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Beautiful Billie Holiday doin' her thang.....
That time when white people could be considered 'terrorists' by the main stream media.
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Vintage beauty....
Free Huey always.....
Sixteen year old dancer Jada Pinkett was the first runner-up at the 18th annual Hal Jacksons Talented Teens Pageant held in Chicago in 1988. Rapper LL Cool J presented Jada with her trophy. Jada, who represented her hometown of Maryland, went on to become a well-known actress and future wife of superstar actor Will Smith. The pageant winner, Kiya Winston of Chicago, went on to become wife of Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin.
Kobe knew....
Big Daddy Kane surrounded!!
Eazy E skateboarding......
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Magic Johnson's greatest rival in high school was Jay Vincent....., Magic played for Everett and Jay played for Eastern. This all happened in Lansing, Michigan. Oh and they later played together at Michigan State University. Side note, some years later Jay's younger brother Sam Vincent played with Michael Jordan on the Chicago Bulls.
The grave of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and his beloved wife Clara Muhammad
I wonder what thirst comments she wouldve gotten if the net was a thing in tose days and bgol existed back then:
Vintage beauty....
" hot dam! Can we get an ankle shot? "
"23 skidoo!"
"Bring in the dancing girls!
Bring on the babes!" Hubba Hubba! Wowsers!"
" she can catch a moth without a flame! She can catch a fish without a hook!"
"Do I hear wedding bells?!?".......
"Guhl I'll drink yo bathwater!
Much like CACs label Elvis as the King of Rock and Roll, they gave all the props to Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly for tap dancing.
The Nicholas Bros. met Fred when they were still teens and showed him a thing or two. Black folks saw Irish folks clogging all stiff and rigid and turned it into something so much more rhythmic and fluid. We took that shit to the next level, seasoned it and gave it flavor and CACs tried to claim it.
Gene Kelly using them like Rock/Pop groups use black background singers to achieve a soulful sound, etc.
Those brothers were about the best to ever do it.
First Army! I was in First Army when I retired from the Army.
Thanks for your service my G!
They look Indigenous to me.
I can remember relatives and family friends returning from Nam as addicts. My mother blasted this dude named James with a shotgun as he shattered a window and was trying to climb through it. She blinded him.
Many years later, after he was released from prison, we'd run into him living next door to some cousins of ours, and him and my mother discussed what had happened with a lot of sorrow. He didn't hold it against my mom for doing what she had to do to protect her household. He was strung out and was looking for a fix.
This was when I was in the first or second grade but I remember when the fellas in our town were getting drafted, were gone, and how they were when they returned IF they returned.
There is a Veteran's Memorial in Tiptonville, TN with pavers engraved with the names of all who served/KIA from that town. Me, three of my siblings, and an Uncle are all represented there.
Everyone was Air Force but me and they never let me forget it. My family be like, "Tell me you were stupid without telling me you were stupid."
Wow, she looks like my cousin Virginia.
Vintage beauty....
Kobe actually mentored Giannis for a brief while...in his second or third season with the Bucks. Kobe saw his potential and encouraged him to grind for greatness and to realize his potential. It was a big deal here in Milwaukee for Kobe to kind of give him tips and work with him.
Kobe knew....
These chicks would thrive in the industry nowadays. Back then they were getting lambasted by the likes of the Lytes, Latifas and Monie Loves.
They were honest while Tupac was fuckin' Monie Love.