As Heart Awareness Month begins in February, leaders within the Black medical community are urging renewed attention to a crisis that continues to claim Black lives at higher rates, even as overall cardiovascular deaths decline nationwide.Dr. Anthony Fletcher,...Read More

By the late nineteen-sixties, Baltimore’s Black neighborhoods were tense with frustration and expectancy, a feeling as ambient as the summer heat that clung to rowhouse stoops and corner carryouts. It was in this unsettled space—between the promise of chan...Read More

Day 6 | Black Futures Cypher – The Power of One For DevRock, The Power of One begins at home—and radiates outward through family, faith, and disciplined love. A husband, father, writer, artist, poet, host, and CEO, DevRock’s creative practice is insep...Read More

   Displaying the side-splitting humor that has made her famous, comedienne and actress Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams reflected on her journey from convicted felon to starring in her own Emmy-nominated BET+ series.     �...Read More

The origin of Black History Month begins with scholar, journalist and American historian, Dr. Carter G. Woodson (December 19, 1875- April 3, 1950). The  “Father of Black History” introduced “Negro History Week” in 1926 after noticing lack of ackno...Read More

My lands of Mercy! Honey Child, this weather is a mess I tell you. All last week, I was trapped in my house looking out the window at snow and ice. Terrible situation! But it is only going to get better from here. I am still a one-armed bandit with my arm stil...Read More