#bhm 2017

we were an abducted people, stripped from our culture and raped/tortured so frequently our fear for our children (spankings, harsh words) is real mental illness is fucking real in the AA community and as much as we dont talk about it makes sense??? seeing how much we’ve gone through

and how much we’ve managed to accomplish despite having literally nothing we saved our people, we made our own culture (and inspired many others) and we help the next generation in black history month we must remember our ancestors who have gone through so much, we must remember them to go forward

we remember thier strengths, hopes and fears and we move on to become what they never could have even dreamed

Black History Month 2017: Remembering Joyce Jackson, Black, Disabled, & Phenomenal

Image of Joyce shown smiling, walking down the wide sidewalk in an Oct 20 t-shirt, with a large crowd of people with balloons and signs behind her. She is holding up the right side of a big banner that says “FULL RIGHTS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE — IMPLEMENT 504.”

For Black History Month 2017, I will feature the names, faces, and voices of Black disabled people who were a part of the influential…