black culture
-
HBCU Night is the College Resource Every Black PWI Student Needs
Founder Andres Martin took his own HBCU experience and turned it into an event where community can immerse into the HBCU culture.
-
A Stroll Down Memory Lane: Broadcast Journalist, DeMarco Morgan, Talks About the Impact of HBCUs
DeMarco credits much of his success to his time at Jackson State University.
-
VP Kamala Harris Announces HBCU Security Grants After Persistent Bomb Threats
HBCUs targeted by the threats could receive grants ranging from $50,000 to $150,000 per campus
-
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweets Kwanzaa Is a ‘Fake Religion’
“It’s a fake religion created by a psychopath,” Greene tweeted on Sunday, the first day of Kwanzaa.
-
My Family Celebrated Kwanzaa For The First Time. Here's How It Went
Despite my pretty obvious penchant for and desire to support the spirit behind “rooting for everybody Black,” I’ve been pretty intentionally absent from the Kwanzaa party. Let me go on ahead and note here that I’m fully aware that the founder of Kwanzaa (or at least the individual given the credit for its founding), Ronald…
-
Black Pastors Call Kelly Loeffler’s Attacks on ‘Radical’ Raphael Warnock Sermons an ‘Attack Against the Black Church’
There’s a reason why white people—especially conservatives—are always so blind to their own racism: They view everything through a lens of whiteness. On Saturday, a group of Black pastors, mostly from Georgia, penned an open letter to Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her campaign in response to recent “too radical for Georgia” attack ads against…
-
Chadwick Boseman Forever
It seemed like a “normal” Friday night—or as normal as any day could be in 2020—and all of a sudden, the world was met with a crushing blow. A universal, downcast silence seemed to fall as we watched our smartphones in sheer disbelief and the realization crept into our consciousness: Chadwick Boseman was gone. We…
-
20 Years of Bringing It: What Bring It On Did for the Culture and the Conversation Around Cultural Theft
“Every time we get some, y’all come trying to steal it, putting some blonde hair on it, and calling it something different,” Isis (Gabrielle Union), captain of the fictional East Compton Clovers cheer squad, tells Rancho Carne Toros leader Torrance (Kirsten Dunst) in a confrontational scene during the cult classic film Bring It On. The…
-
VSB Dads Share Their Father's Day Wish Lists. We Thank You In Advance
Father’s Day is upon us and even before COVID-19, the sock aisles at your favorite retailers (that also sold groceries!) were probably almost bare, but now they are probably empty. Socks and ties are the Father’s Day staples near and far, to and fro. But is that what the father in your life really wants…