Keep Your Blackity-Black Black StuffI was excited like most people probably were at the announcement of The Undefeated, ESPN’s spin…
The BeginningRemembering the RoxyThe Quonset-style hut sits just off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Macon, Georgia…
Historic HeadachesBy Sarah PoundsIt can be easy to forget about a place’s significance when no one is taking care of it.Especially when you don’t know who is supposed to care for it in the first place.
More than stigma prevents Blacks from seeking mental health servicesOne of the most common adages in the African American community around the topic of mental health has been stigma. I have heard this notion many times before becoming a therapist and many times since. There have…
9 -Chosen Family, in the 1960s and in 2016!At 11 years old in southwest GA and being in a family with both parents working, I…
Digging inMacon likes to boast it has more acreage on the National Register of Historic Places than any other city in Georgia. Most of those are…
The American DreamDear America,“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by…
What Could Have BeenBy Avery Braxton and Emanuela RendiniOur Civic & Community class started this project with some lofty goals: historic recognition of the building, locate an owner, generate interest in returning this to a productive use.
It’s not my job, nor my desire, to explain myself to you. The fact that you even asked me to do so, highlights my “premise”.
