Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was born on July 10, 1875 to enslaved parents. I turn to her story for inspiration often. Most know of her work of starting a school in 1904(which became Bethune-Cookman College) by selling sweet potato pies door-to-door. She was president of the college from 1923 to 1942, and from 1946 to 1947. …
Today is the first day of Black History Month which is also my son’s birthday. Issa Prescott is also one of my Black History heroes because he and partner Brent brought a full-service restaurant into my neighborhood. I used to dream of having a business like his in my ‘hood. He has the entrepreneurial knack …
Picture it. Forty grown folk laying on mats on a Thursday evening in SW Atlanta’s Black Mecca space. Led by Dr. Tricia Hersey, founder of the Nap Ministry and author of the book Rest is Resistance. She brought home the power of rest and had us contemplate on what messages we had been continuously and …
It was a good night for Black women! Zendaya won best actress for Euphoria, Lizzie won outstanding competition for Watch out for the Big Grrrls, Quinta Brunson won for comedy writing – the Abbott elementary pilot and Sheryl Lee Ralph became only the 2nd black woman to win an Emmy for supporting actress in a …
I was looking for one bike picture and ended up with this story of a grand bike ride across Georgia (BRAG),on the belt line, the comet trail, @rosalynne_e_duff on one, when I was five and a sobering moment honoring the memory of Emmitt Till whose bike rides were cut short way too soon. #listening4justice
After a fuller week than I have had in a long long time, I can’t wait for Saturday! On which day there is absolutely nothing on my calendar or to-do list! I’ve gotten really good at protecting weekends and even most evenings. That is my time to read, reflect, watch TV, do puzzles, cook, check …
It’s Black History Month and I so appreciate the month set aside to lift up the history of Black people in this country. Yes, we need to study and acknowledge our history all year long AND the attention a month like this one gives us is worthwhile. All kinds of people, colleges and corporations are …
Television is an amazingly powerful communication tool. Its images of culture, family, relationships, and events give us opportunities to socialize, teach, and inspire both children and adults. Empowered parents and communities are responsible for guiding the placement of television in the process of human development. My awareness of television’s power and potential began when I …
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These pics tell you everything you need to know about Baba Mukasa. Enthusiastic, bright, smart, consistent, committed, critical, brilliant, revolutionary, proud and ahead of his time. (Thanks, Baba I got these great pics from his FB posts!) While an undergraduate at Brown University in 1980, I joined the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party only weeks after …
To learn more about how systemic racism is baked into the Economy, the L4J community read and discussed an article entitled Why do we allow infinite wealth accumulation? Perhaps because we have glorified it to the Nth degree in our world. You know how we look at hoarders of things, food, trash, memorabilia, etc? We …