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Bold Black Beautiful Photo Shoot

Renata Del Carmen hosted a photo shoot for Black Women in Brooklyn Bridge Park for her BOLD BLACK BEAUTIFUL project. Her goal was to create beautiful images of Black Women that would represent standards of beauty as stock photography on the internet.

Ain’t I A Woman? by Sojourner Truth

Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that ‘twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what’s all this here talking about? That man over thereContinueContinue reading “Ain’t I A Woman? by Sojourner Truth”

Indigenous Peoples Celebration

Personally, I think the United States should dedicate a year, at the minimum, to acknowledging the atrocities committed against Indigenous Peoples on the mainland United States as well as in outlying states and territories.

Treaty-breakers: The Genocide of the First Peoples by the U.S. Government

Attempting to “reclaim our heritage” by examining the first crimes of the United States government that continue today. “I know of no other instance in history where a great nation has so shamefully violated its oath. Our country must forever bear the disgrace and suffer the retribution of its wrongdoing.”

Book Review: BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah My rating: 4 of 5 stars In the back of the book, his bio states simply: Trevor Noah is a comedian from South Africa. Enigmatic is a word I would add. This is not the story of Trevor Noah’s rise to fame. Indeed, there’s no clear connection from theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah”