In the new chapter of “A Different World,” the character Amir offers something long overdue in Black queer representation: normal, integrated existence. Here is an open letter to show creators Felicia Pride and Debbie Allen on why his storyline matters: Dear Felicia Pride, Debbie Allen, […]
Before Toni Morrison became a Nobel Prize-winning author, she wrote a gripping novel about a young Black girl who believed having blue eyes would make her beautiful. More than 50 years later, “The Bluest Eye” is at the center of a book ban controversy in […]
A shared testament for many in the African American community is a feeling of having to grow up way too soon in the journey from adolescence to adulthood. For Black men specifically, an age-old statistic even made us believe that many of our brothers wouldn’t […]
Robin “Rocky” Myers of Morgan County, Alabama, has spent more than three decades behind bars for a murder he maintains he did not commit. Despite questions surrounding the physical evidence, shifting witness accounts, and his original attorney’s ties to the Ku Klux Klan, his latest […]
After a battle between Americans Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe, Shelton reigned supreme and will move on to the finals Sunday night. The 23-year-old won the fight against the man he calls “big brother” in four sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5, in three hours and 27 minutes of […]
In the wake of the spate of suspicious hanging deaths of Black folk across the country, many have raised eyebrows when police have ruled them “accidents,” acts of self-harm, or “inconclusive” during or after their investigations. Given this country’s history, when a Black person is found hanged, […]
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