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Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Housing for es in a new district on the edge of town. A rapidly growing community of colored people, mostly from Texas, some from Oklahoma
![The image depicts a modest wooden shack in what appears to be a rural or semi-rural setting. The structure is simple, with bare wood and no visible paint or finishing on the exterior walls. It has a single-story design, with two main windows that have white frames but lack glass panes, revealing an interior void of furnishings.
In front of the shack stands a group of four individuals; it's difficult to discern their exact features due to the photograph being in black and white and from some distance away. They appear to be children or young adults based on their stature. The tallest among them is positioned slightly apart from the others, possibly standing as if leaning against a wooden support beam attached vertically.
The ground around the shack seems dry with patches of grass and dirt, suggesting an arid environment. There's no visible vegetation near the house except for some tall plants or weeds that are growing behind it. A few trees can be seen in the background on what appears to be barren land, indicating a lack of dense foliage.
On one side of the shack lies a metal grate set into the ground, possibly serving as an access point to underground utilities like plumbing or electrical wiring. The overall impression is of hardship and modest living conditions during that era.
In terms of context provided in the text snippet, this image likely represents housing for African Americans (indicated by 'es' which could [...]](https://mastodon.ozioso.online/system/media_attachments/files/114/224/290/295/374/473/original/ec2c91841e6db079.jpeg "The image depicts a modest wooden shack in what appears to be a rural or semi-rural setting. The structure is simple, with bare wood and no visible paint or finishing on the exterior walls. It has a single-story design, with two main windows that have white frames but lack glass panes, revealing an interior void of furnishings.
In front of the shack stands a group of four individuals; it's difficult to discern their exact features due to the photograph being in black and white and from some distance away. They appear to be children or young adults based on their stature. The tallest among them is positioned slightly apart from the others, possibly standing as if leaning against a wooden support beam attached vertically.
The ground around the shack seems dry with patches of grass and dirt, suggesting an arid environment. There's no visible vegetation near the house except for some tall plants or weeds that are growing behind it. A few trees can be seen in the background on what appears to be barren land, indicating a lack of dense foliage.
On one side of the shack lies a metal grate set into the ground, possibly serving as an access point to underground utilities like plumbing or electrical wiring. The overall impression is of hardship and modest living conditions during that era.
In terms of context provided in the text snippet, this image likely represents housing for African Americans (indicated by 'es' which could [...]")
Task & Purpose: Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie ‘Glory’ erased from Pentagon website. “A Black soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor at the Civil War battle retold as the finale of the 1989 movie ‘Glory’ has been scrubbed from a Pentagon website, with an article on the soldier labeled as ‘DEI’ in the now-broken web link.”
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PetaPixel: Students Preserve Las Vegas Photographer’s Archive. “A group of University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) students have painstakingly preserved a photographer’s archive by digitizing it and making it available online to anyone. Six students worked on the project over the course of two to preserve the work of Clinton Wright, a press photographer who documented Black life in the […]
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Cotton camp near Exeter, California. The woman is a native of California
#Cotton #Exeter #California #anAfrican #American #theGreatDepression #AfricanAmericans #DorotheaLange #TheDepressionera #America #Lange #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
![A black and white photograph depicting rural life, specifically focusing on an African American woman. She is seen sitting in a small cart or wagon parked beside tents draped with tarps, indicating temporary accommodation possibly during migration or displacement of laborers.
The setting appears to be dusty with scattered debris around the area, suggesting it might have been taken under adverse weather conditions where dust storms were frequent. The trees and sparse vegetation suggest an arid climate which is consistent with rural areas in regions like California's agricultural belt.
In this scene, there are also a few objects such as barrels possibly used for storage or transportation of goods during migrations typical to the era when black-and-white photography was prevalent.
The woman is dressed modestly; she wears long sleeves and skirt indicative of practicality. The photograph exudes an air of hardship but resilience often seen in depictions from historical photographs documenting social conditions during significant events like the Great Depression, where many African Americans were part of migratory labor forces moving across states to find work.
The image captures a moment frozen in time that serves as both visual testimony and artistic expression about life at the periphery of society's mainstream. It is poignant yet devoid of any explicit narrative or captions offering context for this particular instance [...]](https://mastodon.ozioso.online/system/media_attachments/files/114/094/057/166/221/690/original/db5cdeca4c537535.jpeg "A black and white photograph depicting rural life, specifically focusing on an African American woman. She is seen sitting in a small cart or wagon parked beside tents draped with tarps, indicating temporary accommodation possibly during migration or displacement of laborers.
