4 minutes read Florida A&M Marching 100: They Gave Dolly Parton Her Flowers Like Black HBCU Bands Do September 13, 2026 A great Black marching band performance is not casual praise. It is labor as praise. Somebody had... Read More Read more about Florida A&M Marching 100: They Gave Dolly Parton Her Flowers Like Black HBCU Bands Do
4 minutes read Dance is a Weapon, a Womb, and a Journey Back to Ourselves September 9, 2026 They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds. And we dance where they... Read More Read more about Dance is a Weapon, a Womb, and a Journey Back to Ourselves
4 minutes read Your Usefulness is Something You Give. Your Worth is Something YOU Have. September 9, 2026 Sometimes people, even high-profile people push their fans and admirers away because THEY realize that they were... Read More Read more about Your Usefulness is Something You Give. Your Worth is Something YOU Have.
4 minutes read Survivor Affirmations: Solidarity is Reciprocal September 8, 2026 Where did people get this bizarre idea that solidarity doesn’t require respect and reciprocity…at a minimum?... Read More Read more about Survivor Affirmations: Solidarity is Reciprocal
4 minutes read Sugar Ray Leonard Knew How to Fight. That Did Not Mean He Held the Power September 7, 2026 Sugar Ray Leonard knew how to fight. By his early twenties, the quiet kid from Palmer Park,... Read More Read more about Sugar Ray Leonard Knew How to Fight. That Did Not Mean He Held the Power
5 minutes read Greg Louganis Was One of the Strongest Athletes in the World. That Didn’t Make Him Safe. September 7, 2026 Greg Louganis knew what it meant to command his body. At the height of his career, he... Read More Read more about Greg Louganis Was One of the Strongest Athletes in the World. That Didn’t Make Him Safe.
3 minutes read Cathy Hughes and The Quiet Storm: Healing on the Airwaves September 6, 2026 “Good evening, sweetheart…”Those few words, whispered through radios across America, weren’t just an introduction—they were an invitation.... Read More Read more about Cathy Hughes and The Quiet Storm: Healing on the Airwaves
8 minutes read Survivor Affirmations: I Am Allowed to Be More than My Worst Decision September 6, 2026 Maybe we don’t have more talented female singers in mainstream markets these days because we never learned... Read More Read more about Survivor Affirmations: I Am Allowed to Be More than My Worst Decision
4 minutes read Nell Carter: A Voice That Refused to Break September 5, 2026 When I was a child, Nell Carter was one of my favorite entertainers. She still is. I... Read More Read more about Nell Carter: A Voice That Refused to Break
5 minutes read Survivor Affirmations: I Have the Courage to Expand and Not Shrink November 14, 2026 There is a particular kind of courage nobody talks about enough. It is the courage to remain... Read More Read more about Survivor Affirmations: I Have the Courage to Expand and Not Shrink
2 minutes read Survivor Affirmation: I Love and Approve of Myself No Matter What September 5, 2026 🌟 Affirmation I love and approve of myself, no matter what. I am a valuable person and... Read More Read more about Survivor Affirmation: I Love and Approve of Myself No Matter What
2 minutes read Survivor Affirmations: I Love My Uniqueness September 9, 2026 I love myself for my uniqueness.I value myself because I am different. I am exactly as I... Read More Read more about Survivor Affirmations: I Love My Uniqueness
6 minutes read They Loved the Style, Not the Black Woman: Esther Jones and the Betty Boop Lesson September 5, 2026 Exploitation is a hand that smiles while taking. It praises your light, then sells your flame. It... Read More Read more about They Loved the Style, Not the Black Woman: Esther Jones and the Betty Boop Lesson
4 minutes read 10 Lessons the African Drongo Bird Teaches Us About Manipulation September 5, 2026 Most of us have the capacity to manipulate at times. We may exaggerate, avoid difficult conversations, or... Read More Read more about 10 Lessons the African Drongo Bird Teaches Us About Manipulation
8 minutes read Survivor Affirmations: Lessons From the Female Elephant on Survival September 5, 2026 There is a question women are asked to answer that we were never really equipped to answer.... Read More Read more about Survivor Affirmations: Lessons From the Female Elephant on Survival
14 minutes read Across the Water: We Were Never Surviving Alone September 4, 2026 There is a way of telling Black history that can accidentally leave Black Americans standing alone. We... Read More Read more about Across the Water: We Were Never Surviving Alone
4 minutes read SurvivorAffirmations: You Do Not Have to Become a Tragedy Before We See You September 3, 2026 Sometimes a woman does not need another person telling her to be strong. She has been strong... Read More Read more about SurvivorAffirmations: You Do Not Have to Become a Tragedy Before We See You
8 minutes read The Scar Is Not the Whole Story: What Miss World Uganda’s Extraordinary Gown Asked Us to See September 3, 2026 There are dresses designed to make us look. Then there are dresses designed to make us understand.... Read More Read more about The Scar Is Not the Whole Story: What Miss World Uganda’s Extraordinary Gown Asked Us to See
8 minutes read The Day the Women Came Together: The Nigerian Women’s War of 1929 September 3, 2026 It began with a question at a woman’s home. Not a battlefield. Not a government building. Not... Read More Read more about The Day the Women Came Together: The Nigerian Women’s War of 1929
11 minutes read Naomi Osaka: They Mocked Her When She Was Hurting. Now They Mock Her for Shining September 9, 2026 I can’t. Some of the loudest fashion critics of Naomi Osaka are at work right now dressed... Read More Read more about Naomi Osaka: They Mocked Her When She Was Hurting. Now They Mock Her for Shining
10 minutes read I Don’t Remember a World Before Dolly Parton August 31, 2026 I think some artists enter your life so early that you cannot remember becoming a person without... Read More Read more about I Don’t Remember a World Before Dolly Parton
7 minutes read The Afro-Peruvian Woman Who Started Telling the Story She Couldn’t Find August 24, 2026 Natalia Barrera Francis did not have to invent an Afro-Peruvian history. It was already there. Generations of... Read More Read more about The Afro-Peruvian Woman Who Started Telling the Story She Couldn’t Find
2 minutes read Survivor Affirmation: I Was Not Raised with Silver Spoons, But with Iron Will August 24, 2026 🌟 Affirmation 🌟 I was not raised with silver spoons, but with iron will.The hood taught me... Read More Read more about Survivor Affirmation: I Was Not Raised with Silver Spoons, But with Iron Will
8 minutes read Gary, Indiana Needs Us Right Now: Here Is How You Can Help August 24, 2026 Gary, Indiana is hurting. On August 11, 2026, powerful storms tore through Northwest Indiana with winds reported... Read More Read more about Gary, Indiana Needs Us Right Now: Here Is How You Can Help