Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024)She was one of my heroes growing up. I bought all of her books and actually got to meet her when she spoke at my college in the late 70s. This was a clip from one of her last interviews about the ongoing racism in our country. (1)
Top 10 Black Scientists Who Were Silenced(MAGA’s practice of removing blacks from the history books isn’t new) (1)
One of the stories my uncle Leo told me about the war…He served in WWII, in the European theater, and while the U.S. sent segregated troops, they found that the Europeans weren’t biased in the same way that the white American soldiers generally were. He told me, the white Americans especially sought to... See More »
Celebrating Juneteenth or "Freedom Day" June 19…This is the Google video from when it became a federal holiday, in 2021: (2)
From the moment I first heard it, this song has always hit me where I live…I was listening to it recently while my middle sister and I were talking about when we used to visit our grandparents. Sometimes the great-aunts and uncles would be there, too. They’d talk about all the things they had done and seen during their... See More » (1)
On May 15, 2025, the Nottoway Plantation in White Castle Louisiana, caught fire and burned down.I’m glad that nobody was physically harmed during the fire, but I’m not going to lie; I can’t say I’m sorry about the fire itself. As what the internet refers to as an ADOS (American Descendant Of Slavery), I could understand preserving these... See More » (1)
