haitianphoenixrising:

“If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough.”

-Miles Davis

burndownthekitchen:

PLEASE REPOST- my friend Joey hasn’t been heard from since last night.  Please spread this around.  He’s a wonderful person and a lot of people are missing him right now.  He lives in west Philly and is active on tumblr, facebook and other social media sites but hasn’t updated since yesterday.

Joey Ross is a local Philly kid who goes to shows frequently and I’m sure some of you know personally. He’s been missing since yesterday. If you hear from him or know someone who has, please call either number listed below.

267-252-4447 or 856-577-4719

soulbrotherv2:

1974 photo of Southside Chicago by John H. White.

soulbrotherv2:

The black king.

magictransistor:

Dizzy Gillespie. Photographed by Herman Leonard, Royal Roost, NYC, 1948.

soulbrotherv2:

USC Students Allege Racial Profiling By LAPD
by SHEREEN MARISOL MERAJI

The Los Angeles Police Department is under scrutiny again. This time it’s for sending almost 80 officers to break up a college house party. Most of the partygoers were African-American students from the University of Southern California.

USC senior Nate Howard organized the party that was shut down by the police. At a protest on campus Monday he condemned the response.

“Seventy-plus officers?” he said. “What else was going on at that time in the community that you needed to be at a party of students getting ready to graduate?” [Continue reading and lister to NPR report.]

danmeth:

The Barbers from “Coming To America”  
Now available as a print or poster. 
Or postcard! To send to your friend in Queens or Zamunda  

nigerianostalgia:

A form IV (SS1/10th grade) student of FGC Sokoto posing near the principal’s Office (1975).
Vintage Nigerian photos

nickdrake:

Stevie Wonder.