#PeakBlackness: Highlighting Awesome Moments In Black History

Peak Blackness is a photo blog that's dedicated to finding the single blackest moment in American history. Was it Al Sharpton hanging with James Brown, Sam Cooke and Muhammad Ali in the studio or Harriet Tubman doing the Wobble? A team of writers is working on narrowing it down - one image at a time.

Rembert Browne of Grantland, Ernest Wilkins of the Chicago Tribune, Cord Jefferson of Gawker, Jason Parham of Spook Magazine , Jenna Wortham of the New York Times, Issa “Awkward Black Girl” Rae are some of the contributors over at peakblackness.tumblr.com. Wilkins joined Vocalo's Morning AMp's podcast to discuss the blog and concepts of "Blackness" in American pop culture. Check it out and few of my favorite #peakblackness moments below. Check it out:

One on one with Jesse Jackson and Marvin Gaye.

Naomi, Diddy, Pharrell, Oprah, and Kerry Washington. Unreal party.

James Baldwin,  Odetta , Ralph Ellison,  Ossie Davis  and Ruby Dee.

Jay Z and Denzel Washington throwing up the Roc.

On set, Eddie Murphey, John Singleton, MJ and Iman.

?uestlove and Amel Larrieux at their prom.

Al Sharpton and his mentor, James Brown.

Marlon Wayans, ?uestlove, Dave Chapelle, Kevin Hart, Chris Rock and Bill Bellamy.

Anita Baker and Spike Lee on the set of her "No One in the World" video.

Donovan X. RamseyJanuary 6, 2014black, culture, images, blog, peakblackness