Ten years after the launching of the ‘infamous’ The Crisis magazine, W.E.B. Du Bois, Augustus Granville Dill and Jessie Redmon Fauset had another idea: they called...
You will never settle. And why should you? If it's not right, you make it right. If it can be better, well, then get at it....
One drop. That's all they said it took to determine someone’s race. Just one drop, the tiniest of amounts, and everything changed: no access, no rights,...
It didn't arrive in a package. It wasn't wrapped in fancy paper. It didn't arrive with cake or candles. And yet, the gift you got, that...
The last two apps you downloaded were for diets. Ugh. Friends say that you're perfect but you'd like to lose your flabby arms, your thick thighs,...
Everybody's looking at you. They're wondering what you're going to do next, because you often surprise them. They don't know what you're about to say because...
Terri Schlichenmeyer, foundation, action, announcement, public sign, hoopties, heirlooms, industry, ideas, business, new book, "Black Founder" by Stacy Spikes, solid, high school graduation, horizon, Stacy Spikes...
It’s been more than a century since the Tulsa Race Massacre, and it still seems like there’s much to learn about it. in “Requiem for the...
In the early spring of 2011, while taking a rest from a cold bike ride, David Goodrich wandered into a museum. There, he was handed a...
In 2015, while doing research for a podcast, Alvin Hall discovered something that intrigued and surprised him: one of his sources mentioned The Negro Motorist Green...
Misty Copeland, somewhat of a pathfinder herself, weaves the story of her career in with Raven Wilkinson’s, whose work had been hidden in plain sight for...
As a scientist, it is said that Ernest Everett Just (1883–1941) “saw the whole, where others saw only parts. He noticed details others failed to see”...
The 450-page reader focuses on Black dating and male and female relationships, a subject that has been a large focus for his weekly podcasts over the past four years....
Caseen Gaines explores the question, how long will your star stay aloft?
THE THREE MOTHERS is an assessment of its subjects’ emotional, moral, physiological, psychological, and familial bearings. Further, it explores each subject’s aspirations and motivations, the inherent...
Loving v. Virginia was a landmark civil rights case in 1967 that recognized marriage as a fundamental right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S....
Authors Deborah Riley Draper and Travis Thrasher walk readers through their turbulent journey in “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who...
This week, I am recommending three books to add to your education on African American history.
In that light, Black History Month 2021 is a perfect time for self-reflection. As a people, where have we been? Where are we are now? Where...
Your birthday card had a Black History postage stamp on it. As always, it was from Grandma and though it’s kind of corny, you look forward...
In her first full-length book of poetry, “Synchronicity The Oracle of Sun Medicine,” published by Oakland’s own Nomadic Press in February of this year, Oakland native Tureeda...
Internet technology, which has changed the way we communicate, is estimated to generate global economic wealth totaling more than $7 trillion. In an era where the...
“I Give You Springtime of My Blushing Heart” by Bay Area activists Belvie Rooks and the late Dedan Gills is a love story — a poetic...
Journalist and author Cliff Williams provides a unique offering of a journey to awareness for readers in his book intriguingly titled “Pimps to Pops – A...
The sand feels funny, squishing between your toes. It sticks to the bottom of your feet, the bottom of your hands, and the bottom of your...
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