Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women and Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South

“Enslaved people were many things at once, and they were many things at different moments and in various places."

Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Educational and Memorial Center

Transparency 2019: In keeping with my theme of transparency for the year, I'd like to admit that I struggled to write this blog. I struggled because of how much I love Malcolm and how much I could say about him. I struggled because this is the first time I've had to make a negative critique …

Nappily Ever After

First and foremost the writers came out the gate swinging when Violet, played by Sanaa Lathan, explains an upbringing that included respectability politics. As the movie begins with a flashback to the character’s childhood, Violet describes the different levels of pressure felt by white and black children. “Like most black mothers, mine was consumed by …