Article Category: Page and Screen

  • A PSA on Hair Discrimination

    Hair Discrimination dramatically affects Black women, especially in the workplace and as a form of racial micro-aggression in general. Check out four Black celebrities on this topic.

    May 21, 2021
    1 minute read
  • Advertisers Love Ethnic Ambiguity (Copy)

    Casira Copes calls out the colorism of companies that that "value" diversity and inclusion, but publicize and favor light-skinned images.

    May 3, 2021
    6 minute read
  • Advertisers Love Ethnic Ambiguity

    Casira Copes calls out the colorism of companies that that "value" diversity and inclusion, but publicize and favor light-skinned images.

    May 3, 2021
    6 minute read
  • Malcolm and Betty’s Third Child

    The emergence of young Malcolm X is told through the eyes of a daughter – just two years old when he was assassinated – determined to preserve Malcolm’s truth.

    April 30, 2021
    2 minute read
  • Rosa Parks is More Than a Fairy Tale

    The folk and lore of Rosa Parks does little to complete the picture of the dynamic, skilled and purposeful Civil Rights activist that she was.

    February 4, 2021
    3 minute read
  • Say Her Name: Dr. Susan Moore

    In what became a dying declaration Dr. Susan Moore warned, “I put forth and I maintain: If I was White, I wouldn’t have to go through that.”

    December 29, 2020
    5 minute read
  • The Vitality of Convention Culture

    The history behind Black-led convention culture was kept alive through oral storytelling. This new collection of essays brings to light the missing link between organizing and movement politics.

    December 23, 2020
    1 minute read
  • The American Caste System

    Isabel Wilkerson lays bare U.S. racial structures with historical parallels to Nazi Germany and India's caste system.

    December 23, 2020
    2 minute read