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Thé epidemic of African stylists who don’t know how to do black hair, must be stopped!

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solange is really it™

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Oxtail, sweet plantains and rice with beans~ Jamaican  Food

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Zendaya for Galore Magazine

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GERTIE BROWN & SAINT SUTTLE “Something Good-Negro Kiss,” the newly discovered William Selig silent film from 1898 is believed to be the earliest cinematic depiction of African-American affection. Thanks to scholars at the University of Chicago and the University of Southern California, the footage is prompting a rethinking of early film history. The performance by cakewalk partners Saint Suttle and Gertie Brown is a reinterpretation of Thomas Edison’s “The Kiss,” featuring May Irwin and John Rice. The film was announced December 12, 2018 as a new addition to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry—one of 25 selected for their enduring importance to American culture. The 29-second clip is free of stereotypes and racist caricatures, a stark contrast from the majority of black performances at the turn of the century.

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Thank you. I love you. 

Phantom Thread (2017) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

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Texture x

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Dorothy Dandridge during the Confidential Magazine Trial on September 3rd, 1957.

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Priestess of Yemaya/Iemanjá, of Candomblé in Bahia, Brazil by Phyllis Galembo

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A baptism being held at Moon Lake, Mississippi, 1994. Photography by Norman, Mauskopf

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Orson Welles as Faust rehearsing with Eartha Kitt as Helen of Troy in Paris on June 14, 1950.

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lwexdz on ig

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Vogue Paris (1977) by Eve Arnold

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Paris Opera corps de ballet in Nureyev’s Swan Lake 

Photo © Ann Ray