I have created a radical online community center called The Heights Community Project, LLC. The community center is based on the socio-political realities of Bruton Heights School, which was the last all-Black school that served Black people living in Bruton, James City, and Williamsburg, Virginia before integration from 1940 to…

Malcolm Little’s parents were members of Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). The break up of his family, following the death of his father and his mother’s institutionalization to an insane asylum caused Malcolm to lose interest in school and drop out. Little became involved in petty crimes and…

I came of age when Black males were seen as “an endangered species.” I consumed a musical genre called Rap that featured Black male voices that exposed me to their challenges and how they behaved as a young Black male in a white world. The movies that I watched depicted…

The purpose of the literature review is to explore the studies that focus on adolescents and their use of social media platforms. The focus of the literature review has two topics: human relationships and mental health. …

I am constantly learning about the socio-political activities of Black people in my city of Williamsburg, Virginia, nation, and around the globe. I believe in the contemporary radical possibilities of Black people in the present and in the future. There will be contradictions to fight, even when the radical program…

The African American community, like other communities, has an issue with alcohol and drug addiction. Malcolm Little before he became Malcolm X was drug addicted and sold drugs (Rough, 2017; Haley, 1964; New York Times, 1964). Addictions for the African American community is linked to traumas of being an oppressed…

The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police is the latest in the continuing destruction of Black bodies as a result of racism and police brutality. The protests that have sprung up across the nation are part of a continuing reaction to State violence and oppression. The distinction between protests…

“Whose world is this?”-”The World Is Yours” Hip Hop is political and is every area of daily life. The culprit that frames both Nas' first album and the coronavirus pandemic is white people’s politics that has and will impact Black people’s lives, of which it makes many sick and worse…

Historically Black Colleges and Universities are schools that deserve community financial support. The 7th President of Dillard University (HBCU), Dr. Walter Kimbrough (2017) indicated that the Brown Decision broke the HBCU monopoly over recruiting and retaining Black students and the belief that predominantly white universities through their better resources will…