Our story is our culture
Our blues fuels our Rhythm
Emotions so heavy it’s soulful
Twangs n slangs “ghetto” till trendy
Mocked while imitated
We are Black. We are Beautiful. We are powerful. So I dedicate this thread to our culture

The Gullah people

Creole people

Dahn Souf aka Down South

Infamous Church Hat culture/ Black Christians

Black Muslim culture
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Nation of Islam - despite Islamic controversy they have led thousands of Black Americans to Islam (w/o them I wouldn’t be Muslim today. Alhamdulillah) & finding purpose.

Swing music/Jazz

Swing Dance

Despite cultural controversy within the Black community of tap dancing; admit it... like just about everything else we ATE this art form

Nina Simone bodies this Billie Holiday cover and captured the pain and anger of the song perfectly.

Part two coming soon...

Blues Music. Arguably the definition of soul, an art form of listening and feeling our story through sound

Rock n Roll You can’t see the full beauty/ picture of the present without understanding and respecting the past

Popular Music aka Pop music is heavily influenced by Black culture as Black artists such as the King himself MJ, Whitney Houston, & Prince etc broke into the genre and arguably practically took over.

HIP HOP. Caribbean influenced and took flight in the 70s it has become an unstoppable force & face of Black culture for better or for worse. Many genres of Hip Hop exist & it was at a point commonly used to “fight the power” and often still is.

Durags. Black hair care and fashion created in the 30s, a fashion statement in the 60s and still thriving through our beautiful Black youths Imagine is w/o them. Why keeping culture alive is important. It’s truly beautiful & worth it.

Grillz. Go back as far as 4500 years. Architects found a man buried in 2500BC Giza w two Gold teeth. A status symbols back then & today as they are expensive pieces.
Popular & varying in style today through hip hop culture. ICY

Don’t even get me started on fashion. If it’s one thing we gone do is SET THE TONE for the next wave of fashion. First they laugh, then they copy n paste.

Black Hair! Always touchy while a symbol of reflection & pride bc America tells us to change & Tame while their children go out and inappropriately & unnecessarily appropriate the look of the so called “un-tamed”.

R&B (Rhythm & Blues or according to “jimmy” in Dreamgirls; “Rough n Black)— No one truly does this one in particular like us. Who are your R&B favs?

Black Kids all around America got they mama waking them up to this song to clean to

Honorable mention because I am IN LOVE w/ 50s rock n roll PIANO WORK. Is it just me or we DID THAT Make you wanna get up and dance all day long. Uncle Richard bes gone head nah.

Whew Chile n y’all know I love a good guitar solo. Here is brother Jimi playing with his MOUTH!! He literally ATE THAT!!

Just proof for those that feel we have no richness/depth in culture & a reminder for ourselves that despite us being taken/sold and stripped of native tongue, culture & religion;we are a beautiful people of resilience & exceed expectations when tried.
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Watermelon is a symbol of pride for our people. Anything otherwise is letting racists set the tone. You don’t have to like the taste but you can respect what it represents: FREEDOM and first Black business.! Racist ytes have always spat on our culture to make us feel inferior.

Country living one more time Bc if it’s one thang Beyonce did is represent southern Black living. Before the great migration all Black people have southern roots as that is ofc where American slavery took place. I’m Mississippi and Arkansas hby?

Do I need to start on voices? THE POWER PACKED SOUL HUNTY. Many have tried and failed to mimic this natural gift

Part two of soulful voices cuz who gone check us Just a scratch of the surface.

HBCU culture. Bringing soul n seasoning to marching bands... Definition of built our seat and built our own table when they didn’t want us in their schools.

These HBCU Majorette ladies did one thing and it was THAT.

Marchers with These Southern Belle Majorettes