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Feb 25, 2021

Black History Month Spotlight: Ryan Coogler

Director and writer Ryan Coogler’s introduction to the public left a profound impact that is still found in his work today. Coogler grew up as one of three brothers to a community organizer and probation counselor. Originally born and raised in Oakland, CA, he spent much of his adolescence in…

Black History Month

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Black History Month Spotlight: Ryan Coogler
Black History Month Spotlight: Ryan Coogler
Black History Month

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Feb 18, 2021

Black History Month Spotlight: Issa Rae

Multihyphenated content creator Issa Rae grew from a YouTube content creator to one of Hollywood’s most powerful Black voices. Rae grew up as one of four siblings to a Senegalese doctor and Black American educator whose careers took the family across different continents. Originally born in Los Angeles, CA, she…

Black History Month

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Black History Month Spotlight: Issa Rae
Black History Month Spotlight: Issa Rae
Black History Month

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Feb 11, 2021

Black History Month Spotlight: Walter Dean Myers

Children’s book and young adult author Walter Dean Myers managed to merge Black youth culture with literature. Myers experienced a rough childhood growing up in New York. At age two, he was given to his foster parent Herbert and Florence Dean after his mother’s death. Adopting the middle name “Dean”…

Black Writers

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Black History Month Spotlight: Walter Dean Myers
Black History Month Spotlight: Walter Dean Myers
Black Writers

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Feb 4, 2021

Black History Month Spotlight: Toni Morrison

Author and educator Toni Morrison set the tone for many Black writers of today. Morrison grew up as the second of four children in a working-class African American family in Lorain, Ohio. …

Black Women

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Black History Month Spotlight: Toni Morrison
Black History Month Spotlight: Toni Morrison
Black Women

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Nov 26, 2020

Black Media You Should Be Grateful for This Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is usually a time of togetherness. Dad, Grandpas, and Uncles screaming at the TV as his team misses another touchdown. Mama, Grandmas, and Aunties chastising the kids for nibbling on the sides. All the kids — oldest to youngest — teaching each other the latest TikTok dances and posting…

Black Media

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Black Media You Should Be Grateful for This Thanksgiving
Black Media You Should Be Grateful for This Thanksgiving
Black Media

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Nov 19, 2020

Mixed Feelings Over a Creative Future

As 2020 barrels toward an unpredictable ending, being a Black writer has been a rollercoaster of emotions. Angry. Sad. Anxious. Joyous. Depressing. Exciting. Frustrating. But recent developments have been made me hesitantly optimistic.

Covid-19

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Mixed Feelings Over a Creative Future
Mixed Feelings Over a Creative Future
Covid-19

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Oct 29, 2020

Getting Afrofuturistic Spirit for Halloween

Halloween is usually a time of outrageous parties, terrifying haunted houses, and mountains of miniature candies. But given our current circumstance, many of those activities have either been scaled down, shifted to online, or completely eliminated. This doesn’t mean people are throwing aside the spookiest day of the year. For…

Halloween

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Getting Afrofuturistic Spirit for Halloween
Getting Afrofuturistic Spirit for Halloween
Halloween

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Oct 15, 2020

Expanding the Definition of a Writer

Every once in awhile, I have to redefine certain aspects of my life. Being a writer comes with its ebbs and flows when it comes to career and specialties. Being a freelancer and business owner magnifies those aspects even more. …

Black

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Expanding the Definition of a Writer
Expanding the Definition of a Writer
Black

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Sep 3, 2020

Writing to Survive in 2020

2020 has been a trying year, to say the least. As a freelancer, growth, and change have become my mantra when it comes to expression. But survival has become my motto as the year has brought continual blows. As a writer, survival has become a way of life as I…

Survival

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Writing to Survive in 2020
Writing to Survive in 2020
Survival

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Aug 27, 2020

Consuming the Culture Part Deux

In the U.S., August has been designated as National Black Business Month. 2020 has been a mixed year for many small businesses as it began with an increase in new business before social unrest and COVID-19 set in. Many businesses in the U.S. have had to shift their models, or…

Black Business Month

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Consuming the Culture Part Deux
Consuming the Culture Part Deux
Black Business Month

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