Eight HBCUs Get Loan Relief From the U.S. Department of Education – The HBCU Capital Finance program allowed colleges and universities to take out low-interest loans to restore building and facilities on their campuses. But due to the 2008-09 recession and declining enrollments at some HBCUs, many institutions have had difficulty making payments on their loans….
Category: My Poetry
BlackGirlChronicles: What is…LOVE?
What is…LOVE??? My daughter asked me this question over a week ago. What was my definition of love? Was I ever in love? I couldn’t give her an honest answer as I looked back at my life. Looking back on my past relationships, I realized that I never loved them like love is “supposed” to…
America’s Lies: I Am Not Your NEGRO
Last Friday (February 3, 2017), I was privileged to watch the documentary called, I am not your Negro featuring James Baldwin and directed by Raoul Peck. Baldwin was just getting into a new book titled, Remember This House in 1979 on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr….
When HER Fairytales Collided into the Streets of Philly
When HER Fairytales Collided into the Streets of Philly I was the one that dreamed about fairy-tales…because my reality was far harsher than Snow White eating the poisoned apple. I dreamed of that white knight in shining armor to whisk me away to a beautiful house, 2.5 kids, and a small dog. Surrounded by drugs,…
My Legacy…I’m Sorry
#AcademicHustler: My daughter…The love of my life. The one I sacrificed for in many ways. She will have a hard road ahead of her over the next few years and beyond. The love of my life will continue to be burdened as a woman and as a black person. Her future husband will continue to…
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…
My Experience as an Inside Out Prison Exchange Student @ Temple University
“If you don’t already know about the Inside-Out program, check it out and get involved! It’s so important that we end the separation between ‘us’ and ‘them’ – those labeled ‘prisoners,’ ‘criminals,’ ‘felons.’ It is this separation and demonization of the ‘others’ – and our failure to truly see, hear, and engage with those who…
StoryTime: Yes, I am Still in Love with HIM…
Yes, I am still in love with him! My friend looked at me in shock and said “After everything he put you through, how can you still care for this person.” I couldn’t explain it myself. She asked me if I had seen him lately and I said, “No, I knocked on the door, but…
No Longer 3/5ths of a Person: a’n’t I a woman?
Harriet Tubman was a great woman and she deserves every honor we can get for her accomplishments, trials, tribulations, and love for her people. She was born a slave in America and decided to free slaves during a time when she would have been hung, raped, and murdered just like Mary Turner. Sojourner Truth said,…
April 2016: African American News, Highlights, and Mentions
“The book itself is a landmark of political protest and eloquent articulation of the demand for freedom for people of African descent in the United States,” says Pellom McDaniels III, curator of African American Collections in the Rose Library. “It is as important for African American political and social history as Thomas Paine’s ‘Rights of…
Second Class Moms, Girlfriends, and Wives for Some Black Men
This is my take on women and how we are told that our black men and boys should be protected at any cost, even when it comes to their decisions on love….sometimes at our own detriment. We are always asked as black women to share our men. Share our men with their mothers, their…
AcademicHustler: My Best and Favorite Writing of 2015
Some are not safe for work. Please be mindful. 😉 I write while in love, hurt, when feeling sexy or just horny. I let it out because I am woman that feels erotic. I found one of my passions and writing spoken word, poetry or prose is it. Enjoy!!!!
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