Slavery wasn’t just a southern thing. The North profited a great deal from the slave trade. One of the most lasting and profitable impacts of the…
Who knew?? Better known for her work as a novelist, Zora Neale Hurston could be, according to an essay by Gloria Gibson, the first African-American woman…
7:05AM It’s three months later and Gently and Evan are a happy couple. They wake up together in total bliss and the light coming through the…
On April 2, 1969, 21 members of the Harlem Chapter of the Black Panther Party were formally indicted and charged with 156 counts of “conspiracy” to…
The Intercommunal Youth Institute was established in January 1971 by the Black Panther Party. In 1974, the name was changed to Oakland Community School. The Black…
Since it’s Presidents’ Day, I thought we should take a look at all of our slaveholdin’ Presidents. Happy Presidents’ Day tho! Thomas Jefferson – Our third president…
1:32PM It’s 1.5 years later and Gently has a car. #teamnomorebus She is in the streets with her bestie, Rika. Gently picked her up from the…
“We don’t recognize what each day in our lives actually means to us. If we had any sense of life and what our purpose is on…
My dad just sent me a copy of The Green Book (he knows me so well) so I thought I share a little info about it…
This week’s picks are some of the house favorites. They are filled with the most beautiful illustrations and stories about ordinary people who did extraordinary things…