A reflection of my ancestors’ sacrifices
Elizabeth Franklin, St. Louis, MO I’m from St. Louis, MO, but I currently attend Dillard University in New Orleans, LA. My family has always been...
I’m Jayla Seals; I’m not you.
Jayla S, New Orleans, LA When I was younger, my last name would get called for attendance, and when students heard it, they would make...
Passionate , ambitious, truthful , knowledgeable , helpful , kind
Brittany Knighten, New Orleans, LA
Disasters do not discriminate. Recoveries do.
lowernine.org, New Orleans, LA. lowernine.org is engaged in the long-term recovery of New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Katrina and the levee breaches of 2005....
Black Women Become Grandmothers Too Young
Anzita, New Orleans, LA At the time I was born my grandmother was 40 and already had a grandchild. I have two sons with a...
Is my skin too dark for you
Yeshonda Lee, New Orleans, LA My skin color is just as beautiful as any other shade of skin color.
DON’T FORGET ABOUT OUR “AMERICAN” PAST
Jayla, New Orleans, LA My reasoning behind choosing those six words leads me to address Gov Ron DeSantis “STOP WOKE” law that undoubtedly will erase...
They didn’t know that we’re seeds
Joy Alsandders, New Orleans, LA These six words will always push me to keep going.
I am not your Black therapist
Eve Chambers, New Orleans, LA I am a bartender in the New Orleans French Quarter, and I love to have conversation. To chit chat with...
Darkskin woman with locs.. future Doctor?
Reion’ne Stewart, New Orleans, LA I am a Biology Pre-Med student at Dillard University. I am also a dark-skin woman with locs. I also just...
I’m Black before I’m anything else.
Jan Miles, New Orleans, LA. I’m not a woman–I’m a BLACK woman. I’m not a writer–I’m a BLACK writer. In law school, I was a...
Being Black and Queer is Possible
Leroy Harding, New Orleans, LA I’m a black queer man who attends Southern University at New Orleans. Often times intersectionality seems nonexistent in the black...
Black Girl In A White World
Meleah Williams, New Orleans, LA Growing up I experienced police brutality three times before the age of 18. But that’s a black girl in a...
RACE isn’t culture or beauty. Brains are.
Aida Verri, New Orleans, LA. You are not ugly, pretty, stupid, smart, strong, weak, violent or calm because of your “race”. Your skin color isn’t...
