black history
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Naomi Sims (1948-2009)
Naomi Sims, model, author and entrepreneur, died Saturday at age 61. Read more
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Tracy Reese
Tracy Reese was born in Detroit, went to Parsons School of Design with Marc Jacobs, and worked for Perry Ellis and The Limited (among other companies) before striking out with the brand that carries her name today. She is one of only a few African American women who has true control of her label. I’ve Read more
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Gwendolyn Brooks
kitchenette building (1945) We are things of dry hours and the involuntary plan, Grayed in, and gray. “Dream” makes a giddy sound, not strong Like “rent,” “feeding a wife,” “satisfying a man.” But could a dream send up through onion fumes Its white and violet, fight with fried potatoes and yesterday’s garbage ripening in the Read more
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Jayne Cortez
And if we don’t fight if we don’t resist if we don’t organize and unify and get the power to control our own lives Then we will wear the exaggerated look of captivity the stylized look of submission the bizarre look of suicide the dehumanized look of fear and the decomposed look of repression forever Read more
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