Camera-Ready: 7 Black Women Filmmakers to Watch
J Hall
March 26, 2021
The art of storytelling is essential to the Black experience, and who better to narrate than Black women. Here are a few of the many
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Low-Key Legends: 7 More Figures to Celebrate This Black History Month
J Hall
February 9, 2021
Black history is not a summary of North-Star-slavery-escape stories that end with Black people receiving their freedom after a famous (often shortened) dream speech. Blackness’s
Tales from the Whack Side: We Need to Admit These 9 Myths Are Wrong
J Hall
January 29, 2021
1. Blacks do not feel pain. According to a 20-year meta-analysis study, this myth is so believed that Black patients are 22% less likely to
Banking on Black Bodies: Why Black Pain Pays
J Hall
January 29, 2021
There are few guarantees in life: Popcorn will always taste better at the movies, student loan debt will follow you to the grave, and America
Who Can I Run To? The Search for Black Male Vulnerability
J Hall
January 22, 2021
When I was 5 and learning to ride a bike for the first time without training wheels, I accidentally hit a crack in the sidewalk
Music to Live By: 15 Albums That Got Us Through 2020
J Hall
December 23, 2020
The year 2020 has been a lot, but it’s good to know that music was the one failsafe thing to count on during quarantine time
Black Shade: The Complex Relationship between Africans and African Americans
J Hall
December 23, 2020
The African and African American experiences are a world apart, and yet all in the same orbit. Our strained relationship was birthed from the Middle
Who Got Next?: Jemele Hill on the Future of HBCU Sports
J Hall
December 11, 2020
As sports revenue increases by the billions so does the Black athlete’s self-awareness. Writer and host, Jemele Hill joins the discussion on how today’s young
Not My Job: Why I’m Not Interested in Being the Bigger Person Post-Election
J Hall
December 11, 2020
The 2020 Presidential election process was a stressful, never-ending story that included upset white people who feel the country’s been divided since 2016, Black people
Who Got Connects: Hip Hop’s Family Tree
J Hall
November 20, 2020
One of the most overlooked characteristics in Hip Hop is its family tree. The perception that every artist makes it on their own without help
Gone Too Soon: Remembering Our Losses in 2020
J Hall
November 14, 2020
The year 2020 gave us even more to mourn with the deaths of influential Black legends.
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