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Don’t Let Them Catch You, 2000, Hank Willis Thomas

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Angela Bassett || 1992

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“Don’t be the reason someone feels insecure. Be the reason someone feels seen, heard and supported.”

— Cleo Wade

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“الكل سيذهب إلى الله بعد وفاته، لكن السعيد من ذهب إلى الله في حياتهAll people go to Allah after their death, but the happy person is the one who goes to Allah while still alive.”

— Sayyid Qutb

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Reflections, New Orleans, LA 1971. Photograph by John Simmons, ASC @johnsimmonsasc

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Coretta Scott King is shown with her daughter, Bernice, during the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph via Rolls Press (1968)

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Harlem, New York. From the series, Harlem on the Verge. Photograph by Alice Attie (2011)

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Philadelphia, Photograph by Lee Friedlander (1967)

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Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

Marcus Aurelius (via purplebuddhaquotes)

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An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

Charles Bukowski (via purplebuddhaproject)

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I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.

Ram Dass (via aspiritualwarrior)

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The dunya (worldly life) isn’t worth getting stressed out over.

Shaykh Omar Suleiman (via islamic-art-and-quotes)

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“Man, after having vainly sought for the light of the Truth in externals, and found nothing but darkness, at last discovers that the land of the sunrise exists within his own soul.” Franz Hartmann

(via redroseofcairo)

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Go straight to God. Don’t let fear or shame stop you from having intimacy with Him. Don’t settle for the trappings of a Christian life without the relationship.

Unka Glen Fitzjerrell on Say That (iTunes, Website)

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Death Row, Texas (1979) Photograph by Bruce Jackson

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From the series “Watching Children Grow” Arnetha Logan, 5 years old. Photograph by Helen M. Stummer (1985)

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Bill Dixon