Sarita Walker Feb 15 6 min History of Black Cartoons in America It's hard to have this conversation without your blood boiling, though it isn't talked about nearly enough. Especially since half the rac...
JD Winters Feb 8 3 min A Brief History of African Body Markings Tattoos and epidermal alterations in Africa go further than just skin deep, they're signifiers for tribal affiliation and markings of pro...
Sarita Walker Feb 1 4 min The Story of Black History Month I am really surprised by the amount of people that don’t know where Black History Month comes from. Let’s be real, I was one of them! I g...
Rediet Tadele Jan 5 4 min Edmonia Lewis: First African American & Native American Sculptor to Gain International Prominence In 1876, Philadelphia hosted the Centennial Exhibition which was the official world fair held on US soil to commemorate the one-hundredth...
Rediet Tadele Dec 29, 2020 3 min The History of Carnival in Trinidad & Tobago Carnival is a celebration, a time when the Soca is blasting, the waistline is peltin', and people from all walks of life can get together...
Lydia Kiros Dec 29, 2020 3 min Behind the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa The word Kwanzaa comes from the Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanza” or first fruits, referring to the agricultural harvest festivals that ...
Rediet Tadele Dec 21, 2020 3 min Ruby Bridges: 60 Years Since Making History Ruby Bridges made history 60 years ago when she was the first African-American student to integrate an elementary school in the South. At...
Lydia Kiros Dec 15, 2020 4 min The Last Black Queen of Hawaii Who Was Overthrown by a U.S. Backed Coup “White Southerners, who settled the Hawaiian islands during the 19th Century had a song about the native people which ran, “You many call...
Rediet Tadele Dec 15, 2020 3 min Dr. Herbert Charles Smitherman Sr: The Jackie Robinson of Proctor & Gamble Have you used Crest toothpaste recently? Or Bounce fabric softener? Then the name Dr. Herbert Charles Smitherman Sr. is one you should k...
Lydia Kiros Dec 7, 2020 3 min This Kenyan King Successfully Predicted European Colonization He stood in his prime, majestic with an animal skin draped over one shoulder and a stick in his hand. His earlobes stretched from the wei...
