Not often someone puts a smile on your face before 6am. But you can't help but love this little guy.
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Not often someone puts a smile on your face before 6am. But you can't help but love this little guy.
James Dean & Eartha Kitt
Young Marcus Garvey....
The Great Wilma Rudolph
Her parents
She and Muhammad Ali....., they were both in the 1960 Olympics in Rome; both from Louisville, MO
JFK & Wilma Rudolph at the White House....
Also, at the White House, her mother, LBJ, & her coach Ed Temple...
Ed Temple, Track Coach Who Led Wilma Rudolph To Olympic Gold
Florence “Flo Jo” Joyner
and Wilma Rudolph
Her parents
She and Muhammad Ali....., they were both in the 1960 Olympics in Rome; both from Louisville, MO
JFK & Wilma Rudolph at the White House....
Also, at the White House, her mother, LBJ, & her coach Ed Temple...
Ed Temple, Track Coach Who Led Wilma Rudolph To Olympic Gold
Florence “Flo Jo” Joyner
and Wilma Rudolph
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The 1500s were not a good time to be an African in the company of Europeans — especially if those Europeans were Portuguese. Portugal ramped up the slave trade earlier than most, and brought enslaved Africans with them as they traveled all over the world. So when we read stories from that era of Jesuit missionaries with African servants in Japan, it's probably safe to assume that "servant" is a euphemism. That's how the man who would become known as "Yasuke" first stepped onto the stage of history, a black man far from home, working for a missionary named Alessandro Valignano. Yasuke was likely originally from Portuguese Mozambique, though other accounts claim he may have come from the Congo. His birth name was lost to history, but it's generally believed that "Yasuke" was how it was rendered in Japanese. In any case, he was clearly a physically imposing figure to both the Portuguese and the Japanese. At 6 feet, 2 inches (nearly 2 meters) tall, he was head and shoulders above the average Japanese person. So it's not surprising that he caught the attention of the daimyō ("great lord") Oda Nobunaga — according to some accounts, this happened when several people were crushed in an attempt to get a close look at him. Now, Oda was not just another feudal lord. Through his conquest, he ended several centuries of civil war in Japan, and set the foundation for the unified country to come. Whether by purchase, request, or sheer intimidation, he convinced Valignano to leave Yasuke in his company as a free man and a warrior. Within a year of entering Oda's service, Yasuke was granted the status of samurai, an honor generally restricted to those who inherited it. As he became fluent in Japanese, Yasuke became one of the lord's most trusted advisors.
The 1500s were not a good time to be an African in the company of Europeans — especially if those Europeans were Portuguese. Portugal ramped up the slave trade earlier than most, and brought enslaved Africans with them as they traveled all over the world. So when we read stories from that era of Jesuit missionaries with African servants in Japan, it's probably safe to assume that "servant" is a euphemism. That's how the man who would become known as "Yasuke" first stepped onto the stage of history, a black man far from home, working for a missionary named Alessandro Valignano. Yasuke was likely originally from Portuguese Mozambique, though other accounts claim he may have come from the Congo. His birth name was lost to history, but it's generally believed that "Yasuke" was how it was rendered in Japanese. In any case, he was clearly a physically imposing figure to both the Portuguese and the Japanese. At 6 feet, 2 inches (nearly 2 meters) tall, he was head and shoulders above the average Japanese person. So it's not surprising that he caught the attention of the daimyō ("great lord") Oda Nobunaga — according to some accounts, this happened when several people were crushed in an attempt to get a close look at him. Now, Oda was not just another feudal lord. Through his conquest, he ended several centuries of civil war in Japan, and set the foundation for the unified country to come. Whether by purchase, request, or sheer intimidation, he convinced Valignano to leave Yasuke in his company as a free man and a warrior. Within a year of entering Oda's service, Yasuke was granted the status of samurai, an honor generally restricted to those who inherited it. As he became fluent in Japanese, Yasuke became one of the lord's most trusted advisors.
You beat me to it, I was just about to post his family.
Left, Jaesell Macalonzie, from Somalia, was admitted to Barnardos home in Liverpool, during November 1892 aged 16. Right, Letitia Frazer, who was taken in by the charity's home in Cardiff, as a 10-year old, in 1904
Left, Alex Hazelwood. Right, Elizabeth Peters, from Liverpool, was admitted to Barnardos as a nine-year old. She came to the charity with her sisters after her family was forced to go to the workhouse
Edward Allen had travelled across the world and risked his life at sea when he was admitted to Barnardos, as a 15-year-old, in December 1887
Left, Alex Hazelwood. Right, Elizabeth Peters, from Liverpool, was admitted to Barnardos as a nine-year old. She came to the charity with her sisters after her family was forced to go to the workhouse
Edward Allen had travelled across the world and risked his life at sea when he was admitted to Barnardos, as a 15-year-old, in December 1887
An Ibo soldier in Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War, April 1968
A Soldier of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force with his son one last time before leaving to fight in Italy, Brazil 1944
Two Union soldiers in 1864 take cover
A Punt Gun, used for duck hunting but were banned because they depleted stocks of wild fowl, 1910-1920.
The Great Wilma Rudolph
Her parents
She and Muhammad Ali....., they were both in the 1960 Olympics in Rome; both from Louisville, MO
JFK & Wilma Rudolph at the White House....
Also, at the White House, her mother, LBJ, & her coach Ed Temple...
Ed Temple, Track Coach Who Led Wilma Rudolph To Olympic Gold
Florence “Flo Jo” Joyner
and Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph was stunning. I wonder if Ali shot his shot..lol
Ex-Slave members of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Rosary dressed for the Congada Folk Dance to Celebrate the Abolition of Slavery in Brazil, Minas Gerais in 1888
CAC's, I tell you...
Captive & chained Aboriginals, early 1900s, Wyndham prison, Western Australia
Captive & chained Aboriginals, early 1900s, Wyndham prison, Western Australia
Dezzy Dez aka Dj Kay Slay
CAC's, I tell you...
Captive & chained Aboriginals, early 1900s, Wyndham prison, Western Australia
Seeing pics like this make me so fucking mad I can't even put it into words.
CAC's, I tell you...
Captive & chained Aboriginals, early 1900s, Wyndham prison, Western Australia
CAC never have & never will mind there on business & leave others alone do we really need them in this world would the world be better
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The anonymous cat in the bottom left corner makes me think this shit was shop'd.... dope picture but that kinda ruins it for me
Three kids playing golf with clubs made of sticks in the 1890's
They looked shopped although I know they not. Dude on the left look pissed wife dragged him to this shit!!Pastel bridesmaids (1960s)
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