#black civil rights movement

[realjaysumlin]

Ernest Withers' Exhibit Captures Legacy in Photos of Black History - ArtburstMiami

A legend behind the camera of Black Indigenous People History in America.

[kropotkindersurprise]

James Baldwin, talking about living his life based on observable fact, instead of white liberal promises. [link]

[ghost-37]

Black people have culturally subsidized this country since our arrival

[mimi-0007]

Black U.S. Olympians Won In Nazi Germany Only To Be Overlooked At Home.

Eighty-five years ago the United States competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games in Nazi Germany, with 18 African-American athletes part of the U.S. squad.

At the 1936 Olympics, 18 black athletes went to Berlin as part of the U.S. team. Pictured here are (left to right, rear) high jumpers Dave Albritton and Cornelius Johnson; hurdler Tidye Pickett; sprinter Ralph Metcalfe; boxer Jim Clark; sprinter Mack Robinson. In front: weightlifter John Terry (left); long jumper John Brooks.

[whenweallvote]

This year marks the 60th anniversary of “Freedom Summer,” the 1964 voter registration movement in Mississippi. More than 700 volunteers mobilized to fight against voter intimidation and discrimination at the polls. 

Freedom Summer volunteers were met with violent resistance from the Ku Klux Klan and members of state and local law enforcement. News coverage of volunteers being beaten, arrested, and even killed drew international attention to the civil rights movement. 

The Freedom Summer project ultimately registered nearly 1,200 Black Americans to vote in Mississippi, and pushed Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

This year, let's continue their fight to uplift Black voices and Black votes. Join us in registering voters during our Juneteenth Weekend of Action at weall.vote/juneteenth.

[afriblaq]

I fear i may have integrated my people into a burning house.

[folk-enjoyer]

James H. Karales, 1965. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

James Baldwin and Joan Baez in Selma, Alabama, 1965

[blackstar1887]

Malcolm X: Inspiring Change and Empowerment in the Fight for Equality

[hussyknee]

History isn't a disparate collection of stories from long ago. It's the necessary context for the present moment and the forecast for the future. All histories are intertwined, and the narratives of power and privilege, oppression and resistance, adversity and triumph are as constant in their patterns as the laws of physics.

[akonoadham]

[queerism1969]

[korra-of-the-watertribe]

Happy Black History Month!

[mimi-0007]

Saw this on Maxwell page. Idk who made it. But they did great!! I love it!!

[whenweallvote]

On this day in 1968, Sonnie Hereford IV became the first Black child to integrate public schools in Alabama. 

Sonnie’s enrollment process was not easy. It took three days — and a call to the judge who ruled that Sonnie be admitted into the school —  before he could enter the building with his father, Dr. Sonnie Hereford III, due to the 150+ protestors blocking the entryway.

Today we commend the bravery of both men.

[afriblaq]

Brave