![]() Left, Beyoncé, confident and casual, with her leg draped over the arm of her throne, which almost perfectly mirrors Serena’s Sportsperson of the Year cover photo (right) from Sports Illustrated’s December 2015 issue (4 months before Lemonade’s release). The stately and ornate entrance to Madewood Plantation near Napoleonville, LA, nicknamed “Queen of the Bayou,” despite the brutal reality for its enslaved inhabitants, what Frederick Douglass called “a life of living death.”Īs the camera enters, we’re greeted by tennis star Serena Williams, who descends a winding staircase and beckons for the camera to follow her into the parlour, where Beyoncé sits upon a throne. Overlaid with the line “Her God was listening,” a subtle suggestion that God is silent but present for Beyoncé’s suffering, one of many glimpses of hope for redemption. Left, From NPR.org, members of the Washington Freedom Riders Committee prepare to leave New York for Washington, D.C., on right, from UC Berkley News, a Montgomery bus rides nearly empty as a result of the boycotts. ![]() ![]() ![]() Two rows of Black women seated inside a school bus, swaying back and forth, their faces and bodies covered in Nigerian artist Laolu Senbanjo’s “ The Sacred Art of the Ori.” Beyoncé unleashing her rage, reclaiming her agency, and demanding the respect of her partner through a series of boasts, threats, and ultimatums, culminating in a “final warning,” where she throws her wedding ring at the camera. ![]()
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