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By Any Means Necessary

Civil Rights Activists

Black History Facts

Black History People

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Hip Hop Artists

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Black Celebrities

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I was blessed enough to prepare a great meal for my best friend rock and mother Tonight :) and we danced to #janisjoplin all night with @moetchandon in the rain. I love you momma! XoXo Santini #lobster #rotisserie #chicken #steak #surfandturf #mothersday #love #dancing #champagne #priceless #preciousmoments #rock #woodstock #lovechild #flowerchild Chicken Steak, Rotisserie Chicken, Famous Legends, Surf And Turf, I Am Blessed, Janis Joplin, Precious Moments, Woodstock, Dancing

Rotisserie Chicken

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I was blessed enough to prepare a great meal for my best friend rock and mother Tonight :) and we danced to #janisjoplin all night with @moetchandon in the rain. I love you momma! XoXo Santini #lobster #rotisserie #chicken #steak #surfandturf #mothersday #love #dancing #champagne #priceless #preciousmoments #rock #woodstock #lovechild #flowerchild

Bob Dylan Covers, Harlem New York, Missing You Brother, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Psychedelic Music, The Power Of Love, Rock N Roll

Bob Dylan Covers

Harlem New York

Missing You Brother

Jimi Hendrix Experience

Psychedelic Music

The Power Of Love

Howlin' Wolf Born Chester Burnett, Howlin' Wolf, was a Blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. He was born in West Point, MS. Rhythm And Blues, Jazz Blues, Blues Music, Blues Artists, Music Artists, Instrumental, Jim Marshall, Delta Blues, Hip Hop

Rhythm And Blues

Howlin' Wolf Born Chester Burnett, Howlin' Wolf, was a Blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. He was born in West Point, MS.

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Black And White Photography

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Black American OURstory : Photo Black Power, Master Of The Universe, Photographie Indie, Black Panther Party, Black History Month, Black Pride, African American History

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Black Panther Party

Black History Month

African American History

Black American OURstory : Photo

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Diana Ross Supremes

Vintage Black Glamour

Johnny Guitar Watson (02/03/1935 - 05/17/1995) was an American blues, soul & fund musician plus singer - songwriter. Jazz Funk, Soul Funk

Johnny Guitar Watson (02/03/1935 - 05/17/1995) was an American blues, soul & fund musician plus singer - songwriter.

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Black Is Beautiful

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Sherman Hemsley 1976 Jet Magazine cover

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Though Thomas Edison is recognized as the inventor of the light bulb, African-American inventor Lewis Latimer played an important role in its development. In 1881, Latimer patented a method for making carbon filaments, allowing light bulbs to burn for hours instead of minutes. Latimer also drafted the drawings that helped Alexander Graham Bell receive a patent for the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell, Office Boy, African American Inventors, Kings & Queens, Famous African Americans, Photo Star, African History

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Though Thomas Edison is recognized as the inventor of the light bulb, African-American inventor Lewis Latimer played an important role in its development. In 1881, Latimer patented a method for making carbon filaments, allowing light bulbs to burn for hours instead of minutes. Latimer also drafted the drawings that helped Alexander Graham Bell receive a patent for the telephone.

Rosa Lee Ingram & her 2 sons received the death penalty in 1948 for murdering a white landowner in rural Georgia. Civil Right activist represented them as an example of the emerging Cold War Politics. In 1947 Ms Ingram was angrily approached by John Stratford about livestock that roamed onto his property. Mr Stratford sexually attacked her. As she fought him off her teenage sons stuck him with farm equipment. Their case was appealed & their sentences were reduced to life in prison. Jim Crow, Anthropologie, Before Us

Rosa Lee Ingram & her 2 sons received the death penalty in 1948 for murdering a white landowner in rural Georgia. Civil Right activist represented them as an example of the emerging Cold War Politics. In 1947 Ms Ingram was angrily approached by John Stratford about livestock that roamed onto his property. Mr Stratford sexually attacked her. As she fought him off her teenage sons stuck him with farm equipment. Their case was appealed & their sentences were reduced to life in prison.

