Tell me she ain’t killin’ it, and you a damn lie…
My friend* Ms. Davis.
*She ain’t my friend yet, but I am working on it.
I couldn’t compromise on playing quote unquote nigger parts. We’re here to carve a path for others, and if you don’t take challenges you are not going to make it better for those people that are going to come behind you. - Eartha Kitt
Viola Davis and Danai Gurira
So much perfection in one image!
*wipes tear*
black woman excellence
YES GAWD!
My friend* Viola Davis, ladies and gents, y mi pelo is almost there.
(Source: queensafira)
I plan to get this book really soon.
Does anyone have it?
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Classic Plays from the Negro Ensemble Company
edited by Paul Carter Harrison and Gus Edwards
Notable members of The Negro Ensemble Company.
- The women of TNEC. Rosalind Cash (far right), Esther Rolle (3rd from left), Hattie Winston (foreground), Clarice Taylor (far left), and others. February ‘69.
- Hattie Winston.
- Moses Gunn.
- Phylicia Rashad.
- Roxie Roker.
- Clarice Taylor.
- Rosalind Cash.
- Richard Roundtree.
- Al Freeman, Jr.
- Esther Rolle.
THIS is Black history.
Black actors, TAKE NOTE. If you don’t know who these people are, RESEARCH THEM! That’s your homework, lol.
They paved the way for us. Without them and their sacrifices and achievements there would be no space for us to freely create as Black artists.
We stand on their shoulders.
Honor them.
Kerry Washington photographed at Milk Studios in Los Angeles, California on March 20, 2013 for Entertainment Weekly
Kerry Washington in Entertainment Weekly
