This photograph of a 1939 Fourth of July celebration in South Carolina is one of many beutiful photographs found here. They are made from color slides taken from 1939 to 1943 by photographers for the Farm Security Administration. They show hard-working, rural people, black and white, across the country. Beautfiul images.
Thanks to Janet Pierson for the link.


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Marlon Brando’s 1973 Oscar win for The Godfather pissed off a lot of people. Why? He sent Sacheen Littlefeather up to decline the Oscar because of Hollywood’s continued stereotyping of Natives, a step that cost both her and Brando. Video of the Oscar moment here. Check out the video, it’s uncomfortable. People try to boo her off stage, but the boos are overcome by applause.
Recently, Littlefeather spoke at a showing of the documentary Reel Injun.
Via Native Times: Brando’s 1973 Oscar stand in recounts fallout
Littlefeather […] says her high-profile advocacy put her life at risk and cut her acting career short.She says when she visited Brando after the ceremony, bullets were fired at his front door. No one was injured.Littlefeather, who went on to appear in just a handful of films, also claims the U.S. government encouraged the entertainment industry to avoid hiring her as part of its effort to quash Native American activism.](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6wm80NGUj1qzn843o1_400.jpg)







![William Marcy Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878), known as “Boss Tweed,” was an American politician most famous for his leadership of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York. At the height of his influence, Tweed was the third-largest landowner in New York City, a director of the Erie Railway, the Tenth National Bank, and the New-York Printing Company, as well as proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel.[1]](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kof77gYFZp1qz6q52o1_400.jpg)