The Fourth of July is a farce when it comes down to Black Folks’ Freedom “Why us always have family reunion on July 4th?” asks Alice Walker’s character Henrietta in “The Color Purple.”Harpo replies:  “White people busy celebrating they independence from...

How do we, as Black people, navigate the onslaught of being the most vulnerable during this unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, along with the continued terroristic acts committed against us every single day? How do we deal with the pain of seeing these atrocities...

A friend texted me a recent photo of myself. The most profound thought popped into my head when I saw my image reflected back to me. "What if we could all accept the idea that we are perfect just the way we are?" Writing the Haiku you see above, which expresses the...