We are watching the making of history. The American people took our frustrations to the streets in dozens of cities across the country, collectively protesting the unjust killings of Black people. These protests were set off days prior by the lynching of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department. This…
Why are Black deaths the only deaths that are allowed to go viral? Why do people only record Black death and not physically help in preventing it? Why do we get FULL access to multiple angles of our lynchings? Why are the last words of our deceased made into slogans?…
Today is Memorial Day, a day honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. During World War II, eleven Black US soldiers were taken prisoner and killed after taking refuge in the Belgian village of Wereth. Their names were: Curtis Adams, Mager Bradley, George Davis, Thomas J.…
TL;DR:We are not our ancestors’ wildest dreams. In fact, we may be their nightmare. Scroll down to W.E.B. DuBois opinion piece from the May 1922 issue of “The Crisis” titled “Kicking Us Out” where he points out how the two-party system works AGAINST the Black progress movement and that Black…
Today we lost a legend. We lost an icon. Little Richard, a pioneer and architect of Rock and Roll, died at the age of 87. There was nothing subtle about Little Richard. From his hair, to his clothes, to his sound. Little Richard would pound the piano so hard that…