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Daubeny’s Water Lily at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden today. 📷 David Cale

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Such a beautiful magazine cover for The New Yorker by Amy Sherald.

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The Radiant Smiles of Nina Simone and James Baldwin. Photo taken in 1965 by Bernard Gotfryd

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“You don’t have to become something you’re not to be better than you were.” - Sidney Poitier, born this day in 1927 Photographed outside the Apollo Theatre, NYC, 1959 by Sam Falk

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“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” - Audre Lorde, born this day in 1934, wearing an Emma Goldman t-shirt that reads “If I can’t dance I don’t want to be part of your revolution”, Berlin, 1984. Photo by Dagmar Schultz

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A beautiful child from any era is always a welcome sight. Walter Rosenblum, Smiling child, 105th Street, New York City, 1952

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“For me people come first…I have tried to assert the dignity and eternal importance of the human being.” - Alice Neel Alice Neel, Jackie Curtis and Rita Redd, 1970

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“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” - Rosa Parks, born this day in 1913. Photo by Eli Reed

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A Meeting of the Sublime. Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, Bop City, NYC, 1947. Photo by William “Popsie” Randolph

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Extraordinary portrait of Fannie Lou Hamer taken in Mississippi in 1971 by Louis Draper.

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“The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dares to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.” - Marian Anderson Beauford Delaney, Marian Anderson, 1965

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Finally, someone with a backbone. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde. Photo by Danielle E. Thomas

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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

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“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo by Steve Schapiro

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Profoundly proud to be a part of Mona Fastvold’s forthcoming film, “Ann Lee”, written by Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet.

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I’m the Moon, You Can’t Capture Me. 📷 David Cale

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Bethesda Fountain reflected in its water, with donated pennies looking like stars, Central Park, NYC 📷 David Cale

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“You know what it takes to be an artist? Hypersensitivity and the will of the devil. To never give up.” - Alice Neel Alice Neel, Faith Ringgold, 1977 oil on canvas

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Thankfully it’s finally raining in New York, which was so needed. To celebrate, one of Saul Leiter’s wonderful photos where he turns a rainy day in New York City into a work of art. Saul Leiter, Walk with Soames, 1958 chromogenic print

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Hello, there. Helen Levitt, New York City, 1942

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