#28DaysOfBlackness: It Can’t Just Beyonce’–The Climb & The Come-Up

We as a people always have more together than we do apart. One of the reasons I am a fan of Beyonce as I am now is because of her …

#28DaysOfBlackness: To All The Black Kids In The Dance Videos

One of the things that was great about public school, especially here in St. Louis, was the dance groups. Every grade, starting in fourth or fifth grade, every grade had …

#28DaysOfBlackness: Hair & Thangs With Tiffany Shawntay

It’s still February which means it’s STILL BLACK HISTORY MONTH! Today, I want to highlight Tiffany Shawntay (@errybodylovestiff on IG). Tiffany is a 34-year-old graduate of the historic HBCU Benedict …

#28DaysOfBlackness: One Little Video—Books N Bros & Eye See Me Bookstore

Picture it in 2015, and scrolling through Facebook. I was looking for somewhere to take my girls on a weekend excursion. This is the video that caused the course of …

#28DaysOfBlackness: Save The HBCU’s!

Historically Black Colleges and Universities. I wanted to actually go to Spelman College because I had heard it mentioned on the Cosby Show. There are 101 HBCU’s that make up …

#28DaysOfBlackness: White Feminism & Mary Ann Shadd Cary

The suffragist movement loves to tout the praises of its pillars: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. But it was the brilliance of the testimony of Mary Ann Shadd …

Black Love Is A Superpower-Part 3: STRENGTH

I read Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming, in about 3 days.  I respected her before, but I had a new found reverence for her after. The one thing that I love …

#28DaysOfBlackness: Why We Need A ‘Nightlight’

Scary stories are not new. The horror genre itself is perhaps has old as any of the Abrahamic religions. With the success of Get Out, Black writers are getting the …

RUNITBACK FRIDAY 02/15/2019

Jordan Peele is our here scaring and winning. Stacey Abrams is acting more and more like the POTUS we need and CARDI B won a Grammy! Sweet Love Hangover indeed! …

#28DaysOfBlackness: My Brother’s Keeper

It is no secret that I am a fan of the dynamic force of nature that is President Obama. It is no secret that he has a presence to him …