Racial Justice

This one’s for all of the ladies in South Africa. I’ve been lucky enough to visit twice in my lifetime and fortunate to be called your “gal.” We’ve talked colorism…

For many, Juneteenth marks true freedom in the U.S. because everyone finally got the memo that they were no longer enslaved. More than two years later! Throughout the Civil War,…

A marigold’s leaves are unlike the ones I doodle in notebook margins. They are not shaped like one big, rounded leaf with a pointy tip that droops almost curling under…

“Lacey used to have these Black history checks. Each check had a different Black hero on it. MLK, Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass. So, Lacey was at a store chatting with…

Let’s make America great again! That’s the mantra this country claims to want a return to, but I ask, in all sincerity, when was she ever great? Was it when…

EXCLUDED TERM Choose the word that least relates to the topic. 450,000 A. dollars B. euros C. yens D. slaves E. pesos F. rupees Christianity A. Bible B. Jesus C.…

I prepared to face the elements that afternoon, bundled in my black jacket. It was my armor. In these frigid temperatures, I never left home without this protective layer. It…

I sit in my room sometimes in complete silence, complete darkness and just cry. I cry to release all the things I do not or cannot say. I am a…

During this time, I have found myself Netflix and chilling. One of the series that I could not wait to watch was Self Made, inspired by the life of Madam…

PROMISE I stood in Loguen’s park, Rescuing Jerry again 169 years later Only our Jerry’s are a long list of son’s and daughters that never got to breathe again. I…