revolutionary dads, a thread

pres. thomas sankara and burkinabé first lady mariam sereme with their 2 children, auguste & philippe

fidel with his oldest son fidelito. rest in peace to both of them

congolese prime min. patrice lumumba with pauline opango and their 4 kids, juliana, roland, patrice & françois.

pauline opango lumumba fought for justice for her husband’s murder until the day she died in dec. 2014

left pic: che with daughter hilda, from his first marriage to peruvian communist hilda gadea

right pic: che with his 4 kids ernesto, camilo, aleida & celia, from his second marriage to cuban revolutionary aleida march

salim rubai, anti-colonial fighter & president of the people’s democratic republic of yemen (PDRY), w/ his son ahmad

mao reading to daughter li min in 1949. li min’s mother was he zizhen, a hero of the long march & expert in guerilla warfare

mao with communist actress jiang qing & their daughter li na, mid-1940s

mao with his daughters, li min & li na, and nephew, mao yuanxin, in 1949

left: mao with daughter li na (on his lap) in 1943

right: mao with li na in 1953

malcolm x reading to betty shabazz and 2 of their daughters, attallah & qubilah

betty shabazz & malcolm x with 3 of their daughters: attallah, qubilah, & ilyasah (on muhammad ali’s lap)

left: malcolm holding daughter ilyasah

right: malcolm with daughters qubilah & attallah

lenin with his cats