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Still I RiseBY MAYA ANGELOUYou may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I'll rise.Does my sassiness upset you?Why are you beset with gloom?’Cause I walk like I've got oil wellsPumping in my living room.Just like moons and like suns,With the certainty of tides,Just like hopes springing high,Still I'll rise.Did you want to see me broken?Bowed head and lowered eyes?Shoulders falling down like teardrops,Weakened by my soulful cries?Does my haughtiness offend you?Don't you take it awful hard’Cause I laugh like I've got gold minesDiggin’ in my own backyard.You may shoot me with your words,You may cut me with your eyes,You may kill me with your hatefulness,But still, like air, I’ll rise.Does my sexiness upset you?Does it come as a surpriseThat I dance like I've got diamondsAt the meeting of my thighs?Out of the huts of history’s shameI riseUp from a past that’s rooted in painI riseI'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.Leaving behind nights of terror and fearI riseInto a daybreak that’s wondrously clearI riseBringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,I am the dream and the hope of the slave.I riseI riseI rise.
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Tracee Ellis Ross on Instagram: "“I know the expansiveness of Blackness. And the value of what we create. A Black founder can make products that are for everybody. A Black founder should be the one to determine who their customer is. The system should not. We cannot let people tell us who we should be or what we have to offer.” ~ my favorite words from my acceptance speech THANK YOU to @aurorajame instagram.comBlaze your own trail and run your own race. Don't worry about the person on the left the right in front or in back. Focus on you.
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Today in Black History/ 365 Black! Meet my Uncle Stanley Porter October 12, 1921 ~ June 17, 2020 (age 98) . During World War II, African-American men were first trained in North Carolina at Montford Point, a segregated part of Camp Lejeune. About 20,000 black Marines received training there between 1942 to 1949, before desegregation of the armed forces.Porter said they were treated poorly. At first, they were told they were only good enough for low-skill jobs like shining shoes and serving meals. If training called for a 10 mile run, the black Marines were ordered to run 20.For decades, the Montford Point Marines got little recognition. It wasn’t until 2012 only 400 men received the Congressional Gold Medal. They called the original Montford Pointers. Stanley Porter was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He served as a Platoon Sergeant in the South Pacific during World War II and was awarded the Silver and Gold medals.Stanley was a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary for many years, and was an avid boater. He was the owner of Community Barber Shop in Chicago, and attended Kennedy-King Community College throughout his later years.
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Cornrow braided hairstyles provided African slaves with a discreet and easy way to hide, a way to transfer and create maps in order to leave their captor’s place. #historyofcornrows#braidedhairstyles#BlackHistoryMonth#blackhistoryisamericanhistory#myhairismagic#myhairisbeautiful#crownact
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What a great message!
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This is why Black History is important! 365 Black
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