Reflections and ruminations on the beautiful struggle.Tumblr (3.0; @wardellfranklin)http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/30c2f6514b501ac79110fead73b56b32/tumblr_mmrwt0rICl1s0i6geo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://nigerianostalgia.tumblr.com/post/50746127201/nigerian-students-at-morehouse-college-1952" class="tumblr_blog">nigerianostalgia</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Nigerian students at Morehouse College, 1952<br/><a href="http://nigerianostalgia.tumblr.com/" title="Follow for more Vintage Nigerian photos">Vintage Nigeria</a><br/><br/></p></blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/50769948770http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/50769948770Sat, 18 May 2013 20:08:32 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d13cc2c9d46e2e4248ebe5a7f6820e47/tumblr_mmebjexU3X1qhk04bo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>Kaiser shipyards, Richmond, California. Miss Eastine Cowner, a former waitress, is helping in her job as a scaler to construct the Liberty Ship SS George Washington Carver launched on May 7, 1943.</strong></p> <p>From the series: <a href="http://research.archives.gov/description/535799">Negro Activities in Industry, Government, and the Armed Forces</a> from the Records of the Office of War Information.</p> </blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/49942211513http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/49942211513Wed, 08 May 2013 13:07:26 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3j0s2OAxe1roaz4co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://artcomesfirst.tumblr.com/post/49920158092">artcomesfirst</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Nation</p> </blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/49933096615http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/49933096615Wed, 08 May 2013 09:58:19 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/813de81816e4de1ce6ea1eb57c240db9/tumblr_mmehn0L8hs1qmons3o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e1318eb7dfdb5bdab3db22a0cac4cb9b/tumblr_mmehn0L8hs1qmons3o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://publicgaragesale.tumblr.com/post/49810701132/the-wailing-wailers">publicgaragesale</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wailing_Wailers">The Wailing Wailers</a></p> </blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/49822283991http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/49822283991Mon, 06 May 2013 21:54:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/70e8032c64f84598d3ef87ce71eec51b/tumblr_mm6eu0ozVT1qk2ilko1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/49439129339http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/49439129339Thu, 02 May 2013 10:56:23 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6f62dfe292a684774ad11c683fb109e9/tumblr_mled5hrbrB1rlwwdzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://aportraitofthewriter.tumblr.com/post/48192892668/john-pepper-clark-bekederemo-chinua-achebe-and">aportraitofthewriter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka</p> </blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/48529095889http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/48529095889Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:25:46 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/24e173e02e3e5a2e2c615e2c1ce1fe1e/tumblr_mlcw02MRUP1qievzbo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://theycallmemrsharp.tumblr.com/post/48127708645/can-you-imagine-i-can" class="tumblr_blog">theycallmemrsharp</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Can you imagine? I can</p></blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/48129891821http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/48129891821Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:19:12 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/53613ba5a37b35eaf8291e43c753cb07/tumblr_ml0gbjKhf11s9zzmvo1_r6_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://radicalarchive.tumblr.com/post/47582505655/african-american-resistance-to-the-war-in" class="tumblr_blog">radicalarchive</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>‘African American Resistance To The War’ in ‘CrossRoads’, Oakland, California, 1991.</p></blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/47588204087http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/47588204087Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:06:17 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3a612ac154904a88be75b8c0b583d542/tumblr_mkox2myXDr1s9zzmvo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://radicalarchive.tumblr.com/post/47034018187/benefit-for-striking-auto-workers-event" class="tumblr_blog">radicalarchive</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>‘Benefit for Striking Auto Workers’ event sponsored by ‘Wildcat’ and GM Strike Committee, featuring the film “Final Got The News” about Detroit’s League of Revolutionary Black Workers. The speaker was the chairman of the Black Panther Caucus of the United Auto Workers union, Fremont, California, date unknown (circa early 1970’s).</p></blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/47049592314http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/47049592314Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:19:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bd8d237872e6fbffd71612c082ea3e69/tumblr_mk4p5pILgz1qa5v7ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://beautone.tumblr.com/post/46845716965/somali-women-protesting-in-solidarity-with-angela">beautone</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><span>Somali women protesting in solidarity with Angela Davis [1972]</span></strong></p> <p>(<a href="https://twitter.com/IdiAuslander/status/311821984822607872">stolen from twitter</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/46854491181http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/46854491181Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:02:47 -0400“If they’re not going to talk about the economic violence that causes gun violence, then I’m not interested in the conversation.””