You ever come across a photo where the imagery is so layered that you almost feel it telling you it’s story? That’s what I felt, what I still feel, when I look at Harlem Renaissance era photographer James VanDerZee‘s 1929 “Barefoot Prophet”, a photo of Elder Clayhorn Martin, also known…
Back to School season is in full swing so Black Like Vanilla wanted to take this opportunity to highlight Black people working in education with our “Black to School” spotlight, highlighting all of those hard working black teachers, professors, administrators, counselors, and so on, who play such a crucial role…
Black people have been active in labor movements since before the Civil War. With today being Labor Day, I thought it would be fitting to acknowledge a lesser known behemoth in the Labor Movement: Addie Wyatt. Addie Wyatt is one of the country’s foremost Labor Union Leaders, Women’s Rights Advocate, and…
I meant I ain’t say what’s in the tweets below. Imma talk my shit. Best believe! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Black Like Vanilla (@blacklikevanilla) on Aug 31, 2019 at 10:18am PDT *in my best Kilmonger impression* “Is this your king?” More details came…
Back to School season is in full swing so Black Like Vanilla wanted to take this opportunity to highlight Black people working in education with our “Black to School” spotlight, highlighting all of those hard working black teachers, professors, administrators, counselors, and so on, who play such a crucial role…