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,…
Monday author and advocate, Janet Mock announced via her Facebook page that she would be releasing a second book in collaboration with Atria. I am so excited to announce that I’m working on my next book "Firsts: A Memoir of the Twenties Experience" with Atria… Posted by Janet Mock…
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 my years as an educator and scholar, I have learned that education can be both empowering and oppressive. Specifically, I have closely studied discipline in Black families, racism in children’s literature and how all these things impact educational outcomes. In 2014, Atlanta Blackstar published…
“Death is the sentence and your skin is the conviction” –King Keon Overnight, Karega Bailey’s “No Indictment” track dropped and was picked up by Urban Cusp, AllHipHop.com and various other online platforms. I had the honor of watching the video a few days before it premiered and all I could…
I recently had a conversation with a White colleague and friend who identifies as an ally to the Black Lives Matter movement. My colleague expressed discomfort with the rising trend of “White Tears” paraphernalia, because she struggles with depression. Additionally, my friend has some very pressing…
It could be impossible to know when Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), prior to this fall, was last mentioned on primetime television and wasn’t used as an insult or the butt of a joke. Just this month Keke Palmer’s character mentioned it on “Scream Queens” when asked to think of a noble cause…
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, […]
