Black Tag
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At its best, flags could be powerful symbols. Flags can represent pride, hope, resilience, history, and the long run. On the worst, they're symbols of hate and might incite fear and trigger trauma. Whatever the use, like language and culture, flags are a significant aspect to any group of individuals’s identity. Given the history of Black people in United States—ascending from chattel slavery to free Americans—the journey to establishing an identity for ourselves has been laborious. Because the Black identity is always changing, the icons that represent us have too.
Here is the growing list of flags which have sewn the Black experience into the material of American history:
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Pan-African flag — 1920
Created by Marcus Garvey in 1920, the Pan-African flag...
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To spotlight Black fashion designers, Shopify’s Construct Black team and AFROPUNK collaborated on July 13 to present a fashion exhibition.
The Construct Black x AFROPUNK Black Fashion Accelerator is a comprehensive program created to support nine up-and-coming Black fashion designers in developing their skills and expanding their brands in a cutthroat market.
This system’s outcomes were revealed last night by AFROPUNK and Shopify’s Construct Black, giving BFA designers the choice to display their goods at Shopify SoHo in Recent York City.
“What an absolute privilege it has been to placed on this Fashion Accelerator Program in partnership with Shopify and to have an integral part in establishing these exceptional nine entrepreneurs for future success,” says Anita Asante, AFROPUNK’s Head of Global Strategic Partnerships,...
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