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Talking to one mother about raising biracial children in a world where the color of your skin can be deadly besides being a challenge to their future. How old are your children today? Marlena: My son is 16 and my daughter is 12.  For you, what was your surroundings like when you were pregnant withContinue reading “Bringing up Black History”

Serving in the military is something that not everyone can do. It takes extraordinarily people to be able to become a soldier and to be black and in the military is an amazing accomplishment and being a woman makes it beyond extraordinary. Today we will be looking into who was the first and how AfricanContinue reading “African American women in the Military”

Its sad to say that in today’s world how Black history is being shown to today’s youth with so much information not being taught where it comes across as a way to leave disturbing actions by others hidden. True there’s no secret that African Americans’history didn’t start in a positive light. There were so manyContinue reading “Black History day #5 topic will be Slavery”

Emily Dickinson has had a deep and profound influence on American poetry. Also known as the “Belle of Amherst“, she is ranked among the greatest poets in English literature and she is perhaps the most famous female poet. As well as Angelou is best known for her seven autobiographies, but she was also a prolific and successfulContinue reading “Black History #4 Female Poets”

Ethel Waters was the first black performer, male or female, to have her own TV show and may very well have been the first black person to appear on television. Nat King Cole becomes the first African-American to host a nationwide show. While Ethel Waters was the first African-American to star in her own television show, NatContinue reading “Black History day #3”

I was having a conversation with my dear friend, Courtney, about some of our other mutual girlfriends who we always support but never seem to support us.  It dawned on me that for much of my adult life, the women (outside of my family) have rarely supported me in the way that I have supportedContinue reading “Why Black Women should support Black women”

The first African American book was a collection of poems by Phillis Wheatley published in 1773, and since then the aspirations, experiences, and grievances of a people subject to the horrors of a racist society have found expression through poetry. Here is a list of some major African American works of poetry to help youContinue reading “Black History in writing”

Starting February 1st we will be posting daily authors and other amazing people as we celebrate black history. So I hope you enjoy as we celebrate this historic month celebrating our past, present and most important our future!

It’s a new year and that usually mean time for change. And that usually means physical changes and organizing your spaces but I want to talk a little bit about the mental changes for yourself. In this piece I want to talk about mental growth and processing learning how to accept negative outcomes in yourContinue reading “Learning to let go and being grateful in the process”