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love life, engage in it, give it all you’ve got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.

— maya angelou

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just finding out that chinua achebe has passed away.
how terribly sad. i am so grateful for his fearlessness and his insight. and for his passion for owning one’s own story.
may he rest in peace.
“Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.” ― Chinua Achebe

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I have also decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind’s problems. And I’m going to talk about it everywhere I go. I know it isn’t popular to talk about it in some circles today. And I’m not talking about emotional bosh when I talk about love; I’m talking about a strong, demanding love. For I have seen too much hate. I’ve seen too much hate on the faces of sheriffs in the South. I’ve seen hate on the faces of too many Klansmen and too many White Citizens Councilors in the South to want to hate, myself, because every time I see it, I know that it does something to their faces and their personalities, and I say to myself that hate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

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theantikeychop:

Alex Haley, author of Roots, at the typewriter with Malcolm X.
The Antikey Chop

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I can’t tell you in words what I want, but I’m wise enough to know that life doesn’t give us the dreams, as we dream them. And so I don’t know what’s gonna happen, but all I know is that force that’s inside me is pushing me towards something.

— Nina Simone

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arrectorpili:

Sam Cooke and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)

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“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” ~ Nelson Mandela
Happy 94th Birthday, Madiba. Thank you.

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tayarijones:

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Autographing books
allthingsjamesbaldwin:

Author James Baldwin in Germany, 1972
James Baldwin, civil rights activist and author of such works as “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” “The Fire Next Time” and “Notes of a Native Son,” signs autographs for young admirers at Ludwigsburg High School.
(image credit: Regis Bossu/Stars and Stripes)

Baldwin in Germany. Almost didn’t recognize him. I want go back to the days when writers dressed like this…

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