Some say you march to a different drummer. You follow the music you hear in your soul, blazing your own path while the rest of the...
Once was a time when you rarely saw a Black face in entertainment unless you were specifically looking for one — which is why these great...
You’ll do better next time. You’re sorry, deeply sorry, sincere in your apology, and it won’t happen again. You had a chance to think about your...
The son of Haitian immigrants, Alex Toussaint grew up in a stable, middle-class household with both parents involved in his upbringing and with education at the...
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....
Author Michelle Obama is a true storyteller, and she uses a “show, not tell” method of writing. Readers are lulled into an entertaining story of life...
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...
Your first place all your own needs to be ah-mazing. Big-screen TV for gaming. Fridge for snacks and drinks. Sofa for kicking back, a few good...
Your favorite toy came apart yesterday. That’s okay, though; it snapped right back together. It’s made to come apart, in fact; it’s one of those...
The fix won’t be quick. It never is. There’s no magic wand to change the things that have been on your mind lately: social issues,...
Charges dropped. You were surprised, but not surprised. Hopeful that it might be different, but only barely. You know that these days, the...
Your family is filled with people to whom you look up. There’s Grandpa, who served in the war. Grandma, who raised many children with little...
Some days, it seems as though you have superpowers. That must be the explanation for being unseen. That’s why there are days when nobody looks...
Your last family reunion was a big one. It was fun, too, and eye opening. You hadn’t really stopped to think about how many...
Thirteen long, interesting years. Imagine: more than 115 months of your life spent with your hiney under a school desk. That’s a lot, but now...
The path to something important is never straight. You may take that first step forward… then backward, decide one way, then another, changing your...
Last years’ swimsuit is way too small for you now. You’ve outgrown most of your summer clothes, in fact, and you’ve given them away; you...
Starting a business is not for the faint of heart. It takes brains and guts enough to step out of a comfort zone. It requires...
Sometimes, you feel like a boiling pot. That’s because you’ve been cooking a story up and it bubbles and rolls just below the surface of...
Sometimes, you have to choose sides. Republican or Democrat? For something, or against it? Grateful for what you have or irritated by what you don’t?...
It was enough to make any kid fearful for his life. It was that look your mama gave you – the one you got when...
You’re tired of having red eyes. You’re tired of crying, too; tired of an empty soul, runny nose, and dry mouth but you know there...
Nighttime is absolutely your favorite time. Some people choose to hang out with friends after dark. Some go to movies, listen to music, or just go...
Where do you go from here? You’ve been looking at your life and everything around you, and that’s the question you’ve been asking: what next? What...
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