[To Aid / Southern States Sit in Movement / Martin Luther King Defense] [An Evening of / Music and Drama / for Freedom Now / Starring in person / Harry Belafonte / Mahalia Jackson / Sidney Poitier / Shelley Winters / (1960 Academy Award Winner) / Diahann Carroll / Production Supervised by / Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee / Freedom Drama written by / Lorraine Hansbury (author of ‘Raisin In The Sun’) – John Killens – George Tabori], New York, NY, 1960 [Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.]
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Ruby Swinney — Orchard (oil on silk, 2022)
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In Alabama slave narratives, it was documented former slaves used graveyard dirt to escape from slavery on the Underground Railroad. Freedom seekers rubbed graveyard dirt on the bottom of their feet or put graveyard dirt in their tracks to prevent slave catcher's dogs from tracking their scent. Former slave Ruby Tartt from Alabama, said there was a conjurer who could "Hoodoo the dogs." An enslaved conjurer could conjure confusion in the slave catcher's dogs which prevented whites from catching runaway slaves. In other narratives, slaves made a jack ball to know if a slave would be whipped or not. Slaves chewed and spit the juices of roots near their enslavers secretly to calm the emotions of the slaveholders which prevented whippings. Slaves relied on conjurers to prevent whippings and being sold further South
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Bailey and Vivian's parents find out about their wedding union
Ruby, searching for what to wear: oh Henry can't you believe it our daughter's getting married and it's Bailey I'm so happy I'm crying
Henry: well tough luck I'm not going anywhere near that hyena now Milo is stupid enough to even Go
Ruby: Henry! our son is an adventurer but he's not stupid, now you are going to their wedding even if I had to drag you every step of the way.
Henry: again Ruby you can Go ahead to the wedding but I'm not going and that's final!
*Cut to the wedding*
Henry:
@shiranui7 you know it's bad when a Oni is a better father to your own daughter and son than you
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while discussing what the parasite in chief's idiot hat represents, let us not forget that each and every gem set in the idiot hat is the product of horrific colonization that she personally and materially benefitted from every second of her sickening excuse for a life <3
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A federal judge has determined that Rudy Giuliani has lost a defamation lawsuit from two Georgia election workers against him after he failed to provide information sought in subpoenas.
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ok new character ask game reblog and put in the tags what species your oc would be if they were a furry
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The African Desperate
directed by Martine Syms, 2022
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Ruby Bridges, The First African-American To Attend A White Elementary School In The Deep South, 1960
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Three small lessons from three small losses
OH! Before we get to that: My plan for fixing the NBA All Star Game:
Fans vote on the top offensive stars AND the top defensive stars. No duplications.
Then one team is composed of the Offensive starters and the Defensive bench (the O’s) and the other [the X’s] is composed of the Defensive Starters and the Offensive bench.
The Defensive stars are obviously motivated to prove they belong. The…
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