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“No label, no slogan, no party, no skin color, and no religion is more important than the human being.”
– James Baldwin

Black History

Moments in Black History: The Birth of “Rent ‘Em Spoons”

April 6, 2020
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Twenty-five years ago, in an apartment in Detroit,MI, five friends joined forces to open their own restaurant after receiving a $4,000 tax refund. The group sat and began to throw out ideas on what type of restaurant it should be. Cole Brown, one of the five friends who was a…

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Black Excellence

#ForTheCulture: That Time D-Nice Broke the Internet

March 22, 2020
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During Howard University’s homecoming (HU. YOU KNOW), one of my close friends throws a brunch/day party at this spot called Barcode. Kicks off around noon. It starts off like your typical Black & Bougie brunch…a scene dripping with black excellence with the DJ pounding out your favorite hits. Then around…

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Black News

To All the Healthcare Workers Around the World….

March 20, 2020
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Thank you. Nah, like fr fr…. thank you. We underestimate how valuable you are. We turn a blind eye to how vulnerable you are. We ignore the sacrifices you make because our well-being is both of our priorities. We forget the risks you face, working on the frontlines, to ensure…

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Black Culture

March Madness Brackets: Black TV Shows Edition

March 16, 2020
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As Covid-19 (coronavirus) lock downs/quarantines get into gear, one might find themselves with a lot of time on their hands. Especially since the NCAA cancelled March Madness, the annual college basketball tournament. Typically, fans would fill out brackets noting all the teams in the tournament and the path they have…

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Black History

Happy Pi Day: Meet Euphemia Lofton Haynes, the First Black Woman to Earn a Ph.D in Mathematics

March 14, 2020
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Pi Day falls on 3/14. It is a day to celebrate mathematics. The number Pi, also represented as π, is the circumference divided by the diameter of a circle. Pi is a constant, meaning that it doesn’t matter how big or small the circle is, Pi remains the same. Numerically, Pi…

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