Dr. Venessa Northington Gamble is a physician, scholar, and activist. Born in 1953 and grew up in West Philadelphia with single mother, sister and watchful […]
African American Women Health Professionals in Trenches with Coronavirus-Patrice Harris, MD, MPH
Patricia Harris, MD, MPH heads up the American Medical Association and is in the thick of addressing physician needs and challenges during the Coronavirus. The […]
African American Women Health Professionals in Trenches with Coronavirus – Dr. Ebony Hilton
Dr. Ebony Hilton is an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the University of Virginia. Her story becoming a doctor was forged […]
Introduction to Slavery & Hemp
Notable sources may dictate which is older slavery (11,000 years) or hemp (10,000 years). Slavery in the colonies (1619) came from less than 10% of […]
Gianna ‘GiGi’ Bryant – Kobe’s daughter and athlete
I was compelled to acknowledge Gianna Bryant because she was following in her father’s foot steps to become a professional basketball player. One can only […]
Val Demings US House of Representative & Impeachment House Manager
Born in Jacksonville, Florida at the end of Jim Crow and beginning of the Civil Rights era, Val Demings was a child of the sixties. […]
Alexa Joy Potashnik – Frontier Human Rights Activist & Founder of Black Space Winnipeg, Manitoba.
“I may identify as black, but do not present as such; and I often question, should I have the right to speak on racial issues […]
Yvette Carnell Co-founder of #ADOS American Descendants of Slavery
What is definition of reparations? ‘The making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged.’
Erykah Badu a Doula, Soon Midwife, now End of Life Comforter.
This blog was inspired by an article from the website www.xonecole.com about Erykah Badu’s other interest as ‘Doula’ certified in 2011 is defined ‘a non-medical companion who […]
Annabel, a Jamaican Woman Architect Masters her field in Japan
Annabel is a Jamaican Architecture School graduate who decided to do a master’s degree and gain her licensure in Japan. I found her on YouTube […]