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I Shall Call Thee Truffles.

"Not everyone can see it, but those who can know there is no beauty like that of a brown-skinned woman when she is beautiful: the velvet skin, the dark hair like a cloud, the dark eyes like deep wells to drown in." -The Wedding, Dorothy West
May 14 '12

fearfullymade-locs:

fyeahblackhistory:

dynamicafrica:

DOCUMENTARY: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

The story of Belgian colonial ruler King Leopold II and his brutal exploitation of the Congolese people and the raw materials of their country.

This yet again explains Lumumba’s fiery famous speech during the Congolese independence ceremony.

Click here for more.

Gotta watch after I return from Grandma’s house


I learned about this in my history class. Let me tell you how difficult it was to control my frustration in the front row.

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    I learned about this in my history class. Let me tell you how difficult it was to control my frustration in the front...
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    Gotta watch after I return from Grandma’s house
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    There’s also a book by Adam Hochschild, King Leopold’s Ghost, that speaks in depth about the topic.
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    This yet again explains Lumumba’s fiery famous speech during the Congolese independence ceremony. Click here for more.
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