Another reason black folks’ accents be so thick
A lot of us just got here. While researching my family’s history back in 2016, I learned that my great-grandmother on my mama’s side was born in Alabama. I read
When the Gullah Beat the U.S. in Back-to-Back Wars
The Gullah won three wars against the United States in the 1800s. What had happened was… The U.S. declared itself independent in 1776. That’s when the states went from being
Virginia Jackson Khia
Virginia Jackson was born on June 3, 1911 to two powerful civil rights leaders: Keiffer Albert Jackson (originally from Mississippi) and Dr. Lillian Carroll Jackson (from Baltimore). Her mother was
Tulsa’s Black Wall Street + Riots: Wtf happened in 1921
On May 30, 1921, a black teenager named Dick Rowland got on an elevator in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Before he got off, the elevator operator, Sarah Page, a white woman, screamed.
8 Steps for those ready to organize and act
[Originally published in 2016 on Blavity.com] I went to the Million Man March last year for a call to action. I wanted to know what black people would do when
Quarantine Hustles We Hustled BlackintheDay Too
During Coronavirus’s quarantine orders, a lot of new business started and others expanded what they were already doing, showing how inherently innovative we are and have always been. Here are
Floyd Adams, Jr.
Floyd Adams, Jr., a Geechee man, was born in Savannah on May 11, 1945. He would’ve been 75 today. His parents were Wilhelmina Adams and Floyd Adams, Sr. He was
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Amelia Isadora Platts, a Geechee woman, was born in Savannah on August 18, 1911 (a Leo). She was one of ten children between George–a construction worker who owned a wholesale