Tulsa’s Greenwood District: Race Riot of 1921

Tulsa’s Race Riot of 1921 In a political sense, Tulsa Negroes have made tremendous progress. Constituting one tenth of the voting strength, they easily swing elections one way or the other at will. In this respect, it has been demonstrated time after time, that no office seeker can be elected in a citywide or countywide…

The Price of a Ticket as a Black Woman: Inspired by James Baldwin

For so long I was invisible in this country we call America.  Some call it Amerikkka because it hasn’t always been kind to us…even now. The price of my ticket is very expensive and I still have yet to feel the FREEDOM of this journey. I am an American with limited liberties that were added…

Black Power, Black Manhood, and Black Womanhood: Voices from the Past and Present

‘Wathint’ Abafazi, Wathint’ Imbokodo’ (you strike the women, you strike the rock)   I think this is my time now and I’m goin’ to take it. Anybody’d be crazy not to take it.… I just don’t care about anything else right now but takin’ what my mother and my grandmother oughtta have had and they…

In Rio’s Slums, Gangs, Drugs, Murders Carry the Day — Discover

A Rio native photographs life in the deadly slums of the 2016 Olympic host city. “And stuck right in the middle of it, you’ve got the residents of the slums, 99 percent of whom are honest, hardworking people who have nothing to do with the gangs.” Editor’s note: graphic content. via In Rio’s Slums, Gangs, Drugs,…