Vivien Thomas, African-American surgical technician who developed the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome in the 1940s. Thomas was also offered the position of Chief of Surgery at his alma mater, Johns Hopkins in 1941. Strange History, Thomas Alva Edison, The Jackson Five, Oldschool, World History

Strange History

Thomas Alva Edison

The Jackson Five

Vivien Thomas, African-American surgical technician who developed the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome in the 1940s. Thomas was also offered the position of Chief of Surgery at his alma mater, Johns Hopkins in 1941.

Are You My Cousin?

Are You My Cousin?

Bert Williams. You wouldn't know it to look at this picture, but Williams was one of the first, wealthiest and most famous black comedians of his day. Booker T. Washington wrote of Williams: "He has done more for our race than I have. He has smiled his way into people's hearts; I have been obliged to fight my way." And WC Fields said of him, "the funniest man I ever saw – and the saddest man I ever knew." Famous Black, Interesting History, Culture, Man Humor

Interesting History

Bert Williams. You wouldn't know it to look at this picture, but Williams was one of the first, wealthiest and most famous black comedians of his day. Booker T. Washington wrote of Williams: "He has done more for our race than I have. He has smiled his way into people's hearts; I have been obliged to fight my way." And WC Fields said of him, "the funniest man I ever saw – and the saddest man I ever knew."

Shirley Chisholm (1924 - 2005) "Unbought and Unbossed" Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress, a 1972 candidate for president, and a life long advocate for women's and civil rights. Shirley Chisholm, African American Women, African Americans, Portraits

Shirley Chisholm

African American Women

African Americans

Shirley Chisholm (1924 - 2005) "Unbought and Unbossed" Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress, a 1972 candidate for president, and a life long advocate for women's and civil rights.

Dr. James E. West Electret Microphone Inventor Ninety percent of microphones used today are based on the ingenuity of James Edward West, an African-American inventor born in 1931 in Prince Edwards County, VA. If you’ve ever talked on the telephone, you’ve probably used his invention. Black People

Dr. James E. West Electret Microphone Inventor Ninety percent of microphones used today are based on the ingenuity of James Edward West, an African-American inventor born in 1931 in Prince Edwards County, VA. If you’ve ever talked on the telephone, you’ve probably used his invention.

George Washington Carver changed lunchtime sandwiches forever when he invented peanut butter. Born a slave, Carver didn’t attend college until he was 30 years old, but he went on to create 400 new uses for peanuts, soybeans, sweet potatoes, and pecans George Washington Carver, Believe, New People, Famous People

George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver changed lunchtime sandwiches forever when he invented peanut butter. Born a slave, Carver didn’t attend college until he was 30 years old, but he went on to create 400 new uses for peanuts, soybeans, sweet potatoes, and pecans

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Civil Rights Leaders

Civil Rights Movement

Military Honors

Military Service

Michael Bearden

Michael Bearden

Historically Most Stylish Black Men: 8 Dapper Dons Who Were Made in the Past | StyleBlazer by lela Gorgeous Men, Beautiful People, Der Denver Clan, Billy Dee Williams, Handsome Black Men, Black Man, Black Guys

Beautiful People

Der Denver Clan

Billy Dee Williams

Handsome Black Men

Historically Most Stylish Black Men: 8 Dapper Dons Who Were Made in the Past | StyleBlazer by lela

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Alpha Phi Alpha

Omega Psi Phi Paraphernalia

Black Fraternities

Sorority And Fraternity

Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, whose reign lasted from 1908 to 1915, was also the first African American pop culture icon.... Jack Johnson Boxer, African American Culture, World Of Sports, Native American

Jack Johnson Boxer

African American Culture

World Of Sports

Native American

Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, whose reign lasted from 1908 to 1915, was also the first African American pop culture icon....

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