'Pitch' Is A Home Run for Black WomenAP Photo "Pitch" changes the face of baseball . The MLB welcomes a starting pitcher, a black woman, to the San Diego Padres. The show is...
Why Isn't Anyone Talking About Essence Bowman?Courtesy of @irreverentfash on Twitter In the wake of the Philando Castile and Alton Sterling shootings, I immediately saw the hashtag ...
My Realization About Independence DayThis is the first time in my life when I realized the significance of the Fourth of July-----there is none. Well, not for blacks, at...
#SAYHERNAME Is More Than Just A HashtagToday is national #SayHerName action day. The hashtag was established in 2015 after Sandra Bland, 28-year-old Black woman from...
The Revolutionary Spirit of Assata and Afeni ShakurThe only phrase I could think of when Afeni Shakur died last week was “Rest in power”. Many know her as Tupac Shakur’s mom, but she was...
What Beyonce's 'Lemonade' Meant for MeBeyoncé released “Lemonade”, her sixth studio album, on TIDAL after her program aired on HBO Saturday night. The Twitter world emerged...
Anita Hill Case: Sexual Misconduct and Black Male AccountabilityAnita Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 11, 1991 Greg Gibson/AP Photo SEX, POWER, and RACE are the best words to...
The Untold Story of Rosa ParksGetty Images As Black History month is about to end, I thought that this story is one that needed to be shared because it is vaguely...
Why Are Rape Victims Considered Suspects?AP Photo/ Mary Altaffer Pop star Kesha, who has not been in the spotlight for a while, was denied by a judge to nullify her contract on...
On the White Girls Who Love to Prey on Black Boys and the Black Boys Who Want Them ToPeople Magazine It seems as if white girls, especially those at my high school, have a fetish with the black guys. I didn’t know how...