Marsai Martin for Essence Girls United Digital Issue (2020)
Emmett Louis Till was born on July 25, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois, the only child of Louis and Mamie Till
Yara Shahidi for ELLE Magazine (US) August 2020 Digital Issue
“Not a lot of narratives are also invested in our humanity. They’re invested in the idea of what it means to be Black, but…it’s catering to the white audience. The white audience at the most can sit and get an academic lesson into how we are. Then they leave the movie theater and they talk about what it meant. They’re not moved by who we were.” Viola Davis for Vanity Fair Magazine July/August 2020
“I’m at the intersection of marginalised communities, I don’t have a choice but to fight for myself. My existence is at the mercy of the thoughts and opinions people have of me. My rights are compromised because I don’t experience gender in a uniform way.” - Indya Moore for Ralph’s Lauren’s Pride Campaign in British Vogue (2020)
Jonathan Majors for “Interview Magazine” (2020). Photographed by Stammtisch.604
PETITIONS TO SIGN‼️
if you can’t take direct action but still want to support the black lives matter movement, here are some petitions to help you do so:
- Justice for George Floyd
- Color of Change: #JusticeforBre: Police officers who killed Breonna Taylor must be FIRED
- Justice for Breonna Taylor
- Julius Jones is innocent. Don’t let him be executed by the state of Oklahoma.
- Hands Up Act
- Justice for Ahmaud Arbery
- Justice for Tony McDade
- Justice for Belly Mujinga
- Willie Simmons has served 38 years for a $9 robbery.
- Abolish Prison Labor in the USA
- We Demand Justice for Sheku Bayoh, We Demand to Know the TRUTH.
- Wis. Teen Face Life in Prison for Killing Man Who Allegedly Raped Her and Sold Her for Sex
- NATIONAL ACTION AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY! PROSECUTE POLICE WHO MURDERED UNARMED INDIVIDUALS!
- Justice for Amari Boone
- Justice for Tamir Rice
- Justice for Crystal Mason
- Justice for Amiya Braxton
- Justice for Sean
- Justice for Rashad Cunningham
- Justice for Elijah Nichols
- Justice for Andile Mchunu (Bobo)
- Dismiss the charges on Marchae Jones and charge the one who shot her and her unborn baby
- Justice for Emerald Black
- Justice for Shukri Abdi
“I’m speaking to you from my heart. Look, I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this, but fuck that. Today is about innocent people who were halfway through their process, we don’t know what George Floyd could have achieved, we don’t know what Sandra Bland could have achieved, but today we’re going to make sure that won’t be an alien thought to our young ones. Every black person in here remembered when another person reminded you that you were black. So none of you out there, all those protesters on the other side, protesting against what we want to do, protesting against what we want to try and achieve, burn you, this is so vital. I need you to understand how painful this shit is. I need you to understand how painful it is to be reminded every day that your race means nothing and that isn’t the case anymore, that was never the case anymore.” John Boyega at The Black Lives Matter protest in Hyde Park June 3rd 2020
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Mary J. Blige, Viola Davis, Angela Bassett, Taraji P. Henson, and Halle Berry for NYT Style Magazine (2020)
TARAJI P. HENSON, MARY J. BLIGE, ANGELA BASSETT, LYNN WHITFIELD, HALLE BERRY, and KIMBERLY ELISE photographed at Line 204 Studios in Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2020 for NY Time Style Magazine
Regina Hall visits at Build Studio on March 12, 2020 in New York City
Simone Missick attends the Better Brothers Los Angeles' 6th annual Truth Awards at Taglyan Complex on March 07, 2020 in Los Angeles, California
Angelica Ross attends the Better Brothers Los Angeles 6th annual Truth Awards at Taglyan Complex on March 07, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Ryan Michelle Bathe attends The Diaspora Dialogues' 3rd Annual International Women Of Power Luncheon at Arbat Banquet Hall on March 07, 2020 in Burbank, California
Cree Summer attends The Diaspora Dialogues' 3rd Annual International Women Of Power Luncheon at Arbat Banquet Hall on March 07, 2020 in Burbank, California.
Logan Browning and Camille Winbush attend the National Women's History Museum's 8th Annual Women Making History Awardsat Skirball Cultural Center on March 08, 2020 in Los Angeles, California
Angela Bassett attends the Elie Saab show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on February 29, 2020 in Paris, France