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22.4.18 // ivy league dreams

MoMA was magical ✨

i'm taking a gothic literature class and I’m absolutely obsessed 

What we call a “shooting star” is actually a meteor burning rapidly in our atmosphere. Here’s a picture taken by astronaut Ron Garan of a “shooting star” … from space. 

Untitled.

Don Giovanni!

Anonymous Artist, Portrait of Vincent van Gogh, 1925-1928 🎨

Jeopardy - Alex Trebek

Frederick Douglass, February 14, 1818* - February 20, 1895

Frederick Douglass, ca. 1879 Series: Portraits, 1862 - 1884. Collection: Frank W. Legg Photographic Collection of Portraits of Nineteenth-Century Notables, 1862-1884 

Born into slavery in Maryland two hundred years ago in 1818, Frederick Douglass went on to become a prominent abolitionist, author, orator and statesman.

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

More African American history resources at the @usnatarchives

(*While the actual date of Douglass’ birth is unknown, he reportedly chose to celebrate his birthday on February 14.)