#cookout
They certainly are friendly!
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Bucky was the white friend that got invited to the black cookout.
PERIOD BAE
My beloveds, summer is upon us! I know full well the solstice is not official yet, but my deodorant has been putting in overtime with this heat, so it might as well be summer. I’ve already attended the first cookout of the season (at my apartment complex). It was unexpectedly and delightfully Black, with a golden moment of me mouthing the words to T.I.’s “What You Know About That” with a friend.…
Sunday Funday
Cookout Vibes
Atlanta. 2020
Photo: Hot fun in the summertime, 1980, © Jamel Shabazz.
Kicking off the summer with #APeoplesJourney to pools, BBQs and family reunions! From the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, African Americans around the country sought leisure destinations where they could relax without the burden of racial oppression.
Photo:The Way of Life of the Northern Negro: Untitled Photograph of father and son at Lake Michigan 1946-1948, © Wayne F. Miller.
Photo: Outdoor Portrait of a Family Standing by a Picnic Table, H.C. Anderson.
Photo: ©1955 Travelguide, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Join us this month, as we amplify and explore black leisure traditions in the United States. And all month long, share with us your memories of the summer with #APeoplesJourney!