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[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Eartha Kitt talks about love and compromise, 1982.

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: Nolan Wells, we speak your name! 🕯🕊🕯

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Rest well king. This ain’t done. 👑🖤✨

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

The Lindy Hop scene in Hellzapoppin' (1941) in full color.

-History Of The Lindy Hop Dance-

On May 21st 1927 the Lindy Hop dance was publicly introduced to the world. The Lindy hop is an African American dance which was born in Harlem, New York City.

On that date, the Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis airplane completed the first transatlantic flight by air, the Newspaper reported “Lindy Hops the Atlantic” and the dance style adopted the headline. The dance has evolved since then with the jazz music of that time and was very popular during the swing era of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Lindy was a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were during its development but is mainly based on jazz, tap, breakaway, and Charleston.

It is frequently described as a jazz dance and is a member of the swing dance family. In its development, the Lindy hop combined elements of both partnered and solo dancing by using the movements and improvisation of African dances along with the formal eight-count structure of European partner dances most clearly illustrated in the Lindy's basic step, the swing-out. In this step's open position, dancers generally connected hand-to-hand; in its closed position, leads and follows are connected as though in an embrace on one side and holding hands on the other.

Lindy hop is sometimes referred to as a street dance, referring to its improvisational and social nature. On March 27, 1932, twelve-year-old Norma Miller did the Lindy hop outside the Savoy Ballroom with her friends for tips. In 1935, 15,000 people danced on Bradhurst Avenue for the second of a dance series held by the Parks Department. Between 147th and 148th street, Harlem "threw itself into the Lindy hop with abandon" as Sugar Hill residents watched from the bluffs along Edgecombe Avenue. There was renewed interest in the dance in the 1980s from American, Swedish, and British dancers and the Lindy hop is now represented by dancers and loosely affiliated grass-roots organizations globally.

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163 missing kids rescued in Florida.
3 white men arrested. 🤦🏾‍♂️🙏🏾

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Michelle Obama with her daughters, Malia and Sasha 🤍

[THE LAST DRAGON TRIBUTE @thelastglow]

Remembering Julius Carry, whose unforgettable performance as Sho’nuff continues to entertain generations of fans. Thank you for bringing us the greatest movie of all time, The Last Dragon.

Rest in power. March 12, 1952 – August 19, 2008.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Grace Jones at Studio 54 (1981)

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Teyana Taylor and Ciara. ♥️

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You know a dentist can cure your teeth?

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I can’t remember a day without MAGA embarrassing themselves in one form or another.

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@wsbtv Baby”Zika”!👀

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BREAKING: The Trump admin announces that all green card applicants must leave the country indefinitely, regardless of whether they are in the U.S. legally or have spouses or children who are citizens, per NY Post.

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COSTCO is warning that they are seeing significant changes in customer's buying habits. Less beef, more chicken, tuna,store brands. They say this is a signal of severe economic stress that they haven't seen since 2007.

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[Anthony Bradley @drantbradley]

This is a part of black middle-class culture that is invisible to progressives and conservatives alike. They’ve probably never heard of Jack and Jill.

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

BREAKING: The United Arab Emirates has announced it will withdraw from OPEC after more than 50 years, with the move set to take effect May 1.

The decision would allow the UAE to boost oil production without OPEC quota limits — a major shift that could impact global oil prices.

The move is also being viewed by some as a potential win for President Trump, who has repeatedly accused OPEC of inflating prices and “ripping off the rest of the world.”

[R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts]

🚨#BREAKING: The Pentagon has announced that they are expected to begin declassifying records related to UFOs and potential extraterrestrial life through a dedicated domain aliens . gov following the direction from President Donald Trump.