Senator Elizabeth Warren may have been silenced from reading Coretta Scott King’s 31-year-old letter opposing Jeff Sessions, the current nominee for Attorney General, but as for the rest of us? Nah, fam. Read Coretta’s letter in its entirety below, and then, check out your Resistance Task of the Day (RTOTD): Mr. Chairman and Members of […]
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Even though it’s all Black everything, 365 at Sesi HQ, we still can’t help but get extra hype come February One. And this year, the Black History Month fire is set to be all the way blazin’. 1) We’re reigniting the Movement. On February 1, 1865, President Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment into law, officially […]
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Trust. We know. It’s only May and it seems that so many celebrities have already passed on this year. And today, less than two weeks after Prince’s death, Tupac’s mom, Afeni Shakur, died. The subject of his popular 1995 track, “Dear Momma,” which topped the Billboard charts at number 3 and remained on the chart […]
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IT. IS. HAPPENING. A Black woman is going to be the face on that new fetty! More specifically, the face is going to be of the baddest ride-or-die Black girl who rocks in history — Harriet Tubman. Instead of replacing the mug of Alexander Hamilton (he helped create the Treasury Department and is also the […]
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You’ve probably heard the name Nat Turner mentioned briefly in history class, but for an all-the-way-real look into this slave who was so #boss he led a rebellion at just 31 years old in hopes of freeing himself and his people, you’ll need to watch the new movie, The Birth of a Nation when it […]
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Posted up in a “Kiss Me, I’m Black!” tee (which we legit need, like right now), YouTuber Akilah Obviously breaks down the five stages every Black student goes through during Black History Month when she’s the only Black kid in class. From how it feels to be stared at when your teacher brings up slavery […]
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We all know our history — a part of American history — shouldn’t be limited to just one month of school assemblies and projects. This year, take things into your own hands, revamp those #squadgoals, and make a plan to really explore your roots. Hit up every spot on this list, or choose a few […]
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Today, June 30, 2015, Misty Copeland was promoted from soloist to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. Even though the Theatre has been around for 75 years, Misty is the FIRST Black girl to ever claim this title, the highest one you can get in the ABT! During the announcement, she was feeling all […]
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Bree Newsome, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, freedom fighter, and all around symbol of Black girl magic just did the dang thang. Early this morning, decked out in professional climbing gear, Bree scaled the 30-foot flagpole on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds, grabbed the flag, and before descending, held it up triumphantly and called out: “You come […]
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“What would America be like if we loved Black people as much as we love Black culture?” That’s the question 16-year-old Amandla Stenberg (AKA Rue from The Hunger Games) poses at the end of her video, “Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows: A Crash Discourse on Black Culture.” The video, posted a few months ago on […]
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