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“Individuals do not create rebellions; conditions do,” H. Rap Brown #blackhistory #blackactivist #panafrican #hrapbrown #decolonize by @dontsleepint

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10 months ago

“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.”
Assata Shakur
#assatashakur #blackhistory #blackactivist #panafrican #dontsleepint #thelastpoets #decolonize by @dontsleepint

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10 months ago

I find myself returning to the origins of H. Rap Brown—how a boy shaped by family, neighborhood, and the pulse of his community grew into a voice too clear, too fearless, to ever be ignored. His fire didn’t emerge from nowhere; it was carved from experience, sharpened by truth.

In the November 23, 1967 issue of The Black Panther, he appears as Chairman of SNCC-steady, unwavering, and speaking with the kind of conviction that still echoes.

H. Rap Brown remains innocent of the charges brought against him, standing by his TRUTH.

Honoring Imam Jamil Al-Amin.
Born October 4, 1943 - Transitioned November 23, 2025. #hrapbrown #jamilalamin #rapbrown #blackhistory #blackactivist #blackicons #panafrican #blackpower #blackpantherparty #dontsleepinteriors by @dontsleepint

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a year ago

“He who feeds you, controls you.”
Thomas Sankara’s warning meets Frantz Fanon’s truth:
colonialism is violence in its purest form a system that only yields when confronted and dismantled.

Inspired by the bold visual language of African barbershop signs, this DSI poster pairs Sankara’s words
with Fanon’s analysis to remind us:

Decolonization begins in the mind, the home, and the spaces we claim.

Explore this poster and more from the DSI collection at www.dontsleepinteriors.com
Avallable now.

#DontSleepInteriors #ThomasSankara #FrantzFanon #ConcerningViolence #decolonial
#BlackRadicalTradition #RevolutionaryArt #PanAfricanThought #AfricanDiasporaArt #SpaceAsResistance #africanbarber
#ArtAsLiberation #CulturalResistance #Radicallmagination #BlackLiberation by @dontsleepint

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a year ago

“He who feeds you, controls you.”
Thomas Sankara’s warning meets Frantz Fanon’s truth:
colonialism is violence in its purest form a system that only yields when confronted and dismantled.

This DSI piece and the excerpt from “Concerning Violence” remind us:

Decolonization begins in the mind, the home, and the spaces we claim.

Explore this poster and more at dontsleepinteriors.com Avallable now.

#DontSleepInteriors #ThomasSankara #FrantzFanon #ConcerningViolence #DecolonialDesign
#BlackRadicalTradition #RevolutionaryArt #PanAfricanThought #AfricanDiasporaArt #SpaceAsResistance
#ArtAsLiberation #CulturalResistance #Radicallmagination #BlackLiberation by @dontsleepint

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a year ago

Assata Shakur stood unbent in the face of an empire built on Native genocide and African enslavement. Her passing reminds us: resistance is the highest form of honor and a revolutionary spirit is eternal. Rest in Peace & Power! #assatashakur #freecongo #freesudan #freepalestine by @dontsleepint

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a year ago

The African proverb “If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars?” has multiple meanings, but it generally conveys the idea of going to places where you are celebrated and loved, rather than where you are ignored. I’m so late posting this but we are so thrilled to have had our wall prints featured in Hell’s Kitchen star Maleah Joi Moon’s dressing room! Maleah won her first Tony award in June for Leading Actress in a Musical. We are so proud of her and we pray for her continued success.
Shop our wall prints.
Etsy shop link in bio.
@dontsleepint
#hellskitchen #aliciakeys #maleahjoimoon #dontsleepinteriors #kifwebemask #africanbarbershopsign by @dontsleepint

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2 years ago

The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I create it. -#jamesbaldwin
Happy Birthday Uncle Jimmy! by @dontsleepint

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2 years ago

“He who feeds you, controls you.” DECOLONIZE!
-Thomas Sankara Poster link in @dontsleepint bio. #burkinafaso🇧🇫 #homedecor #holidays #afrobohemian #afrobeats #thomassankara #panafricanism #freecongo by @dontsleepint

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3 years ago

Our double-sided Historic Black Press pillows feature Black owned and operated newspapers Pre and Post-Civil War. The Negro World was the newspaper of Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA). Founded by Garvey and Amy Ashwood Garvey, the newspaper was published weekly in Harlem, New York, and distributed internationally to the UNIA’s chapters in more than forty countries. Shop pillow @dontsleepint in bio link.

