How have I not heard of her before?! She deserves all the credit.

Heroines❤️"Manonia Evans and Donna Burkett made a federal case to get married, filing a class action lawsuit against Thomas Jabkocki for his refusal to issue them a marriage license on Oct. 1, 1971.“ Photo: Isaac Sutton - JET magazine, Nov. 4, 1971 #lesbianculture #lesbianheroines #blacklesbains #qpoc #powercouple #femmebutch

Happy Black History Month!

Tumblr! Black History Month is here, and we have some stuff in store to celebrate and honor the achievements of the Black community past and present. There are Answer Times to celebrate Black voices in entertainment and modern civil rights, weekly themed round-up posts to showcase Black excellence found everywhere, video interviews with celebrities and activists, a special Black History Month explore page updated daily with the best BHM posts from all of you, and custom stickers based on the top tags surrounding Black culture on Tumblr in 2016. Take a peek:

Here’s a look at our scheduled Answer Times:

And the video interviews will launch on Action (@action):

We’ll be rolling this stuff out all over the place on Tumblr, but the Black History Month explore page is live right now. It’s filled with stuff made by all of you, and it’s already pretty great on day one. Happy Black History Month, Tumblr.

Oh yall knew better this year didnt yall?

They was tired of being dragged

Happy Black History Month :)

Mayowa Nicholas, Debra Shaw, Yasmin Warsame, Beverly Peele, Oluchi Onweagba, Alek Wek, Amilna Estevão, Khadija Adams, and Naomi Campbell

Watch: You don’t have to go that far back in American history to see why we need pride for people of color.

Watch: This 106-year-old black woman’s meeting with the Obamas will melt your heart.

Can u imagine the shit she’s seen

Yeah, we definitely don’t need Black History Month anymore. We’ve come so far. Black people aren’t even being assaulted for no reason anymore. Oh wait.

We began Black History Month examining the sometimes thin line between multicultural marketing and the exploitation of ‘blackness’.

What does ‪#‎BrandingBlack‬ mean to individuals, companies and communities and how can we keep the conversation going for the rest of the year? http://alj.am/1E3igga

Happy Black History Month!!!

The little taps are my favorite.

bless ha

I don't Understand

MLK died for equality, right? Then why are black people always trying to separate themselves from us?? They have such an issue with us twerking, rapping and wearing certain hairstyles, which is stupid. They don’t own anything like we don’t own anything. I also don’t understand why they get a whole month but everyone else doesn’t. Where’s the equality?

he didn’t “die for” anything. he died because some hating ass cracker shot him.

New Comic Day: It speaks for itself.

This, to me, will always be Barack Obama’s legacy. The part I bolded is the reason why Obama could sit at his desk and play with his balls for the next four years and he’d still be one of the most important Presidents of all time. This kid now knows that the President’s hair feels just like his. Like… this picture always makes me so emotional. Black children growing up didn’t have the opportunity to see a President that looked like them or looked like their family until Barack Obama was elected. When white people deny white privilege, I always bring up the example of the Presidents; white children have the privilege of seeing 43 examples of a white man being the leader of the free world. Until Barack Obama, the major images of black success were in sports and in hip-hop, two avenues that are both defined by white people anyway, since it’s whites who own the sports teams and record labels. Barack Obama gave black children an image of success. The President looks like them. That’s why I’ll always defend Barack Obama no matter what “radicals” want to say about him. He’s my President and just by sitting in the White House he is doing more for black people than OWS or Anonymous has ever done.

(via simplycomplex27)

OMG I love my President.

Dion, you speak the fucking truth!!!!!!! Black children NEED their role models, fuck what the white man say. Obama is most definitely a ROLE MODEL.

Word.

Tears of joy.

Nate Parker and Cuba Gooding, Jr. ‘Red Tails’ Interview

The only African-American ace of World War II, and a former Tuskegee Airman, went on to have a career in the Air Force, as well as success in the business world.

Lee A. Archer joined the Army in 1941 with high hopes of becoming a pilot, but was initially denied because of his race. When the Army’s policy changed about a year later, Archer was accepted to the training program for black aviators at the Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama.

Archer is best known for a day in late 1944 when he was involved in a series of dogfights over German-occupied Hungary. Flying a P-51 Mustang fighter, Archer shot down three German fighters. He would go on to add two more German fighters to his credit to become the first and only African-American ace of the war.

As a civilian, Archer enjoyed even greater success, serving as vice president for urban affairs with General Foods, as CEO of North Street Capital Corp. and chairman of Hudson Commercial Corp. He also served on the board of directors of Beatrice International Foods and the Institute for American Business.

Read the rest of his story here.

There were many who wondered where were the Black women in the film, #RedTails.

They were stateside, working on the fighter planes. This photo is dated 1943. 

#BlackHistoryMonth

I wonder if they will illustrate this in the film. I certainly hope so.