Reflections from this Black History Month

I tend to be one of those people who believe Black History Month shouldn’t have to be a thing because it should be an ingrained part of American history. Nonetheless, I decided to lean into Black History Month this year by diversifying my media intake…

ROOTS

i am the tree / longstanding / stubborn with change / roots far and wide /too strong to cut / too long to dig out /bark exposing the eons of my existence / withstanding famines /fires passed me by …

Standing On His Shoulders: The Legacy Of Mayor Carl B. Stokes

The election of President Barack Obama, not even a decade ago, has already been marked down in American history as a major step in the long march for civil rights. Of course, it is clear from the continuing work of advocates…

A Raisin in the Sun

by Wallace Bridges, Fulbright Scholar

Lorraine Hansberry’s milestone American play, A Raisin in the Sun, opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York on March 11, 1959. The production was a turning point in American theatre. It was the first play by an American…