Art is a powerful way to tell a story. My artwork tells the story of a people who rise up from things that try to hold them down. They are made of great things.
This artwork is available on essential items. There are several patterns that have a deeper meaning. The purple circles remind us of God’s word that He knows the plans He has for us. We are different sizes ad different shades, but all with a purpose.
In the spirit of this month’s affirmation, faith, the shirt shows what it looks like.
A true element of faith is how women of God stick together.
You can purchase this shirt or tote at: Jesus Girls Stick Together
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In 1786 the Governor of the French Colonies in North America signed a law that created a slave class of people. It determined how they could dress and wear their hair. They always had to dress in lower class, less beautiful clothes.
In the British Colonies there were slave codes that required slaves clothing be made from a cheap rough cloth. This cloth was usually blue which made it more of a slave uniform.
Slaves were forbidden from wearing hand me downs from their masters. If local law enforcement caught them in hand me downs, they could take the clothes for themselves.
The irony is that many of the slaves made their masters clothes which they could not wear.
Zelda Wynn Valdes, born in 1905, decided to be a fashion designer but discovered she could work in some great fashion houses, but they only allowed her to be a seamstress. They would steal her designs and put their names on the label.
Valdes opened her own fashion house on Broadway in New York City. She created designs for Dorothy Dandridge, Josephine Baker and Mae West. She designed for many people.
As a child I often wondered why my people made such a show out of their Sunday best. Because when it comes to clothes there is no wrong color or cut. As I have learned, deciding how you cloth yourself is a big deal.
They worked very hard in those old boots just so they could purchase that big hat for Sunday service.
Yet whether they were in the boots or the hat, they came to a point where they could decide how they were clothed.
The Affirmation this month is FAITH. A true element of faith is how women of God stick together.
You can purchase this shirt or tote at: Jesus Girls Stick Together
or tote Totes
Although history has tried to erase them, these women are written on the souls of black women and we know how to wear them.
She refused to be what they demanded she be. She decided to take some friends with her.
After leading many people to freedom through the underground railroad over 8 years, Araminta Ross, joined the women’s suffrage movement. Later in life she cared for the elderly and evenly established the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged in 1896 on land near her home.
She would hold a mirror up so they could face their hypocrisy.
Freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, Ida B Wells grew up to become an investigative journalist who brought notice to lynchings, discrimination and sexism in the United States. She also spoke and wrote about them to the point it caused conflict with many of the white suffrage organizers because she called them on their silence to racist behavior. She was associated with the founding of the NAACP and National Association of Colored Women’s Club.
She wanted to capture the history and soul of a people.
The lives of African Americans in the southern part of the United States was documented by Zora Neale Hurston. She lived through the Harlem Renaissance writing novels, short stories, plays and essays. She interviewed the last known person captured by slavers and brought to the US on a slave ship, Cudjoe Lewis.
They wanted to put their name of her work. She knew better than that.
Fashion houses saw her as a seamstress, but she opened her own shop and created high fashion for the up and coming in Harlem. Her clients ranged from Nat King Cole’s wife, Eartha Kitt, Mae West, Josephine Baker, and more. Zelda Wynn Valdes also created one of the first outfits for the Playboy Bunny.
Marcus Garvey taught them to love their hair and features the way God had given them.
Black is Beautiful grew out of a 1950s movement in New York City when men from the AJASS society started holding fashion shows for African American women who wore their hair natural. It promoted beauty to another standard.
Art is a powerful way to tell a story.
My artwork tells the story of a people who rise up from things that try to hold them down. They are made of great things.
This artwork is available on essential items. There are several patterns that have a deeper meaning. The purple circles remind us of God’s word that He knows the plans He has for us. We are different sizes ad different shades, but all with a purpose.
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Although history has tried to erase them, these women are written on the souls of black women and we know how to wear them.
She refused to be what they demanded she be. She decided to take some friends with her.
After leading many people to freedom through the underground railroad over 8 years, Araminta Ross, joined the women’s suffrage movement. Later in life she cared for the elderly and evenly established the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged in 1896 on land near her home.
She would hold a mirror up so they could face their hypocrisy.
Freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, Ida B Wells grew up to become an investigative journalist who brought notice to lynchings, discrimination and sexism in the United States. She also spoke and wrote about them to the point it caused conflict with many of the white suffrage organizers because she called them on their silence to racist behavior. She was associated with the founding of the NAACP and National Association of Colored Women’s Club.
She wanted to capture the history and soul of a people.
The lives of African Americans in the southern part of the United States was documented by Zora Neale Hurston. She lived through the Harlem Renaissance writing novels, short stories, plays and essays. She interviewed the last known person captured by slavers and brought to the US on a slave ship, Cudjoe Lewis.
They wanted to put their name of her work. She knew better than that.
Fashion houses saw her as a seamstress, but she opened her own shop and created high fashion for the up and coming in Harlem. Her clients ranged from Nat King Cole’s wife, Eartha Kitt, Mae West, Josephine Baker, and more. Zelda Wynn Valdes also created one of the first outfits for the Playboy Bunny.
Marcus Garvey taught them to love their hair and features the way God had given them.
Black is Beautiful grew out of a 1950s movement in New York City when men from the AJASS society started holding fashion shows for African American women who wore their hair natural. It promoted beauty to another standard.
Although history has tried to erase them, these women are written on the souls of black women and we know how to wear them.
She refused to be what they demanded she be. She decided to take some friends with her.
After leading many people to freedom through the underground railroad over 8 years, Araminta Ross, joined the women’s suffrage movement. Later in life she cared for the elderly and evenly established the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged in 1896 on land near her home.
She would hold a mirror up so they could face their hypocrisy.
Freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, Ida B Wells grew up to become an investigative journalist who brought notice to lynchings, discrimination and sexism in the United States. She also spoke and wrote about them to the point it caused conflict with many of the white suffrage organizers because she called them on their silence to racist behavior. She was associated with the founding of the NAACP and National Association of Colored Women’s Club.
She wanted to capture the history and soul of a people.
The lives of African Americans in the southern part of the United States was documented by Zora Neale Hurston. She lived through the Harlem Renaissance writing novels, short stories, plays and essays. She interviewed the last known person captured by slavers and brought to the US on a slave ship, Cudjoe Lewis.
They wanted to put their name of her work. She knew better than that.
Fashion houses saw her as a seamstress, but she opened her own shop and created high fashion for the up and coming in Harlem. Her clients ranged from Nat King Cole’s wife, Eartha Kitt, Mae West, Josephine Baker, and more. Zelda Wynn Valdes also created one of the first outfits for the Playboy Bunny.
Marcus Garvey taught them to love their hair and features the way God had given them. Black is Beautiful grew out of a 1950s movement in New York City when men from the AJASS society started holding fashion shows for African American women who wore their hair natural. It promoted beauty to another standard.
