Before MTV: The Hidden Story of the First Black Music Video and the Legacy It Built
There’s something powerful about this moment in history.Not just the music—but the intention behind it.Movement. Precision. Style. Storytelling
There’s something powerful about this moment in history.Not just the music—but the intention behind it.Movement. Precision. Style. Storytelling
I miss the days when there was prayer in hip hop. Vulnerability in hip hop. And baring of
I am genuinely saddened by the passing of actor Michael Wright. His family has confirmed that Wright died
racism chases us down for miles….. On this day, the anniversary of The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr.
Man speaks out after climbing 19-story building during fire looking for his mother In times of uncertainty,
Grief does not always announce what it needs. Sometimes we think we need answers. Sometimes we think we
‘The question is not whether racism exists, but how it manifests.’ Ta-Nehisi Coates Can you make it past
There is an old kind of healing that many Black Americans know, even if nobody ever gave it
Is “Woke” Just the Newest Word for an Old Fear? A History. – WE Survive Abuse One unfortunate
Look around. Hair. Fashion. Dance. Music. Language. Beauty. Humor. Style. So much of what Black communities have
This may be one of the greatest gifts of having many Black girls in our stories. Laura could
There’s something tender about realizing that some of the Black girls we watched on television aren’t girls anymore.
Look back at the Black girls many of us watched growing up. Kim Fields. Regina King. Keshia Knight
Not every Black girl on television was the star. Some were the friend who walked through the front
Before Moesha was writing in her journal, other Black teenage girls had been growing up on our television
There was something precious about watching Rudy Huxtable. Olivia Kendall. Judy Winslow. And the little Black girls who
Before many of us knew the word “representation,” we knew the feeling. We knew what it meant to
There is a moment when a culture starts arguing about what it already built. Black Music Month becomes
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” —
“You alone are enough.” — Maya Angelou Self-assurance is a quiet confidence rooted in knowing who you are.
Some conversations become so loud that we forget to ask the quieter questions. Recently, there has been
Somebody sold you a lie about healing. They told you it was a staircase — one clean step
Comparisons Are Not the Survivor’s Friend There’s a quiet voice that shows up sometimes, usually when you’re already