Centering, Uplifting & Celebrating Brown Girls
An inclusive and celebratory look at the contributions black Americans have made to the country and our lives
I hate this day more than most days on the calendar. It is the one and only day in my life I hate being from NY. Today is the only day everyone ever wants to talk about. Where were you? What were you doing? They want you to tell them someone you loved was in …
As Jenina mentioned back in February, we have been working for almost six months crafting our line of bath and body care products to bring them to you. We have slathered our bodies in butters and balms and our skin has never been happier. This weekend was a great one to share our products with …
BrGOL Guest Contributor: Ana Velez Let the water run over your bare feet. Tilt your face to the sky. Close your eyes and listen. Their voices, a low hum almost a whisper in the wind as it tickles your ear. Let their arms embrace you in the warmth of the sun. -Ana Velez It is …
When we say Black Lives Matter, we are talking about the ways in which Black people are deprived of our basic human rights and dignity. It is an acknowledgement Black poverty and genocide is state violence. It is an acknowledgment that 1 million Black people are locked in cages in this country–one half of all …
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My name is Assata ("she who struggles") Olugbala ( "for the people" ) Shakur ("the thankful one"), and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the US government's policy towards people of …
An international symbol of the Black Liberation movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s. Angela Yvonne Davis was born in Birmingham Alabama on January 26, 1944. At the young age of 4, Davis and her family moved out of the projects of Birmingham and into a large house in a nearby neighborhood. However, Birmingham was very …
With an original movie set to premier on HBO starring Oprah, there's much ado about the immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks. A wife and mother who had her life cut short by cancer, she left a piece of herself that still exists today. HeLa, cells do not die after a certain number of divisions, given this immortality, her …
I remember hearing of Ruby Bridges for the first time in elementary school. I was in 5th grade and just a few years older than she was when at the age of 6, she walked through the doors of William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, LA. The Ruby Bridges Story by Robert Coles was …
I saw the image below making its rounds on Facebook. It has the following caption: "Why is this white man relevant to Black history? He was one of the Freedom Riders. In 1960, he was on a bus full of Freedom Riders who arrived in Montgomery Alabama where an angry white mob was waiting for …
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Today, we recognize Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey, the mothers of modern gynecology. These three women were used by J. Marion Sims to refine his surgical practice of repairing vesicovaginal fistula, a condition that can occur during traumatic child birth. These three women endured nearly 100 surgeries between them. Anarcha suffering through 30 of them, without …
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