The setting appears to be dusty with scattered debris around the area, suggesting it might have been taken under adverse weather conditions where dust storms were frequent. The trees and sparse vegetation suggest an arid climate which is consistent with rural areas in regions like California's agricultural belt.
In this scene, there are also a few objects such as barrels possibly used for storage or transportation of goods during migrations typical to the era when black-and-white photography was prevalent.
The woman is dressed modestly; she wears long sleeves and skirt indicative of practicality. The photograph exudes an air of hardship but resilience often seen in depictions from historical photographs documenting social conditions during significant events like the Great Depression, where many African Americans were part of migratory labor forces moving across states to find work.
The image captures a moment frozen in time that serves as both visual testimony and artistic expression about life at the periphery of society's mainstream. It is poignant yet devoid of any explicit narrative or captions offering context for this particular instance [...]")
Black farmers using organic growing methods is a cultural tradition maintained in #agriculture.
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#organic #farmers #AfricanAmericans
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Old time living on cotton patch near Vicksburg, Mississippi
#Vicksburg #Mississippi #AfricanAmerican #AfricanAmericans #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
“There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time.”
― Malcolm X
2-19-1862, Confederates released 2,000 Union POWs, but later exchanges broke down because Confederates refused to include captured #africanamericans
Our columnist considers Black history in an era of erasure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/02/17/voices/black-history-month-kendrick-lamar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #voices #race #kendricklamar #superbowl #africanamericans
The Japan Times · The boundaries between ‘us’ and ‘them’: Kendrick Lamar, Black History Month and a racialized world
Signal Akron: Photo archive of Akron’s historic Black community to be digitized at University of Akron. “Thousands of photographs from 1897 to 1978 that document Black people in the Rubber City will be digitized at the University of Akron. The work will digitize the photographs of Horace and Evelyn Stewart, a husband and wife who owned Stewart’s Photo Studio at 11 1/2 N. Howard St.”
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You Can't Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads by Brad Snyder, 2024
The story of a young, Black Communist Party organizer wrongly convicted of attempting to incite insurrection and the landmark case that made him a civil rights hero.
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#nonfiction
#AfricanAmericans
#biography
#CivilRights
the theme for black hisotry month 2025 is African Americans and labor
#laborhistory #africanamericans
Capital B News: HillmanTok Is Bringing Black Academia to the Masses on TikTok. “Call it a Freedom School for the social media age. Hundreds of Black professors are making their classes available to the public for free on TikTok. Just as their analog predecessors sought to teach African American children through an informal network of Black-led classrooms beginning in the 1960s, this digital […]
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A plantation store near Clarksville, Mississippi
#Clarksville #Mississippi #AfricanAmericans #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
Wife of tractor driver on the Aldridge Plantation. Mississippi
#Mississippi #DorotheaLanges #AfricanAmericans #Lange #American #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
Liberals’ temporary political disengagement reflects a period of rest and renewal, preparing them for future resistance against a potential second Trump administration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/12/27/world/temporarily-disconnected-from-politics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #democrats #republicans #donaldtrump #kamalaharris #2024uspresidentialelection #africanamericans
The Japan Times · Temporarily disconnected from politics? Feel no guilt about it.
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Texas Barbeque -
It ain't just from #Texas.
#NativeAmericans, #immigrants, and #AfricanAmericans have all added their talent & creativity to create the #multicultural phenomenon we now call #Texas #Barbeque.
#Diversity - it's a beautiful thing...
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Peter Westbrook, an Olympian inspired by a 1950s television swashbuckler and by his mother’s clever bribery and who in 1984 became the first African American and Asian American to win a medal in fencing at the Summer Games, died at age 72. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/12/02/fencer-peter-westbrook-dies-72/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #peterwestbrook #arthurashe #race #olympics #japaneseamericans #africanamericans
The Japan Times · Trailblazing Olympic fencer Peter Westbrook dies at 72
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By the time of his death on Nov 3 at 91 at his home in Los Angeles, #QuincyJones had become a renaissance impresario of #music, #film & #TV, catapulting the careers of Oprah Winfrey & Will Smith & smashing barriers for other #AfricanAmericans.
Jones’s 6-decade career was nothing short of Zelig-like. He brimmed w/anecdotes about his encounters w/figures from Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl to Sinatra to the rap star Tupac Shakur, who was engaged to one of Jones’s daughters before his murder.