1 aria, is to hear a voice that Arturo Toscanini said comes around only once in a century.
Listen now.

#marian anderson #metropolitan opera #black culture #black american #african american #black history #african american culture #african-american history #vintage black glamour #black american history #black american culture #african-american history #african american culture

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 14:42:13

nprmusic:

Marian Anderson broke the color barrier at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955 when she starred in Verdi’s Un Ballo en Maschera. A new live recording of her performance has just been released. To hear her sing phrases like “Il tetto mio penetra,” in her big Act 1 aria, is to hear a voice that Arturo Toscanini said comes around only once in a century.
Listen now.

#marian anderson #metropolitan opera #black culture #black american #african american #black history #african american culture #african-american history #vintage black glamour #black american history #black american culture #african-american history #african american culture

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 14:42:13

Rest in paradise to Cicely Tyson. What a full and beautiful life. I can only hope that I am blessed

Rest in paradise to Cicely Tyson. What a full and beautiful life. I can only hope that I am blessed to live half as beatifully as her. Tyson, who was known for playing strong Black leads and refusing to play roles that were demeaning to Black women, was nominated for an Oscar for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in Sounder and a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88. Tyson was also nominated for 2 Emmy awards. (December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021)

#cicely tyson #vintage black glamour #black women in hollywood #classic hollywood #old hollywood #golden age of hollywood #black history #black culture #black american history #african american #african-american history #african american culture #vintage black women #black hollywood

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:05:19

Rest in paradise to Oscar nominated trailblazer and icon Diahann Carroll. She was the first Black wo

Rest in paradise to Oscar nominated trailblazer and icon Diahann Carroll. She was the first Black woman to star in a non-servant role on television in Julia She broke many barriers and stereotypes set for Black women. She was the first Black person to win a Tony Award for a leading role. She was a true pioneer and made many significant contributions to Black American cinema. (17 July 1935 - 04 October 2019)

#diahann carroll #vintage black glamour #black women in hollywood #classic hollywood #old hollywood #golden age of hollywood #black history #black culture #black american history #african-american history #black american #african american #african american culture #vintage black women #black hollywood

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:40:08

Rest in peace to author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison! She was the first Black American woman to

Rest in peace to author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison! She was the first Black American woman to win a Nobel Prize. She was a towering force who spoke about the Black American experience. She has such a special place in my heart and she’s an inspiration to so many. (18 February 1931 - 05 August 2019)

#toni morrison #black culture #african american culture #black american culture #literature #black american literature #african american literature #american literature #american culture #black american history #black history #african-american history #american history #black american #african american #black experience #well-read black girl

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:11:02

I’m so happy to be able to have witnessed two landmark wins in Black history. Ruth E. Carter became the first Black person to win an Academy Award for Costume Design. Hannah Beachler became the first Black person to win an Academy Award for Production Design. They are 2 of 3 Black women who have won Academy Awards for things besides acting and they brought home Marvel’s first two Oscars ever! Black Americans continue to break barriers and this is such an impactful moment for Black American women, especially those interested in film! Congratulations to Black Panther!

#oscars #91st academy awards #black panther #ruth e carter #hannah beachler #ruth e carter #ryan coogler #black culture #african american #black american #black history #african american culture #african-american history #black american culture #black women #black american history #academy awards #costume design #production design

(viaA Black Legacy, Wrapped Up in Fur - The New York Times)

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 01:52:19

#black culture #african american culture #black american culture #black american #african american #new york times #black history #black american history #african-american history #american culture #american history #american #black style #black american style #african american style #vintage black glamour #vintage black

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:18:34

Ntozake Shange (October 18, 1948 - October 27, 2018)

Ntozake Shange (October 18, 1948 - October 27, 2018)

Sat, 27 Oct 2018 17:40:19

ankhesnamun: gahdamnpunk: Love all of these too! Southern Gothic isn’t just white.

ankhesnamun:

gahdamnpunk:
Love all of these too!
Southern Gothic isn’t just white.

#southern gothic #black american #african american #african american culture #black american culture #black history #african-american history

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 21:58:26

knithag:

Emma Dupree, 1898-1996. Photos by Mary Anne McDonald.
“Emma Dupree was an herbalist and traditional healer (sometimes called a “granny woman”) in Falkland, Pitt County, North Carolina”

#black culture #black herbalist #herbalism #black women #granny woman #black american #black history #african american #african american culture #african-american history

Sat, 30 Jun 2018 23:11:44

What is Juneteenth you ask?

#juneteenth #black history #african-american history #black culture #african american culture #negro history #american negro #black american #african american

(via ‘THE ‘BLACK CATHOLIC MOVEMENT’ THAT REINVIGORATED AMERICAN CATHOLICISM’ )

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 19:26:21

In the Industrial North, African Americans Witnessed a Flourishing of Liturgical Innovation, New Preaching Styles, and Activist Scholarship

#black catholicism #black culture #african american culture #black history #african-american history #catholicism #catholic #black catholics #black catholic #catholics

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 19:03:30

From National Geographic: The Gullah Geechee people are descendants of West African slaves brought to the coasts of the Carolinas, Georgia, and northern Florida, whose geographic isolation helped them retain a distinct culture and language. In chronicling the injustice her ancestors faced, South Carolina Gullah storyteller Theresa Jenkins Hilliard seeks to make their struggle real and relevant to younger generations.

As of now the Gullah Geechee people are fighting for their ancestral land and against the erasure of their culture. I encourage my followers and everyone who reblogs or likes this to share information on how we can help them!

#gullah geechee #black american #black culture #african american #african american culture #lowlands #deep south #gullah #geechee #west african #creole black people #creoles of color #black women #black history #african-american history #black american culture

Mon, 04 Jun 2018 00:04:57

Wow. In four months I’ve managed to get nearly 700 followers. I started this to celebrate my culture as a Black American and didn’t expect to get this much support. I just want to remind everyone that this is a side blog <3 Much love to you all.

#black american #black culture #african american #african american culture

Sun, 03 Jun 2018 23:56:52

aestheticsontrial:

Harlem, 1983.
Taken by Thomas Hoepker

#harlem #thomas hoepker #black american #african american #black culture #african american culture #black beauty #african american beauty

(viaRemembering the African-American Suffragists Who Fought a Dual Oppression - Vogue)

Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:11:32

#black feminism #black culture #black history #black american #black women #african-american history #african american #african american culture #womanism #feminism #womens rights

eternallybeautifullyblack:

Mon, 28 May 2018 17:43:08

The African-American Suffragists History Forgot
by Lynn Yaeger
[T]hough we may have vague notions of the American women who fought so heroically for the ballot on this side of the Atlantic, they are, in our minds, in our imaginations, in the photographs and first-person narratives that have come down to us, uniformly white people.
[ReadLynn Yaeger’s Vogue.com article in its entirety here.]

#black suffragists #black suffragettes #black history #black culture #frances ellen watkins harper #anna julia cooper #ida b wells #ida b wells #sojourner truth #nannie helen burroughs #elizabeth piper ensley #black women #african american #black american #black american culture #african american culture #african-american history