Photos of 1890s-1910s African American life

[GiGi]

 

[GiGi]

 

[GiGi]

 

[GiGi]

 

[cole phelps]

bump

 

[cole phelps]

 

[Heafcliffe]

The Perfect Posture on these Queens!

 

[IllmaticDelta]

I wonder how nikkas talked back then.

The same range as now

from the music I listened to from this era seemed liked they talked a little more proper.

Nah. They talked in the same range as now but with southern dialects being thicker and more regionally distinct. These Bluesmen were all born in the 1880-1890's

Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959)

Charley Patton 1891-1934

Sam Chatmon (January 10, 1897 - February 2, 1983)

 

[Big Boda]

and here it is 201damnteen4 and they've kept black people in america all these years. Telling us "love it or leave it" as if they've equipped us to pick up and leave to another country. I'm just sayin.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

dope pictures but these times look boring as hell

Those times are the early Ragtime, Blues and Jazz eras

James Hubert Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983),

Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931)

(his band circa 1895-1905)

 

[Lord Piffington]

Beautiful pics but it feels strange knowing all those ppl are dead now

 

[theworldismine13]

subs

 

[*Angel*]

That excellence tho.

Whites haven't let us reach this status since then either. Just plain jealousy.

 

[*Angel*]

They had it rough, but look how classy they kept it

And it radiates in every photo. Im literally overwhelmed with pride and admiration, knowing they were in worse times and beamed with intelligence, class, strength and peace.

I love my people.


And a bigto the Black Wall street bruthas and sistas. They did the dayum thang. These pics make want to become a disintegration radical. My people really need to get back to having their own as a community.

 

[IllmaticDelta]