Janelle Monae for “Billboard” Magazine

INTENTION OF THE DAY.

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Nakeya Janice Brown Born: 1988, California Currently lives/work between New York & New Jersey. Contact: [email protected] Blog: nakeyab.tumblr.com “My work is the visualization of blackness and womanhood with an emphasis on the politics of hair- one the most scrutinized components of a black woman’s body. My photographs examine the multiplicity of African –American hair through presenting it in various states whether braided, weaved, straightened, or natural. I am intrigued by its ability to communicate dual messages about a woman’s relationship to herself and to society at large. I often employ the female figure and feminine objects to render representations of black feminality and explore the changing language of beauty. Through past memories and personal observations, I use photography to examine how the racialized notion of beauty shape self-perception from a black feminist context.”

From the book Dust Bells Volume I (1965-74) - William Eggleston

Diana Ross

Diana Ross finishing up a rib.

Diana Ross and her daughters Rhonda, Tracey and Chudney by Andy Warhol. 1982. #BlackHistoryMonth ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 #BlackGirlMagic ✨ 

Diana Ross 1975

Do not remove the credit!

Shawn Theodore

7.8.2016

sammie by azha ayanna

 Styling by: Ziggy Mack Johnson

Dr. Mae Jemison, MD, the first black woman in space and first actual astronaut to appear on a Star Trek show, one of the very few people on this planet of whom two pictures can be posted depicting them doing their job on a spaceship with entirely different contexts.