Leslye Joy Allen
@leslyejoyallen.bsky.social
Historian, Oral Historian, Dramaturge, Agnes Scott College & Georgia State University alum, She/Her,
🚫DMs, 🚫TERFS, 🚫Crypto,
🚫MAGA.
#ILoveAllOfUs✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼🌈🏳️⚧️™️
https://leslyejoyallen.com/2025/09/06/baldwin-gaza-and-venezuela-open-letter-to-the-born-again-1979/
🚫DMs, 🚫TERFS, 🚫Crypto,
🚫MAGA.
#ILoveAllOfUs✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼🌈🏳️⚧️™️
https://leslyejoyallen.com/2025/09/06/baldwin-gaza-and-venezuela-open-letter-to-the-born-again-1979/
A beautiful throwback moment between my Brother-King Billy Porter as “Pray Tell” and my Daughter-Sister-Queen Michaela Jaé Rodriguez as “Blanca” on POSE.
November 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
A beautiful throwback moment between my Brother-King Billy Porter as “Pray Tell” and my Daughter-Sister-Queen Michaela Jaé Rodriguez as “Blanca” on POSE.
I do photography sometimes. I photographed this a few years ago in honor of one of my favorite pianists Ahmad Jamal who often used two percussionists. I live for when the acorns start falling in this piece. Here is his “Acorn.”
youtu.be/JZA47ydPtvg?...
youtu.be/JZA47ydPtvg?...
November 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I do photography sometimes. I photographed this a few years ago in honor of one of my favorite pianists Ahmad Jamal who often used two percussionists. I live for when the acorns start falling in this piece. Here is his “Acorn.”
youtu.be/JZA47ydPtvg?...
youtu.be/JZA47ydPtvg?...
For Queen Sugar fans who will remember…
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
For Queen Sugar fans who will remember…
Debbie Allen and Misty Copeland embrace after Copeland’s final performance with the American Ballet Theater.
Copeland is an alumna of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Yes, Goddess, Yes!
Copeland is an alumna of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Yes, Goddess, Yes!
October 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Debbie Allen and Misty Copeland embrace after Copeland’s final performance with the American Ballet Theater.
Copeland is an alumna of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Yes, Goddess, Yes!
Copeland is an alumna of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Yes, Goddess, Yes!
Fellow Atlantans, Go Vote Early or Vote on November 4, 2025!
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Fellow Atlantans, Go Vote Early or Vote on November 4, 2025!
It’s October 20th. So Happy Birthday Kamala Harris! This is one of my favorite photos of her in 1998 with her sister Maya on Maya’s wedding day.
October 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
It’s October 20th. So Happy Birthday Kamala Harris! This is one of my favorite photos of her in 1998 with her sister Maya on Maya’s wedding day.
Musician-Singer-Composer D'Angelo has died after a hard battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51-years-old. RIP.
October 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Musician-Singer-Composer D'Angelo has died after a hard battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51-years-old. RIP.
Columbus did not land on Turtle Island (what we now call the United States and Canada). He was looking for a sea route to India and China and landed on what is now called Trinidad. He led one of the worst navigation teams in human history; and was a greedy, blood thirsty opportunist.
HAPPY…
HAPPY…
October 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Columbus did not land on Turtle Island (what we now call the United States and Canada). He was looking for a sea route to India and China and landed on what is now called Trinidad. He led one of the worst navigation teams in human history; and was a greedy, blood thirsty opportunist.
HAPPY…
HAPPY…
Same 💩. Different Hat.
October 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Same 💩. Different Hat.
My sister Kamala Harris is on 🔥 and free.
October 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
My sister Kamala Harris is on 🔥 and free.
People that remember and used Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style and Shertzer’s The Elements of Grammar have absolutely no need for autocorrect which proves there is no such thing as artificial intelligence. After all, if it is artificial how can it be intelligent?”— ©️Leslye Joy Allen
October 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
People that remember and used Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style and Shertzer’s The Elements of Grammar have absolutely no need for autocorrect which proves there is no such thing as artificial intelligence. After all, if it is artificial how can it be intelligent?”— ©️Leslye Joy Allen
On a lighter note: Kamala drops her truth. The word and the sentiment was “Muthaf**kuh”🤣. Kamala has always said this curse word must end in “uh,” not “er.”
