#BLACK PEOPLE

[lovingbeta]

“Thank you for your service” means even more in this case.

Black History Month

A member of the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) poses for the camera while holding a puppy he saved during World War 1, 1918.

The Harlem Hellfighters was a regiment made up of decorated Black soldiers who fought as part of the French army because the U.S. did not allow Black soldiers to fight alongside white soldiers. The French accepted the Harlem Hellfighters with open arms and did not racially segregate them.

During World War 1, they fought on the front lines for 191 days, longer than any other American unit. And as a result, suffered the most casualties of any American regiment—losing approximately 1,500 men. Despite the heavy death toll and the poor replacement system, the Harlem Hellfighters never lost a trench or a foot of ground to the enemy; none of them became prisoners of war. Not only were they one of the most successful regiments of World War 1, but they also helped bring Jazz to France.

Upon returning home, the Harlem Hellfighters received a welcome parade in New York City; a privilege that was denied to them before they had left for war. However, the celebrations were short lived as the summer of 1919 became known as the Red Summer, in which the country saw some of the worst racial violence since the Civil War.

The Harlem Hellfighters who dreamed of returning home to a place that would finally treat them with respect and as equal human beings, quickly realized that nothing had changed at all.

[saydesole]

You deserve a beautiful love story

[the-blueprint]

[afriblaq]

Did you know that in South Carolina, you didn't have to pass the bar to practice law until Black Americans started graduating from law schools?

[tashathepharaoh]

Cheers to 26 🥂

[gent-illmatic]

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[kidicaruslover911]

kings and queens being forced into brutality

black people and their bodies being forced into brutality will always pain me to a certain degree.

our hair is so precious that we need to wear literal silk to go to sleep with.

not only that but our hair are quite literal plants too.

works of art as well.

try and tell me otherwise.

so sensitive that you can’t even wash them every single day.

like most plants, you can’t water them every day.

right?

but also so versatile and bendable to our liking.

our skin needs oils and butters to be properly taken care of.

shea butter, jojoba oil, olive oil, cocoa butter, rosemary, coconut oil and the list goes on.

children of the sun!

because instead of getting red under it, we simply glow and shine brighter.

and melanin is worth millions too. more than gold even.

look it up.

people kill and traffic for it.

huh.

and then comes around slavery and all the rest, putting us into this very unfavorable position.

against our nature and will.

black people definitely weren’t meant for struggle and suffering or violence.

the most disrespected of them all, depending on where you go.

loving everything about us except us.

at least that’s what i believe.

that’s not how we were meant to live.

simultaneously admired and envied, yet clearly repulsed.

we were literally built for luxury and comfort.

kings and queens being forced into brutality.

[dreams-in-blk]

[generatedblacklove]

[afriblaq]

Republicans’ “anti-DEI” bill is a disgrace. On one hand, it says that racism doesn't exist. On the other hand, it says there’s rampant “reverse racism." This is the unserious work of the Republican Party. P.S. they should keep MLK’s name out their mouth.

@reppressley

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