Black History Month feels...well almost extinct, a bit remiss. February already goes by so fast. I started February looking for terrific events that I can go to find out more about Blacks in NC. I know that this place is filled to the brim with culture, not only is there a lot of black people here now, but Woolworth's counter in Greensboro and lots of other history!
I didn't see much, lots of movie opportunities from the last couple years, but me, I want to see the new stuff the things that win film festivals. Where are the museum pieces the odes to greatness. So I found four things so far that make me happy and I thought that I would share. One, a short film filled with gorgeous Black beauties in film and music, 2, a list of 100 books by Black women everyone should read, and 3, a beauty ode to Black History Month using children, and 4. A cool tumblr account filled with luminous Black women from our past. What will I be doing? Well I started reading the around 60 books (im not really convinced there are 100 there) from the list and read Our Black Year, that talked about how fast the black dollar leave the black community (read minutes/seconds) while the Asian dollar and Jewish dollar can last weeks, months in their respectively communities, even though Black discretionary spending is off the charts (like 940 MILLION!)* And I decided to try and go to as many Black owned businesses to try and add them to my regular shopping. I went to a great natural hair care store and a hookah-literary cafe. I will continue that quest. Below are the four things I found that I wanted to share, All my sistah girl love,
Naturally Beautiful Black me!!
The Door by Ava DuVernay
100 books by Black Women everyone must read
http://www.forharriet.com/2013/02/100-books-by-black-women-everyone-must.html
3. Children resemble icons for Black History Month
https://www.facebook.com/#!/EuniqueJonesPhotography
4. Vintage Black Glamour
http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/?mc_cid=d7c7aaa8ed&mc_eid=f345d9d41a
Enjoy!!
*Be careful with your readings, some lead to some angry feelings towards our less melanin friends
I didn't see much, lots of movie opportunities from the last couple years, but me, I want to see the new stuff the things that win film festivals. Where are the museum pieces the odes to greatness. So I found four things so far that make me happy and I thought that I would share. One, a short film filled with gorgeous Black beauties in film and music, 2, a list of 100 books by Black women everyone should read, and 3, a beauty ode to Black History Month using children, and 4. A cool tumblr account filled with luminous Black women from our past. What will I be doing? Well I started reading the around 60 books (im not really convinced there are 100 there) from the list and read Our Black Year, that talked about how fast the black dollar leave the black community (read minutes/seconds) while the Asian dollar and Jewish dollar can last weeks, months in their respectively communities, even though Black discretionary spending is off the charts (like 940 MILLION!)* And I decided to try and go to as many Black owned businesses to try and add them to my regular shopping. I went to a great natural hair care store and a hookah-literary cafe. I will continue that quest. Below are the four things I found that I wanted to share, All my sistah girl love,
Naturally Beautiful Black me!!
The Door by Ava DuVernay
100 books by Black Women everyone must read
http://www.forharriet.com/2013/02/100-books-by-black-women-everyone-must.html
3. Children resemble icons for Black History Month
https://www.facebook.com/#!/EuniqueJonesPhotography
4. Vintage Black Glamour
http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/?mc_cid=d7c7aaa8ed&mc_eid=f345d9d41a
Enjoy!!
*Be careful with your readings, some lead to some angry feelings towards our less melanin friends
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