Have you ever been present for an event that turned out to be a really great story but every time the story gets re-told it seems to be different? This is what happens when my mom tells stories. It’s different every single time she tells it, with fewer and fewer details and the remaining details […]
Sometime late last year and during the earlier months of 2016, people started comparing Donald Trump to Hitler. The purpose was obvious; who doesn’t vehemently hate Hitler? It follows, then, that you’d hate Trump after seeing the horrifying similarities he shares with Hitler. There were infographics,…
Black hair has long been a topic of discussion, if not a cornerstone, of the Black community. It is an integral part of Black identity, especially for women. While our hair and what it means to us individually may be unique, what is universal for all Black women is that our locks are closely tied […]
In 1955, a Black woman, on her way home after a long day of work, boarded a bus in Montgomery, AL. At one of the stops, several white passengers got on the bus, and the bus driver ordered four Black passengers to vacate their seats and move farther back. Three of those passengers complied. One, […]
The Holocaust is a well-known event in world history, but few people know that multiple imperial forces in Europe used their African territories to create and develop the horrors of Nazi concentration camps. In 1900-1902, during the Second Boer War in South Africa, the invading British forces set up refugee…
Elizabeth Freeman aka Mum Bett made history back in 1781 when she sued her slave owner for her freedom and won. Though she was illiterate most of her life, Freeman was inspired to pursue her freedom after hearing a reading of the Massachusetts Constitution which contained an article that stated: All men are born…
In 1960s america, integration seemed like the answer. Separate but equal wasn’t working-if we could just get access to the greener grass the whites were occupying, we’d make major progress toward Black American liberation. Right? What our leaders didn’t know then that we know…
Greenwood, a Black district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was known as Black Wall Street in the early 20th century due to its flourishing economy. This area was full of successful businesses, libraries, schools, banks, law offices and more; all owned, operated and patronized by Black people. Greenwood was a microcosm…
