It’s the end of Black History Month. English teachers will conclude their reading of To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), History teachers have finished their 4-week retelling of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, and Hoteps are done reminding everyone that cheating on Coretta was justifiable given MLK’s time away from home during the Civil Rights Movement. But what about the other 337 …
Some words over coffee with Jordan Hawkins
This post has been edited for clarity. D: How long have you been doing music? Do you remember when you wrote your first song? J: It’s been a long time. I grew up singing in the church. I picked up piano, then guitar. I started writing around 12 years old. D: Who’d you grow up listening to? J: Erykah Badu, …
Raps Dora Milaje: How Black Women are Running the Rap Game
BY OMAR ABDULKARIM This past Friday, Megan Thee Stallion, aka the H-Town Hottie, aka Tina Snow, aka Hot Girl Meg blessed us with her album Fever. While the album is a rallying call for us Hotties to act up this summer, it also serves as the perfect reminder of the fact that women are running rap. Yes, RUN rap. And …
AAE Hosts Black Horror Art Show
The Afrikan Arts Ensemble at UCLA (AAE) coordinated a Black Horror Art Show this past Thursday. The event featured various art forms including photography, drawings, and live performances to name a few. I was able to sit down with members of AAE’s staff on Saturday to discuss their choice to have a horror exhibit, why they joined AAE, and the …
Black Panther: A Film Review
Black Panther made me feel proud to be black and this movie embodied fearlessness and grace of Black people that is usually overlooked in media .
Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” Receives Four Oscar Nominations
Jordan Peele’s 2017 social thriller, “Get Out,” received four Academy Award Nominations including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Following the Oscar reveal, Peele expressed his gratitude via Twitter. “Right now I’m just thinking about everyone who bought a ticket and told someone else to. You did this. Thank you,” wrote Peele. Peele’s directorial debut, Get Out, is a testament …
Recy Taylor, Rape Survivor and Civil Rights Activist, Dies Days Before 98th Birthday
Recy Taylor, daughter of Alabama sharecroppers, passed away ten days before her 98th birthday in her Abbeville nursing home. Taylor had become a prominent civil and women’s rights activist after surviving a traumatic rape during the Jim Crow era. In 1944, 24-year old Recy Taylor was brutally raped by six white men while walking home from church in Alabama. With …