Today is the last day of Black History Month but that does not mean it is the last day to learn about or share Black History. Black history is popping around here 24/7/365 (or 366, shout out to the Egyptians for creating #LeapDay) Did you know that Gil Scott-Heron is…
We have all heard of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn an aviation pilot’s license and an international aviation pilot’s license. Her story is typically cherry-picked as a fan favorite during Black History Month when the same histories are recycled year after year. And that is not to…
(Spoiler Alert: Its Had Nothing To Do With Colin Kaepernick) Whose Mans is this?? Last Sunday, during that little game that was played….the Super Blah or something like that, Beyonce and Jay-Z made headlines for sitting during the National Anthem aka, the country’s ode to its racist, colonizing beginnings. White…
*Updated from a February 1st, 2018 Black Like Vanilla IG Post Negro History Week, now celebrated as Black History Month, was founded in 1926 by the renowned Black historian Carter G, Woodson. But its history goes back even further. In 1915, Woodson and the minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association For…