Monique Heart Celebrates Black History Month With Stunning Photos

Monique Heart

The heart of RuPaulโ€™s Drag Race season 10, Monique Heart, is using her Instagram feed to pay tribute to legendary and trailblazing artists, historical figures and performers this Black History Month.

In a month-long series called โ€œHonoring Our Blackness,โ€ Monique transforms into icons including Josephine Baker, Dorothy Dandridge, Whitney Houston, Grace Jones and, of course, the queen, Tina Turner.

Monique told them that, โ€œI started this series for BHM to honor our Blackness. The various people I have chosen to embody are all people in that specific look/outfit, scene, or moment in time that spoke to me as a young queer youth. That inspired and changed my life.โ€

In addition to Monique honors Harriet Tubman in a beautiful portrait. She captioned the image with, โ€œOur Great great grand Mother. Who lead many of our Ancestors to freedom. Harriet Tubman. Here is one of her famous quotes โ€œI had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.โ€

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Monique is extending her celebration into March, performing with fellow queens Bob the Drag Queen, The Vixen, Bebe Sahara Benet, Peppermint and Shea Colueรฉ in a show titled NUBIA.

The show, which will take place March 5th and 6th at Brooklynโ€™s Roulette celebrates โ€œopulence, regality and pure, unadulterated Black excellence.โ€ The show is set to tour with a roster of rotating queens.

Do yourself a favor and celebrate Black History Month by checking out Moniqueโ€™s amazing photos.

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