Front of pillow:

The Hist. Black Press Est.1827
The Negro World
A Newspaper Devoted Solely to the Interests of the Negro Race
New York, Saturday, August 17, 1918

MARCUS GARVEY, Founder, Editor & Publisher in 1918

Notable Editors:
HUBERT H. HARRISON, W. A. DOMINGO, JOHN E. BRUCE, WILLIAM H. FERRIS,
T. THOMAS FORTUNE & AMY JACQUES GARVEY

Back of Pillow:

Page from The Negro World [New York], Vol. XX, No.25, July 31, 1926
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS OF NEGRO PEOPLES OF THE WORLD #blackhistory #afrodiaspora #marcusgarvey #unia #decolonize #panafrican #blackhomedecor #afrobohemian #homedecor #afrobeats #fela #blackpress #blacknewspapers #harlem #redblackgreen #amygarvey #dontsleep #jamaica by @dontsleepint

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3 years ago

IN ESSENCE, PAN-AFRICANISM IS ABOUT THE RESTORATION OF AFRICAN PEOPLE TO THEIR PROPER PLACE IN WORLD HISTORY. HOWEVER, THE OBJECTIVE OF PAN-AFRICANISM IS NOT ONLY THE RESTORATION OF LAND AND NATIONHOOD; IT ALSO AIMS AT RESTORING RESPECT. ANY THOUGHT OR ACTION ON THE PART OF AN AFRICAN PERSON TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THEIR CONCEPT OF CULTURE, HISTORY AND POLITICS, AND TO DEFEND THEIR RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION, IS AN ASPECT OF PAN-AFRICANISM. THE ACTION AND THOUGHT PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH PAN-AFRICANISM DATE BACK TO THE 18TH CENTURY.
#johnhenrikclarke Our Pan-African Movements poster highlights pre & post WWI and WWII Pan-African movements and key figures such as #henrysylvesterwilliams , #alicekinloch , Bishop Alexander Walters, #marcusgarvey , #webdubois #kwamenkrumah , #jomokenyatta , #amyashwoodgarvey , #clrjames , #georgepadmore , Chris Jones, #rasmakonnen #itawallacejohnson Dr. Peter Milliard and #hastingsbanda Our featured movements include: The African Association | 1897| London The Pan-African Conference | 1900 | London

The Universal Negro Improvement Association | 1914 | Kingston, Jamaica

The 1st Pan-African Congress | 1919 | Paris

The 2nd Pan-African Congress | 1921 | London, Brussels, Paris

The 3rd Pan-African Congress | 1923 | London & Lisbon

The 4th Pan-African Congress | 1927 | New York
The International African Friends of Abyssinia | 1935 | London

The International African Service Bureau | 1937 | London

The Pan-African Federation | 1944 | Manchester

The 5th Pan-African Congress | 1945 | Manchester Shop poster link in @dontsleepint bio. #blackhistory #panafrican #panafricancongress #panafricanconference #trinidad #jamaica #africandiaspora by @dontsleepint

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3 years ago

“One of the great myths in human history is the myth of the invader as civilizer and conqueror.” - Dr. John Henrik Clarke

Our NEW Pan-African History poster features a quote from Dr. John Henrik Clarke, an african-american historian, writer, professor and pioneer in the creation of Pan-African and Africana studies. Shop poster on Etsy in bio link.
#johnhenrikclarke #panafrican #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #therescomfortinconsciousness #dontsleepinteriors #africandiaspora #afrobohemian #blackcommunity #freecongo #free 🍉🍉🍉 #freesudan #decolonize #indigenouspeople by @dontsleepint

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