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….
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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…
GetOutMovie: Black Women Have Always Had Your BACK!!!!
Black Women have always had Black Men’s BACK First let me say, I loved the movie “Get Out.” It was very entertaining, funny, scary, and kept me wanting more after it was over. I am not going to do a movie review because I just don’t do those things. What I like to do…
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…
July/August 2016: African American Mentions, News, and Articles of Interest
Malcolm X was invited back to London by the African Society to address a large audience in the Old Theatre at the London School of Economics. In both addresses, Malcolm X moved the political discourse from civil rights to human rights and stated clearly and unequivocally that the Black liberation struggle had to be internationalized rather than ghettoized….
I was a Child Thief…Until being Arrested Scared me Straight
My Life, the short Version My home life wasn’t good growing up. I didn’t have any father figures or mentors and my mom was never mentally healthy enough to teach me things about life and what I should do or don’t do in the world. We moved around a lot because we was always getting…
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…
Betrayed by Someone you Love at Any Age
Have you ever met someone that you would bet on your grand-mom’s life that they would never betray or harm you? There was something I found out over the last 24 hours that literally devastated me and brought me to my knees. Someone that was very important to my present and future betrayed me and…
Books: From J. Edgar Hoover’s Ghostreaders to the Misappropriation of African American Popular Culture
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. – Haruki Murakami Sometimes we need to branch out and read additional books that give us a better understanding of our history, present, and future. To keep quoting the same individuals is to be closed-minded….
What am I Willing to Struggle For?
“Happiness Requires Struggle” – Mark Mason I know the ordinary, “I want to be secure, happy, stable, in love, and buy a house” is the normal response from people. But looking at this article and this question he posed got me to thinking. What am I willing to struggle for? What have I struggled for…
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