Liz Courquet-LesaulnierAll I Really Want Is to Hear Prince Sing Live AgainApril 21, 2023, marks seven years since Prince died. I still haven’t come to terms with the loss or the way he died alone.Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Liz Courquet-LesaulnierYou Ugly N***** B****I have a dream… that one day people will stop telling black folks that the real problem is we think about racism too much. That because we…Jan 16, 20183Jan 16, 20183
Liz Courquet-LesaulnierOn My Brother’s 53rd Birthday, This Is Why I Know Honesty And Education Are Key To Suicide…Today my brother would have been 53. There are no candles to blow out, no slices of cake to eat, no festive songs to sing. He died by…Jul 18, 20172Jul 18, 20172
Liz Courquet-LesaulnierFor My Great Grandmother Butler on JuneteenthToday’s Juneteenth, the day in 1865 that slaves in Texas found out about the Emancipation Proclamation — and their freedom — a whole two…Jun 20, 20171Jun 20, 20171
Liz Courquet-LesaulnierBen Carson’s Not the Only One Who Doesn’t Get Why Slaves Weren’t ImmigrantsOnce upon a time in the late 1840s some of my Dwyer ancestors voluntarily got on a boat and left Ireland for the United States. Their goal…Mar 9, 2017Mar 9, 2017
Liz Courquet-LesaulnierChance the Rapper to Politicians: This Is What it Looks Like to Care About Black and Brown KidsYou know those folks who like to complain about an artist’s social activism? The ones who say that actors, singers, or dancers need to shut…Mar 7, 2017Mar 7, 2017