Other America. 3

2 Negro sisters in the 1950's. picture donated by the Earl McCann Collection.

copyright Waheed Photo Archive !!!!

4 Black folks in Harlem, 1970's, fly as shit!

Remember those times?



curlers women once wore ...

"Those curlers. I forgot about the mood those curlers lent to women who dared be seen outside their homes in those days. Sometimes women made them sexy and demanded something within a lot of men imagine what could be, or could happen..." - Gregory E. Woods (5.23.15)


 

the Natural

From the 1970's Sylvia McFarland

Sylvia McFarland

The Empowered Woman 
by Sonny Carroll


The Empowered Woman, she moves through the world
with a sense of confidence and grace. 
Her once reckless spirit now tempered by wisdom. 
Quietly, yet firmly, she speaks her truth without doubt or hesitation 
and the life she leads is of her own creation.
She now understands what it means to live and let live. 
How much to ask for herself and how much to give. 
She has a strong, yet generous heart 
and the inner beauty she emanates truly sets her apart. 
Like the mythical Phoenix, 
she has risen from the ashes and soared to a new plane of existence, 
unfettered by the things that once that posed such resistance.


Her senses now heightened, she sees everything so clearly. 
She hears the wind rustling through the trees; 
beckoning her to live the dreams she holds so dearly. 
She feels the softness of her hands 
and muses at the strength that they possess. 
Her needs and desires she has learned to express. 
She has tasted the bitter and savored the sweet fruits of life, 
overcome adversity and pushed past heartache and strife.


And the one thing she never understood, 
she now knows to be true, 
it all begins and ends with you.

naked & beautiful Scarlett May 

naked & natural beauty of Angela's body 2

Power to the Pussy