Florida A&M Marching 100: They Gave Dolly Parton Her Flowers Like Black HBCU Bands Do
A great Black marching band performance is not casual praise. It is labor as praise. Somebody had to
A great Black marching band performance is not casual praise. It is labor as praise. Somebody had to
They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds. And we dance where they tried
Sometimes people, even high-profile people push their fans and admirers away because THEY realize that they were performing
Where did people get this bizarre idea that solidarity doesn’t require respect and reciprocity…at a minimum? If
Sugar Ray Leonard knew how to fight. By his early twenties, the quiet kid from Palmer Park, Maryland,
Greg Louganis knew what it meant to command his body. At the height of his career, he could
“Good evening, sweetheart…”Those few words, whispered through radios across America, weren’t just an introduction—they were an invitation. An
Maybe we don’t have more talented female singers in mainstream markets these days because we never learned how
When I was a child, Nell Carter was one of my favorite entertainers. She still is. I had
There is a particular kind of courage nobody talks about enough. It is the courage to remain recognizable
🌟 Affirmation I love and approve of myself, no matter what. I am a valuable person and make
I love myself for my uniqueness.I value myself because I am different. I am exactly as I am
Exploitation is a hand that smiles while taking. It praises your light, then sells your flame. It calls
Most of us have the capacity to manipulate at times. We may exaggerate, avoid difficult conversations, or try
There is a question women are asked to answer that we were never really equipped to answer. How
There is a way of telling Black history that can accidentally leave Black Americans standing alone. We learn
Sometimes a woman does not need another person telling her to be strong. She has been strong all
There are dresses designed to make us look. Then there are dresses designed to make us understand. When
It began with a question at a woman’s home. Not a battlefield. Not a government building. Not a
I can’t. Some of the loudest fashion critics of Naomi Osaka are at work right now dressed like
I think some artists enter your life so early that you cannot remember becoming a person without them.
Natalia Barrera Francis did not have to invent an Afro-Peruvian history. It was already there. Generations of Afro-Peruvian
🌟 Affirmation 🌟 I was not raised with silver spoons, but with iron will.The hood taught me rhythm,
Gary, Indiana is hurting. On August 11, 2026, powerful storms tore through Northwest Indiana with winds reported as