July 25th
5:43 PM
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"youths are passed through schools that don’t teach, then forced to search for jobs that don’t exist and finally left stranded in the street to stare at the glamorous lives advertised around them"
—  

Huey P Newton (via foreverbroke)



May 19th
12:37 PM
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theeducatedfieldnegro:

“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” -Malcolm X
Happy Birthday El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz الحاجّ مالك الشباز‎ (Malcolm X)

theeducatedfieldnegro:

“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” -Malcolm X

Happy Birthday El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz الحاجّ مالك الشباز‎ (Malcolm X)

May 16th
3:02 PM
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[Why Do So Few Blacks Study Creative Writing?] by Cornelius Eady

crankyskirt:

Always the same, sweet hurt,
The understanding that settles in the eyes
Sooner or later, at the end of class,
In the silence pooling in the room.
Sooner or later it comes to this,

You stand face to face with your
Younger face and you have to answer
A student, a young woman this time,

And you’re…

April 9th
4:48 PM

[“You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.”]

—-Billie Holiday.