On this day (and/or around it) in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self Defense was founded. The Black Panther Party had one initial purpose: to patrol Black neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality. It grew into a movement used to empower black communities and provided a…
Apparently I am late to the party. In Fall of 2019, a remix album combining the Black musical genius of Tyler the Creator and MF Doom was released under the name Flowervillain. This remix album, Flowervillain II, quietly dropped on September 29, 2019. On September 30th, Flowervillain released the Deflowered…
American Democracy is in shambles. I do not think this is a bad thing (will get in to that in a later post). The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the modern day Susan B. Anthony, has left a void in the Supreme Court that President Pumpkin Spice,…
This post is for the non-Black allies. Especially for white people who align themselves as allies. Allies, if you are truly allies, you will fight for us when we can barely fight for ourselves. We need you to make the calls, coordinate the boycotts and lead the protests within your…
In Spring 1963, The Negro and the American Promise aired on WGBH, a public television station in Boston. The show was hosted by Dr. Kenneth Clark, Psychology Professor at City College of New York, co-founder of the Northside Center for Child Development in Harlem, the Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited, and…