In celebration of the next generation of leaders, Unerased To Be Young, Gifted and Vote spoke with young women who are mobilizing young voters. To Be Young, Gifted and Bro will feature GenZ/Millennial men.
Across the nation, formerly incarcerated people confront a patchwork quilt of barriers, poll taxes and hoops that create a kind of civic hell hole denying returning citizens the right to cast a ballot.
Labor’s cultural atmosphere seeded an understanding of the collective rights of a community, a people. The labor movement unifies men and women around the value of working together collectively with respect and dignity.
Julia Browne, historian and tour guide, takes us back to Paris as a meeting place for descendants of Africa scattered across the globe.
From the spirituals flowed melodies for the soul. It transitioned to a syncopation, improv of early folk music evolving into blues, jazz, gospel, swing, R&B and Hip-Hop.
We all are someone’s child. Maybe she’s called Mommy, Auntie, Nanna or Big Momma, but we carry her light and love in our hearts, whether she’s here or has joined the ancestors.
The Black matriarch stands resolute as the cornerstone of Black America–a beacon of wisdom that commands audience and allegiance.
In a twisted irony, April Earth Day celebrations coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Flint Water Crisis. A decade later, we caught up with former Flint Mayor Karen Weaver.
As America prepares to celebrate 250 years of independence, a federal reading initiative reveals a glaring truth: the nation is still telling its story without Black women. Anniversaries like America’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence reveal not only what is celebrated, but what is omitted and whose stories are…
Let’s lift up our narrative and shine light on our history and celebrate the deeds of women warriors—herstory—past and present.