UntitledTumblr (3.0; @fridakahlohomegirl)http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/"When analyzing the black women who are 35 and older, the percent who have never been married drops..."“When analyzing the black women who are 35 and older, the percent who have never been married drops to 25 percent, indicating that a solid majority of black women get married before they turn 35.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.empowernewsmag.com/listings.php?article=2051">New Research Shatters Myths and Provides New Hope for Black Love and Marriage</a> (via <a href="http://tballardbrown.tumblr.com/">tballardbrown</a>)</em>http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898329176http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898329176Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:11:49 -0400BLACK MARRIAGEpoptech: This week in PopTech: Healthy food, new music and old...<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lptymsd18F1qziqyeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumblr.poptech.org/post/8832257576" class="tumblr_blog">poptech</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://poptech.org/blog/this_week_in_poptech_healthy_food_new_music_and">This week in PopTech: Healthy food, new music and old men</a></p> <p><span>Image: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carrots_of_many_colors.jpg">Stephen Ausmus</a></span></p></blockquote>http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898318154http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898318154Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:11:27 -0400farmingagriculturemusiceconomicsculturemusicInterconnected<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpwmegwZzJ1r1v8k8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Interconnected</p>http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898238463http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898238463Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:08:40 -0400Photo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpwmctuOTH1r1v8k8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898209323http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898209323Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:07:41 -0400Photo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpwmaf8Y5Y1r1v8k8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898166319http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898166319Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:06:15 -0400UN mosaic: Do unto others…<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpwm88YHyJ1r1v8k8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>UN mosaic: Do unto others…</p>http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898126305http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898126305Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:04:56 -0400Upcoming Batman movie<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpwm6aCaLp1r1v8k8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Upcoming Batman movie</p>http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898091965http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898091965Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:03:46 -0400Sioux Falls, SD my home town<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpwm4hacAp1r1v8k8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Sioux Falls, SD my home town</p>http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898059091http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898059091Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:02:41 -0400Photo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpwm26KQHa1r1v8k8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898016511http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8898016511Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:01:18 -0400Photo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpwm14lOya1r1v8k8o1_400.png"/><br/><br/>http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8897995799http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8897995799Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:00:40 -0400Skyward<blockquote> <p><span>I sent a wish skyward</span></p> <p><span>in the crisp morning air</span></p> <p><span>and it took wing, feathers</span></p> <p><span>wrapped around the beating</span></p> <p><span>heart of hope and </span></p> <p><span>as I watched it soar </span></p> <p><span>on currents and drift along</span></p> <p><span>with clouds, I told myself</span></p> <p><span>be quiet</span></p> <p><span>I must hold my tongue,</span></p> <p><span>listen, wait</span></p> <p><span>and watch the distant horizon</span></p> <p><span>to see if one day, she returns to me.</span></p> <span><br/></span></blockquote> <p><a href="http://myelegia.tumblr.com/post/8473004399">myelegia</a>:</p>http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8897945326http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8897945326Sun, 14 Aug 2011 01:59:01 -0400OPP (other people's poetry)ourpresidents: This weekend will be the 76th anniversary of the...<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lps2szQLD81qjih96o1_500.jpg"/><br/> FDR signs the Social Security Act<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lps2szQLD81qjih96o2_400.jpg"/><br/> A Social Security Check Poster<br/><br/> <p><a href="http://ourpresidents.tumblr.com/post/8820900143">ourpresidents</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>This weekend will be the 76th anniversary of the Social Security Act<br/></strong></p> <p>On August 14, 1935 legislators and advisors crowded into the White House Cabinet Room to witness the signing of the Social Security Act.  News photographers and film crews recorded the moment for history as FDR put his signature on the bill.  Standing directly behind the President was the person most responsible for it - Secretary of Labor <strong>Frances Perkins</strong>. The headline in that day’s <em>Washington Post </em>read “New Deal’s Most Important Act.”</p> <p><a href="http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/museum/spexhibitduty.html"><em>-read more at The FDR Library</em></a></p> </blockquote>http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8897911250http://fridakahlohomegirl.tumblr.com/post/8897911250Sun, 14 Aug 2011 01:57:54 -0400President RooseveltSocial SecurityFDRFrances PerkinsWashington PostHistory