I love the smell Autumn. This was the time of year filled with Granny’s enchanted childhood stories. It started with the Sunday tradition of sitting...[Read More]
Black Issues
Articles Two years ago, I wrote about the erasure of Afro-Latine and Afro-Caribbeans as an identity when it comes to the strict racial categorization we face...[Read More]
The Greensboro Four is an example of history not taught in schools. The Greensboro Four consisted of Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain and...[Read More]
Owning a business is not an easy task and is especially hard for Black business owners. I’ve noticed that Black businesses are failing in comparison...[Read More]
Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1, 1920, to a family of tobacco farmers in Roanoke, Virginia. As a girl, she loved swimming in the...[Read More]
Here’s what we have going on this month + a recap of Black History Month! ➡️ Writing as Medicine Virtual Workshop: April 8-9, 2021.This workshop is...[Read More]
Your name sets you apart and when you grow up with a name like “Francemise St. Pierre,” it is extremely obvious that you are either...[Read More]
Black. Female. Farmer. Those three words aren’t something you see together very often. Nationwide, women make up approximately 36 percent of farmers. Although there isn’t...[Read More]
The year is 1898 and Wilmington, NC is in shambles due to a Coup D’etat. The Daily Record Newspaper is torched down due to not...[Read More]
This article originally appeared in The Atlantic and has been published with the author’s permission. To preserve Black history, a 19th-century Philadelphian filled hundreds of...[Read More]