<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://inthesetimes.com/article/14709/shot_then_shut_out/"><strong>Veronica Morris-Moore</strong></a>, community organizer, Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thesmithian.tumblr.com/">thesmithian</a>)</em>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/46290425958http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/46290425958Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:28:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1a0269e6ff243ff56948b9f266e44de3/tumblr_mk25lxdV3w1rqkjy0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/05093d146e3472a28e614924b635b005/tumblr_mk25lxdV3w1rqkjy0o4_r1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a9b81810b089372ae0328c08d054a97b/tumblr_mk25lxdV3w1rqkjy0o2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a483e6197fa66c07cebf4bb4bf02bea9/tumblr_mk25lxdV3w1rqkjy0o3_r1_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/afea8499b81d124156df41368077aa42/tumblr_mk25lxdV3w1rqkjy0o6_r1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ade21da2e00a659e272415ebe51d1e40/tumblr_mk25lxdV3w1rqkjy0o9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/135a5d7e762bd4cc3d8263632b0365db/tumblr_mk25lxdV3w1rqkjy0o10_r1_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2ee2506cea945f32fb93bc61ac7eb0af/tumblr_mk25lxdV3w1rqkjy0o5_r1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8e919bfd4846269d89ed0dfaa5004c27/tumblr_mk25lxdV3w1rqkjy0o8_r1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7947cfccb3ac6d1cea3f3ca9d104990e/tumblr_mk25lxdV3w1rqkjy0o7_r1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://dynamicafrica.tumblr.com/post/45983690947/the-white-man-is-very-clever-he-came-quietly-and" class="tumblr_blog">dynamicafrica</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em>“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.” </em></p> <p><strong>- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe</strong></p> </blockquote> <p></p>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/46015080751http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/46015080751Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:09:50 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/51d4169691c01fafeebcdf474236ae2f/tumblr_mjz8d8E2gv1r5km2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ebonymag.tumblr.com/post/45857006088/from-the-ebony-collection-symbols-of-an-emerging" class="tumblr_blog">ebonymag</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>From the EBONY Collection, symbols of an emerging South, Fannie Lou Hammer and Ella Baker attending the Freedom Democratic Party.</p></blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/45870624007http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/45870624007Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:30:17 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdsqgudPij1qadro6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/45849422230http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/45849422230Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:02:33 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1509290a7bab4a14284960e30d322938/tumblr_mh5ly0pSND1rjtk45o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jalylah.tumblr.com/post/44977875124/queenskool-al-green-nyc-1972-peace-to-the" class="tumblr_blog">jalylah</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://queenskool.tumblr.com/post/41394926964/al-green-nyc-1972">queenskool</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Al Green, NYC, 1972</p> </blockquote> <p>peace to the god</p></blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/44987963874http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/44987963874Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:08:33 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/18ae21480629506c07107f23fec0a6b0/tumblr_mj28vpgQI61qf41evo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://davidleggett.tumblr.com/post/44415435092/david-leggett">davidleggett</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>David Leggett</p> </blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/44578636277http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/44578636277Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:28:56 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0b4a67b063981ee9237ea17025260e3d/tumblr_mg2h56I1p71r09o0jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Eve Arnold, <span>New York City,</span><span> 1961</span></p> <p><span>Black Muslim children at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.</span></p> </blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/44034234600http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/44034234600Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:02:01 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/22edc85768be1cd9daf8a965d68f8647/tumblr_mhw9foKvVF1qadtezo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/42612884611http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/42612884611Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:42:06 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c76dccc603a4e392419087549308f6b6/tumblr_mhvbiiNMnm1qbe3a5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://atane.tumblr.com/post/42524168337/donald-byrd-photo-by-francis-wolff-source" class="tumblr_blog">atane</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Donald Byrd</p> <p>Photo by Francis Wolff (<a href="https://jazzinphoto.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/donald-byrd-3/">Source</a>)</p></blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/42543421555http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/42543421555Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:03:42 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3fc046ab680861b06bfa85c2f88004ce/tumblr_mhft5ozuef1qlu6yko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://dusttracksonaroad.tumblr.com/post/42048969944/aretha-franklin" class="tumblr_blog">dusttracksonaroad</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Aretha Franklin</p></blockquote>http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/42072616328http://wardellfranklin.tumblr.com/post/42072616328Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:36:05 -0500