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    Rare Photos of Black Rosie the Riveters

    During World War II, 600,000 African-American women entered the wartime workforce. Previously, black women’s work in the United States was largely limited to domestic service and agricultural work, and wartime industries meant new and better-paying opportunities – if they made it through the hiring process, that is. White women were the targets of the U.S. government’s propaganda efforts, as embodied in the lasting and lauded image of Rosie the Riveter.Though largely ignored in America’s popular history of World War II, black women’s important contributions in World War II factories, which weren’t always so welcoming, are stunningly captured in these comparably rare snapshots of black Rosie the Riveters.

    livinginthequestion

    Reblogging because I’ve never seen these before, and I bet a lot of people haven’t. 

    beowulf22121

    My great grandma was a bomb builder in Cleveland. There’s a restaurant in the city, near the airport, called 101st Bombardiers (I think) that we went to after her funeral. We got into a conversation with the owner about how she specifically wanted us all to go there, and the owner called up the previous owner, her mother, who showed up and told us tales about my grandmother from back when they worked together. I don’t know if there were any women of color they worked with, but knowing my grandmother they would have been fast friends.

    hustleinatrap

    Black women who slay the white media game

    Amandla Stenberg- 17. Activist, actress. Too perfect for this world.

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    Chloe X Halle - 17 & 16. Incredibly talented singing/songwriting sister duo. Recently signed by Beyoncé.

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    Quvenzhané Wallis - 12. An EXTREMELY gifted actress. Already an Oscar and Golden Globe nominee. Adorable.

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    Zendaya - 19. Singer/actress/dancer Doing great things with her platform. Lives unapologetically, slays consistently

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    Kiersey Clemons - 22. Actress. Probably know her as Diggy from Dope. An angel.

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    Zoë Kravitz - 27. Actress, singer, model. All around perfect human being.

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    Yara Shahidi - 16. Actress (currently plays Zoey on Blackish). A ray of sunshine.

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    #BlackGirlsMagic

    I am black and I am proud

    zaynsblackgf

    Issa Rae - 31. Stanford graduate that created the hit youtube series “The Awkward Black Girl”

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    Danai Gurira - 38. Playwright and actress who literally slays for a living

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    Michelle Obama - 52. The First Fucking Lady and my actual mom

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    Uzo Aduba - 35. Ridiculously talented actress

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    Naomi Campbell - 45. An actual unstoppable force of nature

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    Gabourey Sidibe - 33. A beauty queen

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    Normani Kordei - 31. My wife and the backbone of Fifth Harmony

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    #BlackGirlsMagic

    I am black and I am proud

    may-born

    I was looking for darker skinned black women, thank you!!

    futureblackpolitician

    Thank you for adding that. The list was looking a little light

    agent-rhodes

    ^^^ Same thought

    thisisevak

    Normani is 31???? HOW SWAY??

    regular-biitch

    WHO THE FUCK SAID NORMANY WAS 31 ? HOW ?? we need receipt ASAP

    desbreaux

    Normani is 19

    hustleinatrap

    Black women who slay the white media game

    Amandla Stenberg- 17. Activist, actress. Too perfect for this world.

    image

    Chloe X Halle - 17 & 16. Incredibly talented singing/songwriting sister duo. Recently signed by Beyoncé.

    image

    Quvenzhané Wallis - 12. An EXTREMELY gifted actress. Already an Oscar and Golden Globe nominee. Adorable.

    image

    Zendaya - 19. Singer/actress/dancer Doing great things with her platform. Lives unapologetically, slays consistently

    image

    Kiersey Clemons - 22. Actress. Probably know her as Diggy from Dope. An angel.

    image

    Zoë Kravitz - 27. Actress, singer, model. All around perfect human being.

    image

    Yara Shahidi - 16. Actress (currently plays Zoey on Blackish). A ray of sunshine.

    image

    #BlackGirlsMagic

    I am black and I am proud

    zaynsblackgf

    Issa Rae - 31. Stanford graduate that created the hit youtube series “The Awkward Black Girl”

    image

    Danai Gurira - 38. Playwright and actress who literally slays for a living

    image

    Michelle Obama - 52. The First Fucking Lady and my actual mom

    image

    Uzo Aduba - 35. Ridiculously talented actress

    image

    Naomi Campbell - 45. An actual unstoppable force of nature

    image

    Gabourey Sidibe - 33. A beauty queen

    image

    Normani Kordei - 31. My wife and the backbone of Fifth Harmony

    image

    #BlackGirlsMagic

    I am black and I am proud

    may-born

    I was looking for darker skinned black women, thank you!!

    futureblackpolitician

    Thank you for adding that. The list was looking a little light

    agent-rhodes

    ^^^ Same thought

    thisisevak

    Normani is 31???? HOW SWAY??

    regular-biitch

    WHO THE FUCK SAID NORMANY WAS 31 ? HOW ?? we need receipt ASAP

    desbreaux

    Normani is 19