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After being kidnapped from West Africa and enslaved in Boston, Phillis Wheatley became the first African American and one of the first women to publish a book of poetry, in 1773.
'Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
“Their color is a diabolic die.”
Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain,
May be refin’d, and join th’ angelic train.'
"But how presumptuous shall we hope to find
Divine acceptance with the Almighty mind
While yet o deed ungenerous they disgrace
And hold in bondage Afric: blameless race
Let virtue reign and then accord our prayers
Be victory ours and generous freedom theirs."
Recommended book: amazon.com/Phillis-Wheatl…
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I colorized a photo of Mark Twain shirtless taken in 1883.
According to Open Culture: "The Encyclopedia of Mark Twain gives the impression that the shirtless photo was perhaps taken within a commercial context."
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Marina Amaral
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BILLIE premiered at Telluride Film Festival over the weekend.

This is a project I've been working on alongside New Black Films for almost a year, and now you have the chance to watch a short clip, where 4 of the images I colorized can be seen:

Enjoy!
In the late 1960’s journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie. Over the next decade, she tracked down and tape-recorded interviews with the extraordinary characters that populated the iconic singer’s short, tumultuous life.
Raw, emotional and brutally honest, these incredible testimonies ranged from musical greats like Charles Mingus, Tony Bennett, Sylvia Syms and Count Basie to her cousin, school friends, lovers, lawyers, pimps and even the FBI agents who arrested her.
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Marina Amaral
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New releases in history books:

1. Crusaders by @dgjones
Amazon: tinyurl.com/y5etl9ov

"Never before has the era of the Crusades been depicted in such bright and striking colours, or their story told with such gusto."
@dgjones 2. The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz by @jackfairweather
Amazon: tinyurl.com/y2rzr4tq

“The Volunteer smuggles us into Auschwitz and shows us the story of a Polish agent who infiltrated the infamous camp."
@dgjones @jackfairweather 3. The Ghosts of Eden Park by @KarenAbbott
Amazon: tinyurl.com/y6mze38u

"The epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation."
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