Black History

IntroductionThe image of Jesus that most people are familiar with—fair skin, blue eyes, and soft brown hair—didn’t come from scripture. It came from centuries of European cultural dominance. But if you go to Ethiopia, you’ll find a very different Jesus. One whose features reflect African heritage, one whose presence in scripture hasn’t been edited to […]

Introduction: As Juneteenth reminds us of liberation from slavery, it also offers a moment to reflect on how far Black communities have come—and how complex that journey still is. One lesser-discussed facet of Black American life is the continued presence and influence of Black elite societies. These aren’t myth or conspiracy; they are structured, intergenerational,

Introduction: Most people know “Strange Fruit” as a haunting song sung by Billie Holiday—a protest against the lynching of Black Americans in the Jim Crow South. But fewer know just how literal that “strange fruit” was. There’s a place in Natchez, Mississippi called the Devil’s Punch Bowl, and it carries a history so grim it

Introduction: You ever wonder what happens to Black actors when they start telling too much truth? When they stop grinning for the camera and start confronting the system head-on? History has the answer—it buries them. Or tries to. Canada Lee was one of those men. More than just an actor, he was a boxer, a

IntroductionThis isn’t a prophecy of violence or revenge—it’s a meditation on decline. The decline not of people, but of supremacy. It asks: what happens when the world no longer needs Europe to tell its story? When the myth of Western exceptionalism no longer holds power over time, memory, and identity? The answer is not apocalypse.

IntroductionDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives were originally framed as tools for social justice and racial healing, especially for African Americans with generational roots in the U.S. But in practice, many argue these programs have been repurposed to avoid dealing with the historical debt owed to foundational Black Americans. Billionaire tech entrepreneur Marc Andreessen recently—perhaps

IntroductionLet’s stop tiptoeing around it—when it comes to American white evangelicalism, the defining allegiance has never consistently been to Christ. It’s been to whiteness. That’s not a generalization meant to shame every white believer, but a hard truth supported by centuries of behavior, policies, theology, and silence. From slavery to genocide, from Jim Crow to

IntroductionMost of us grew up hearing about George Washington Carver as “the peanut guy,” as if his only contribution to history was making peanut butter. But that watered-down version does a deep injustice to one of the most brilliant minds in American history. Carver wasn’t just an agriculturalist—he was a scientist, environmentalist, inventor, educator, and

Introduction One of the most urgent conversations we must have as African people—whether on the continent or in the diaspora—is about internalized oppression. For centuries, colonialism and white supremacy taught us to revere white leadership while doubting our own. That conditioning didn’t disappear; it calcified into habits, beliefs, and divisions we still carry. As a