The Fly Times of the Guy Goody

dazedutopia:

BLACK POWER

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iammetatron:

I am the stone that the builder refused

I am the visual, the inspiration that made lady sing the blues. 

I am the spark that makes your idea bright,

the same spark that lights the dark

so that you can see your left from your right.

I am the ballot in your box, the bullet in your gun,

the inner glow that lets you know to call your brother son.

The story that just begun, the promise of whats to come,

And I’mma remain a soldier, ‘til this war is won.

Boondocks

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tonylogan:

I am America.  I am the part you won’t recognize.  But get used to me.  Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.  ~Muhammad Ali

lunakush:

Sundiata, the Lion King, is the founding emperor of the kingdom of Mali. He is celebrated by the people of west Africa through story telling griots that have told his story for centuries. This king was born to a chief in a west African tribe, his mother was known as the buffalo woman because of her ugliness and Sundiata himself was born cripple. He gained the ability to walk through sheer determination and an iron rod. Before he was born the wise men of his tribe are said to have prophesied about his future greatness. However one of his mothers sister wives, his father had multiple wives, grew jealous of his stories and after his fathers passing she exiled the child from the tribe. Sundiata traveled Africa making friends and forming alliances with multiple tribes of west Africa. He eventually reached the kingdom of Mema where the king took him in as one of his own. There he gained military experience and returned to his homeland united lands and formed the kingdom of Mali which was known for its economic prosperity, religious freedom and scholars. 

Historians place this great king’s tale to have taken place as recently as the 13th century.

milkandheavysugar:

Surrounded by recruits, Marva Louis, wife of champion Joe [Louis], takes time out from a tour of nightclubs to entertain men in the Negro regiments at the U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, IL. Some 2,000 bluejackets gathered in a regimental drill hall to hear her songs. [x]

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True!

dopeness

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Dope