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

White Wednesday: The Day Homegrown Terrorists Were Given the Keys to the U.S. Capitol

January 10, 2021
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I tried to take my time gathering my thoughts about what transpired on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021. I needed time to allow it to breath. It still hasn’t been aired out appropriately. On January 6th, 2021, White supremacists stormed the U.S. Capitol, at the urging of President Pumpkin Spice, in…

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Black History

#01 – BLV’s Top 20 Black Moments of 2020: All Power to the People

December 31, 2020
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“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” ― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography We are living through history. The second iteration of the Roaring 20s came in…

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Black Excellence

#02 – BLV’s Top 20 Black Moments of 2020: Mamba(+cita) Out

December 30, 2020
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I still cant find the words to articulate what kind of loss this was. Every time I try I fail. It was one of those global phenomenas where everything stops. When you feel like you want to wake up from a bad dream. One of those losses where friends had…

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Black Culture

#03 – BLV’s Top 20 Black Moments of 2020: Farewell to the King

December 29, 2020
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I remember waking up from a late nap on Friday, August 28, 2020. I grabbed my phone and saw a news alert: “Black Panther star, Chadwick Boseman, dies from colon cancer at the age of 43″. At that moment, everything stopped. It felt like a dream. I thought maybe I…

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Black History

#04 – BLV’s Top 20 Black Moments of 2020: Herstory

December 28, 2020
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The 1st Black Vice President of the United States. The 1st Jamaican Vice President of the United States. The 1st South Asian Vice President of the United States. The 1st Female Vice President of the United States. The 1st HBCU-Grad Vice President of the United States. The 1st Member of…

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