How We Can Help We Get the Medical Treatment We Deserve
After the first day of physical therapy, my 12-year-old daughter said, “He deserve a raise. He made me feel cared about.” As simple as that statement was, it stuck with
Carter G. Woodson and the History of Black History Month
While writing Krak Teet, I wrote a poem that described the elder stories I was gathering. The poem began and ended by saying: I’ma write a book because I’m tired
We All Had a Black Wall Street
There’s a running joke that if you want to know where any city’s ghetto is, just find Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. But that wasn’t always the case in Savannah.
Zora’s Opinion on School Desegregation
From: Zora Neale Hurston To: The Orlando Sentinel Date: August 11, 1955 — Editor: I promised God and some other responsible characters, including a bench of bishops, that I was
Watch Night, the Proclamation, and the 13th
I grew up going to church on New Year’s Eve, but I didn’t learn about “Watch Night Service” until about five or so years ago while volunteering with the Gullah
Aminah Robinson’s House in Columbus is What Virginia Kiah’s House in Savannah Should Be
Virginia Kiah, in short, was born in 1911, grew up in Baltimore, and moved to Savannah in 1950. She taught at Beach High School then retired in 1963 to work
The Language and Rules That Exclude (And Execute) Women
By Trelani Michelle and Diamond Afeni “They didn’t burn witches. They burned women.” I don’t remember exactly who said that, but it stuck with me. They burned women who talked
Day of the Dead + Saint’s Day + Oya
Driving to the store yesterday, I could’ve sworn I saw a ghost flit across the street and into the woods. It also happened to be Halloween, so I had to
When the Democrats and Republicans Switched Ideas
Folk who love to argue with black folk love to say that Republicans ended slavery. (Those folk include black folk too.) While that’s a true statement, it’s also a misleading
Maroons: The Ancestors They Don’t Want You to Know About
Some Africans self-emancipated after plotting for months and years. some peeped an opportunity and chose right there in the moment to get the tf on. some escaped the auction block, fresh off the