Author: Atu
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On Wednesday, June 17th, 2020, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo said he would sign an executive order that would make Juneteenth a holiday for state employees. Juneteenth is a combination of the month June and nineteenth for the date. It commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, which occurred on June […]
I’ve just come across some extraordinary commentary on our current state. There is a docuseries out on Netflix called Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj. It’s a series where the show’s host, Hasan, digs in detail on various topics that impact today’s society economically, politically, etc. He’s very informative and insightful. The episode I got focused […]
There’s a place in Manhattan, N.Y. the world knows as Central Park. It has been the setting for many movie scenes, tv shows, commercials, public outings, photo shoots… and the list goes on and on, for decades. This place is definitely an iconic area in our present time. Not only for New York but, as […]
Last night, I woke up to a post by @davechappelle that was 27 minutes long. Naturally, I couldn’t wait to see what this was going to look like. We keep having to wait for the next special he releases so, I watched it immediately! Apparently, Chappelle set this show in an area within his own community […]
Recently celebrating her 77th birthday, American poet, writer, educator, commentator and activist Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni, Jr. was born June 7th, 1946 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Named as one of Oprah Winfrey’s 25 Living Legends, Nikki Giovanni’s name rings bells in times like today with an urge to provide positive inspiration to African American youth. Early […]
In Tacoma, Washington, Manuel Ellis was hanging out with his landlord for a while before deciding to walk to the store for a late night snack. This was said to have occurred around 11pm on the evening of March 3rd. On his way back home, Mr. Ellis was approached by two police officers. The officers […]
In the days following the protests for justice, a response to domestic terrorism by way of police brutality, the 45th American President gave an address referencing current events around the country. Much of what he spoke about specified the area around Washington D.C. Unfortunately, some of his words were not received as well as one […]
In Tulsa, Oklahoma 1921, a wave of racial violence destroyed an affluent African-American community, seen as a threat to white-dominated American capitalism. The scene was the Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street in 1921. Interestingly enough, this event was 99 years ago on May 31st. The Tulsa Tribune falsely accused and reported that Dick […]
How are you choosing to express yourself creatively? I’ve always learned alot from others through creative expression. You can receive alot of information this way. It’s one of the those natural transfers that usually doesn’t require much concentration to understand. During hard times and moments of unrest, people have always resorted, through various means, to […]
George Floyd was his name. The FBI is investigating the death of an unarmed and handcuffed man in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A police officer was seen leaning on his neck with his knee while the man exclaimed repeatedly, “Please, I can’t breathe. My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts. They’re going to kill me.” This […]