October 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
On a lighter note: Kamala drops her truth. The word and the sentiment was “Muthaf**kuh”🤣. Kamala has always said this curse word must end in “uh,” not “er.”
Thank You Colin Kaepernick for funding a second, independent autopsy. I’m still grappling with what I already imagined happened to Trey Reed, namely that he was killed first and then hung up to make his death look like a lynching. He died of blunt trauma to the head.
October 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Thank You Colin Kaepernick for funding a second, independent autopsy. I’m still grappling with what I already imagined happened to Trey Reed, namely that he was killed first and then hung up to make his death look like a lynching. He died of blunt trauma to the head.
Sistahs, always my sistahs. I am going to just leave it right here for my sistahs ✊🏽🤎 who will understand/know exactly what I mean, without any questions.
October 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Sistahs, always my sistahs. I am going to just leave it right here for my sistahs ✊🏽🤎 who will understand/know exactly what I mean, without any questions.
Kamala Harris at her alma mater HBCU Howard University: howard.edu
September 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Kamala Harris at her alma mater HBCU Howard University: howard.edu
“Before going back to college, i knew i didn't want to be an intellectual, spending my life in books and libraries without knowing what the hell is going on in the streets. Theory without practice is just as incomplete as practice without theory. The two have to go together.” — ©️Assata Shakur
September 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“Before going back to college, i knew i didn't want to be an intellectual, spending my life in books and libraries without knowing what the hell is going on in the streets. Theory without practice is just as incomplete as practice without theory. The two have to go together.” — ©️Assata Shakur
Whenever I attempted to post the link for the phenomenal film MAYNARD, which is an examination of my hometown of Atlanta’s very first Black mayor, I receive a warning that the film is age-restricted even though there isn’t a single curse word in the entire film. Visit YouTube and look for “MAYNARD.”
September 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Whenever I attempted to post the link for the phenomenal film MAYNARD, which is an examination of my hometown of Atlanta’s very first Black mayor, I receive a warning that the film is age-restricted even though there isn’t a single curse word in the entire film. Visit YouTube and look for “MAYNARD.”
Words from and for our Sisters from Kamala Harris’ new book on what she experienced with her Sisters in her new book 107 Days:
September 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Words from and for our Sisters from Kamala Harris’ new book on what she experienced with her Sisters in her new book 107 Days:
Tori Branum is running for Congress in Georgia and she called ICE on South Korean contractors at the Georgia Hyundai plant via legal means. ICE detained 475 contractors. Hyundai is pulling out of a deal which would have created 20K jobs and over 7 billion in revenue. Don’t vote for this MAGA nut.
September 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Tori Branum is running for Congress in Georgia and she called ICE on South Korean contractors at the Georgia Hyundai plant via legal means. ICE detained 475 contractors. Hyundai is pulling out of a deal which would have created 20K jobs and over 7 billion in revenue. Don’t vote for this MAGA nut.
Queen Sugar Throwback from 2019 featuring Dawn-Lyen Gardner and Henry G. Sanders.
September 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Queen Sugar Throwback from 2019 featuring Dawn-Lyen Gardner and Henry G. Sanders.
Saying “Goodbye” to Vivian Ayers-Allen. Aṣé!
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August 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Saying “Goodbye” to Vivian Ayers-Allen. Aṣé!
#LeslyeJoyAllenHistorian
#LeslyeJoyAllenHOEstorian
#ILoveAllOfUs✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼🏳️⚧️🌈™️
#LeslyeJoyAllenHistorian
#LeslyeJoyAllenHOEstorian
#ILoveAllOfUs✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼🏳️⚧️🌈™️
Thursday, August 28, 2025 marks the 62nd anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom. This is my paternal aunt’s button. At the time of this march, Barack Obama was 2-years-old; I was 2-years & 8 months old.
August 29, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Thursday, August 28, 2025 marks the 62nd anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom. This is my paternal aunt’s button. At the time of this march, Barack Obama was 2-years-old; I was 2-years & 8 months old.
I almost forgot. It’s August 24th. Happy Birthday @duvernay.bsky.social!
August 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I almost forgot. It’s August 24th. Happy Birthday @duvernay.bsky.social!