Pickin' cotton in Georgia.
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"......On Tuesday, July 30, 2008, the U.S. House of Representatives issued an unprecedented apology to black Americans for the institution of slavery, and the subsequent Jim Crows laws that for years discriminated against blacks as second-class citizens in American society......" NPR
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93059465&am...
Okinawa_Soba has a lot original images of the descendants of slaves in America, as well as several showing actual slaves who were "freed" during the America's Civil War.
To match these images, he also has a box of 19th Century and early 20th Century images of "Black Africa", showing the tribes, roots, and culture that is now a universe away from the modern day existence of "African Americans".
Behind the faces of these few images I'm posting here, are lives and experiences that most White people in America will never understand -- either then, or now.
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hisui (jade green), Stephen Bess, and 13 other people added this photo to their favorites.
© noborders 44 months ago | reply
I want to look at this one, again and again...
caroline.crew 34 months ago | reply
Hello, I hope you don't mind, but I've used your wonderful image to illustrate a blog post I've written:
wp.me/pVklI-cD
Of course, i've given full attribution and linked to your flickr
thanks,
Caroline
Okinawa Soba 34 months ago | reply
You may use all you want ! Thanks for the credit/link.
sctatepdx 17 months ago | reply
Geez, this is sad. Look at the size of those baskets!
meganmiso 3 months ago | reply
What is the year on this photo?
Okinawa Soba 3 months ago | reply