(Photo courtesy, Jeffrey Alphonso, Instagram: @jeffrey.alphonso) “Picture taken in the course of the to start with design walk, with three women’s hair developed into the letters BSU for the Black Student Union.” Julie SageConnector Writer On November 4th, the Black Scholar Union ran the Hair Expo at College Crossing, it […]
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Remarks by President Biden Celebrating Labor Day and the Dignity of American Workers
Henry Maier Festival ParkMilwaukee, Wisconsin 1:37 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Milwaukee! (Applause.) My name is Joe Biden. I am Jill Biden’s husband. (Applause.) And I want to start by saying: Any child under 12 years of age deserves a little extra ice cream or something for doing this. (Laughter.) This […]
My Beautiful Black Hair: Celebrating Our Crowns Through 101 Empowering Stories
These days, it’s not uncommon to see Black women wearing their natural hair. Something unheard over twenty years ago. Back then, sporting one’s kinks, coils, and curls was not socially acceptable. Forcing women to chemically alter their hair texture. Giving them that desired bone, straight, European look, that attracted the […]
Crowned in Curls: Teen publishes book celebrating Black hair
Aisha Boubacar, now 15, wrote and illustrated a children’s book during the pandemic lockdown for young Black readers to appreciate their natural hair. (Submitted by Kate Lavut) Aisha Boubacar’s quarantine hairstyle experiment quickly turned into a bona fide writing project. While many were trying to cope with being separated from […]
