"Say It Loud—I'm Black and I'm Proud"

In 1940's America, blacks did not have the same Civil Rights as whites. The Civil Rights Movement campaigned to end racism and inequality for black people…
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Stepney Underwood, Birmingham, Alabama. "Far off across de ridge I heered a screech owl a-callin', an' I knowd dat meant death. I was glad I had my overalls on so's I could turn my pockets inside out'ards to stop him. Atter I done dis, he sho-nuf stopped. Den my lef' ear it commence to ichin', and I knowd dat someone was a-sayin' somethin' mean about me. Probably dat oberseer dat was a-goin' to whup me when I got home.-Project Gutenberg Ebook Slave Narratives. Alabama, Portrait, Federal, Underwood, American, Historical Photos, Black History, African American Women, Black History Facts
Slave Narratives
Stepney Underwood, Birmingham, Alabama. "Far off across de ridge I heered a screech owl a-callin', an' I knowd dat meant death. I was glad I had my overalls on so's I could turn my pockets inside out'ards to stop him. Atter I done dis, he sho-nuf stopped. Den my lef' ear it commence to ichin', and I knowd dat someone was a-sayin' somethin' mean about me. Probably dat oberseer dat was a-goin' to whup me when I got home.-Project Gutenberg Ebook Slave Narratives.
1937: Mary Randall , ex-slave, Beaumont (Photo by Buyenlarge/Getty Images) Black Power, Civil Rights Movement, James Brown, Beaumont, Randall, Mary, Prejudice, Loud, Empowerment
1937: Mary Randall , ex-slave, Beaumont (Photo by Buyenlarge/Getty Images)
William Smith and his wife, Julia, were freed slaves who settled in Peterboro after the Civil War. Historian, Madison County, Richmond Va, Union Soldiers, Richmond, Confederate, Indigenous Americans, Old Antiques, Cavalry
William Smith and his wife, Julia, were freed slaves who settled in Peterboro after the Civil War.
Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, Hondo. circa 1937. - Getty Images Vintage Photos, Inspiration, People, Texas, Portraits, Vintage, Ellen Thomas, Thomas
Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, Hondo. circa 1937. - Getty Images
Bill and Ellen Thomas. Former slaves of Hondo, Texas. Euro, Southern Style, Old Things, We The Kings, Olds, America
Bill and Ellen Thomas. Former slaves of Hondo, Texas.
Mary Jane Holmes Shipley Drake, born in Missouri in 1841, was the subject of a fifteen-month legal battle [1852-1853] Holmes v. Ford, to obtain her freedom. Chief Justice George A. Williams of the Oregon Territory Supreme Court, ruled that slavery could not exist in the territory without specific legislation to protect. He declared the Holmes children free. The Holmes case was the last attempt to establish slavery in Oregon through the judicial process. Drake, Africa, Oregon, Oregon Territory, Chief Justice, Missouri
Mary Jane Holmes Shipley Drake, born in Missouri in 1841, was the subject of a fifteen-month legal battle [1852-1853] Holmes v. Ford, to obtain her freedom. Chief Justice George A. Williams of the Oregon Territory Supreme Court, ruled that slavery could not exist in the territory without specific legislation to protect. He declared the Holmes children free. The Holmes case was the last attempt to establish slavery in Oregon through the judicial process.
Robert E. Lee and Slavery - Encyclopedia Virginia History, Jethro, African, Robert, Lee, Norris, Union Army, Arlington
Robert E. Lee and Slavery - Encyclopedia Virginia
"Aunt Charlotte Anne" Lawson, of the Windsor Plantation, and slave of Captain Henry Tayloe. She was eighty years old when the picture was taken in 1915. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Slave Clothing, Hamilton, Black History Month, Woman Authors, The Past
"Aunt Charlotte Anne" Lawson, of the Windsor Plantation, and slave of Captain Henry Tayloe. She was eighty years old when the picture was taken in 1915. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division.
Mammy stereotype - Wikipedia Florida, Jefferson County, County, South Carolina, Louise Beavers, Carolina
Mammy stereotype - Wikipedia
Mammy stereotype - Wikipedia
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Black Panther era women leaders Kathleen Cleaver, Angela Davis, Elaine Brown, Assata Shakur Queen, Nate Turner, Black Knowledge, Bitd, Power To The People
Black Panther era women leaders Kathleen Cleaver, Angela Davis, Elaine Brown, Assata Shakur
Angela Davis is a revolutionary American educator. The former Black Panther has fought for race, class and gender equality over the years. Davis authored one of the of the most distinguished books in the field of women’s studies called Women, Race & Class. She’s also an advocate of prison reform. Hulton Archive via Getty Images Models, Women Models, Beautiful Black Women, Afro, Side Profile
Angela Davis is a revolutionary American educator. The former Black Panther has fought for race, class and gender equality over the years. Davis authored one of the of the most distinguished books in the field of women’s studies called Women, Race & Class. She’s also an advocate of prison reform. Hulton Archive via Getty Images
The trial of Angela Yvonne Davis in connection with the prisoner revolt by three black prisoners on August 7, 1970 at the Marin County Courthouse will be remembered as one of America's most historic political trials. Reading, Revolutionaries, The Voice, Political Prisoners, Beloved Book, Feminist Theory, Black Authors
The trial of Angela Yvonne Davis in connection with the prisoner revolt by three black prisoners on August 7, 1970 at the Marin County Courthouse will be remembered as one of America's most historic political trials.
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Trailing Angela Davis, from FBI Flyers to ‘Radical Chic’ Art