Free Angela (Black History 365/Women’s History Month)

She’s an activist, an author, a scholar, an abolitionist and most importantly a icon that is revered for her contributions to civil rights and the progression and liberation for the oppressed. She is Angela Y. Davis. The year is 1971 and Angela Davis is America’s most famous “Political Prisoner” as she awaits trial in connection […]

The Weaponry of words (Wednesday Wisdom)

The weaponry of words creates a cycle of constant degradation. There can be no efforts to evoke consciousness with all that negativity. – TheRhymeRula

The class of Jazz (Black History 365)

In this entry for Black History 365, I want to depict the talents of legendary figures in Jazz and it’s derivative forms such as Swing and BeBop to name a few. I had the pleasure of attending a Jazz exhibit at the Museum of African American History in Boston where I live next to and […]

We can all achieve it (Black History 365)

Two stories about Ms. Parks (Black History 365)

We’ve all heard and learned the story of how Rosa Parks refusal to give her seat to a white person in 1955 due to her sitting in the front of a bus. This defiance led to what would become the Montgomery Bus Boycott. However, she was not the first woman who refused to give up […]

Henry “Box” Brown (Black History 365)

BlackHistoryFact: In 1849 Henry “Box” Brown mailed himself to freedom from Richmond, Virginia to the Anti Slavery Office in Philadelphia. The delivery took 26 hours and he later became a public speaker and abolitionist.

Bridges (Black History 365)

This painting was created by Norman Rockwell which depicts a six-year-old Ruby Bridges with U.S. Marshall’s as she makes her way to the then all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans Louisiana. We’ve had many iconic black individuals who have made contributions and advancements to the civil rights movement during their adult life but […]

The Malian Empire: Mansa Musa (Black History 365)

So, we’re about to enter the month of February and it’s a month the U.S. “celebrates” a so- called Black History month when this history should be celebrated, taught and remembered throughout the year hence why on my last two posts depicting black history I had Black History 365 as part of the title. Also […]

A look inside MLK JR Day

We celebrate the day and life of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr and everything he stood for when it came to gaining the civil liberties of black people and helping to end segregation, but there is something about him that had to change because his passive-aggressive mentality when it came to dealing with […]

Old Aunt Jemima (Black History 365)

We’ve all seen, used, and have tasted the joy of creating pancakes from an Aunt Jemima pancake mix or using the maple syrup, but as with other products that depicted black figures for consumer sale it has some unsettling history behind it. The Aunt Jemima that we see on grocery store shelves is a modern […]