Jan 7th, 2012
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thesouljerk:

James Brown- Out of Sight (1964)

Jan 7th, 2012
auntada:

“A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.” ~Zora Neale Hurston
 The folklorist, anthropologist, and author was born on January 7, 1891. She died a penniless recluse on January 28, 1960, buried in an unmarked grave.
Photo: Zora Neale Hurston and an unidentified man probably at a recording site, Belle Glade, Florida; ca. 1935. The photo was taken during the 1935 Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas.
Jan 7th, 2012

Today is Zora’s birthday. Tell My Horse just came in the mail today. coinkydink?

Jan 7th, 2012

fromtrinidadwithlove:

WTF?

Jan 6th, 2012
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thejazzpoet:

Billie Holiday | Them There Eyes 

Jan 6th, 2012
"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 

(Source: thisbeautifulwound, via imsoblackimbright)

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anegroking:

thecelestialchild:

be mindful of what you say. words have the ability to wedge themselves into people’s souls and remain. 

I have said this over, and over again.

Like Maya says, “Words are THINGS, I’m convinced.”

(via nefermaathotep)

Jan 5th, 2012
Jan 5th, 2012
thecurvature:

Scanned from Deliver Us From Temptation by Tony Turner
I find this photo really touching. David looks really tender and, despite the absurdly large glasses, also quite handsome. And Eddie. Well, I don’t even need to say how good Corn always looked.
Jan 5th, 2012
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chucklew:

McCoy Tyner, His Blessings, Extensions, 1970.

Jan 4th, 2012
dulltooldimbulb:

Get Hip Jack  Harlemisms from the Dell Paperback Book New York Confidential 1951
Review HERE on Dull Tool Dim Bulb
Jan 4th, 2012