HAPPY 42ND BIRTHDAY, AALIYAH!!!

January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001

Always & forever BabyGirl...♥️ (🎥: @aaliyahpl)

The textured braiding hair that Black girls use was created by a Black woman. Her name was Naomi Sims and she was one of the first Black supermodels.

https://stylecaster.com/beauty/kanekalon-hair-history/

Louis Armstrong draws a trumpet on the head of a French punk, 1961

Works by Angela Davis

Reposted from @chexawe Reposted from @kjg.brks @kcmopolice we know that you hire civilians to help silence people you don’t want heard or whose families you want to intimidate. you’ve intimidated the families of victims of KCPD into complete silence by harassing and following them or worse (and we have watched worse occur personally.) i will not make my security situation known, but if you would like to aid in getting me security, my cash app is in my bio. (AND I PAY TAXES ON IT KCPD, SO TRY ANOTHER WAY OF GETTING ME LOCKED UP.) 🚨🚨 i will also add the disclaimer that i do not indulge in any illegal substances or involve myself in ANY nefarious activities. i do not suffer from any mental illnesses or ideations. i have no intentions or plans of harming myself or any one else... 🚨🚨 remember 818.

Please reblog, everyone!

i can listen to her talk ALL DAY

I believe in free education, one that’s available to everyone; no matter their race, gender, age, wealth, etc… This masterpost was created for every knowledge hungry individual out there. I hope it will serve you well. Enjoy!

FREE ONLINE COURSES (here are listed websites that provide huge variety of courses)

IDEAS, INSPIRATION & NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain)

DIY & HOW-TO’S (Don’t know how to do that? Want to learn how to do it yourself? Here are some great websites.)

FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES & JOURNALS

LEARN:

1. LANGUAGES

2. COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAMMING

3. YOGA & MEDITATION

4. PHOTOGRAPHY & FILMMAKING

5. DRAWING & PAINTING

6. INSTRUMENTS & MUSIC THEORY

7. OTHER UNCATEGORIZED SKILLS

Please feel free to add more learning focused websites. 

*There are a lot more learning websites out there, but I picked the ones that are, as far as I’m aware, completely free and in my opinion the best/ most useful.

When news broke recently that rapper Megan Thee Stallion was shot in the foot by her alleged boyfriend, Tory Lanez, after leaving a party at Kylie Jenner’s mansion — complete with a viral video of Stallion limping from a vehicle — public reaction was disheartening, to say the least.

Rapper 50 Cent, who now is better known for internet trolling, posted a meme depicting Lanez shooting Stallion, which was shared widely across social media. Other celebrities, including Draya Michele and Cam’ron, piled on the taunts.

In response, Stallion called out the jokesters with one heartbreaking tweet: “Black women are so unprotected & we hold so many things in to protect the feelings of others w/o considering our own. … I’m real life hurt and traumatized.“

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Literally didn’t know this

the police was literally formed from slave patrol

The New Jim Crow

The 13th Documentary discussion guide (from what I can find the film’s only available on netflix)

The 13th amendment in no way outlawed slavery. It just redefined how it is to be done

“EXCEPT AS PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME”

Arkansas is trying to get an amendment on the ballot for this election that would make slavery as punishment illegal.

Images of The Black Panther Party, 1968 and 1969.

You girls watch out for those weirdos.  We are the weirdos, mister.

THE CRAFT 1996, dir. Andrew Fleming 

He was an activist who inspired millions to fight for their rights. He knew what was wrong with our country and risked his life to help his people achieve equality.  In the society where black were treated like animal he did everything possible to change this. His brave soul, his will and courage changed the history of America , changed the people. He made us believe we can win this war. He payed for it with his life. He will always be remembered.

Respecting his memory also means acknowledging that his fight is far from over, black people are facing the same issues that ha birth to the Black Panthers, and that the FBI is basically trying to launch COINTELPRO 2.0 against BLM and other black activists. Hampton should be more than a history lesson, he should be a rallying point.

I saw this one post ages ago where someone said that video games can’t have plus-size characters, because “how could they do cool action?” I can’t find the post, but it inspired me to show you guys some gifs of real people.

All this and also like videogames dont have to have realistic actions.

Videogame characters regularly do things that real life people cannot do.

If youre someone who can accept link turning into a wolf but cant accept someone fat doing flips and parkour and shit maybe youre just fatphobic and you dont actually care whether or not plus sized people can do those things.