President Barack Obama visited Morehouse College on a rainy Sunday afternoon to give a refrain on the responsibility of Morehouse Men and black America to find dignity and progress in self-reliance, a refrain that has simultaneously proven exciting and excruciating for African Americans over the last four years. His commencement speech was highly-anticipated as an opportunity to reconnect the Obama ... Read More »
On 3 September 2005 – less than a week after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast – I began to understand that America cared little about what was happening in New Orleans. I was an undergraduate at Davidson College in North Carolina at the time, worried out of my mind because my family in Mississippi was still without electricity and friends ... Read More »
“But you know, there are no children here. They’ve seen too much to be children.” -LaJoe Rivers- The tragic death of Hadiya Pendleton struck a nerve in the city of Chicago which spread throughout the entire nation. Once a city desperately crying out for help against gun violence, Chicago officially had the attention of national media, the White House, and ... Read More »
“I’m not a bum, I’m a human being”, says Ronald Davis of Chicago, IL. Davis has been homeless for a year and a half. It’s common to encounter homeless people, especially in downtown Chicago, but a recent video of Ronald Davis posted on Facebook gives an entirely new perspective. Take a look: It’s typical to assume most homeless people are ... Read More »
Finally, someone said it. To be honest, I’ve struggled with writing this post for months, literally. I was afraid people would totally miss the point I was trying to make and simply respond with “If you don’t like Instagram, delete your account”. The problem isn’t that I don’t like Instagram. The problem is I love Instagram, too much. And I ... Read More »
If you’re going to see a long awaited story be told through film, you have to see it on opening night, you just have to. This past Friday, my little sister and I went to opening night of 42 – The Story of Jackie Robinson. Since I’m an advocate for supporting Black businesses in the community, we went to Chatham ... Read More »
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