A Symbol That Teaches Time Itself Among the richest legacies of African symbolism is the Sankofa bird, an emblem of wisdom, reflection, and...

From Hashtag to Movement In 2013, Alicia Garza wrote a post on Facebook after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin....

From the Streets of Mississippi to the World Kwame Ture, born Stokely Carmichael in 1941 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, became one of the most...

A Young Revolutionary Who Redefined Power Fred Hampton was only 21 years old when he became Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther...

The Prophet of Black Pride Marcus Mosiah Garvey is remembered as one of the most audacious and influential leaders in global Black history. He was a...

The Poet as Warrior Audre Lorde described herself as a “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” and she lived each identity unapologetically, fully,...

The Strategist Who Changed the Movement When most people hear about the Civil Rights Movement, names like Martin Luther King Jr. or Rosa Parks...

Long before Haiti’s independence, there stood a warrior whose name echoes still across time—this is her story.  A Whisper in Verrettes: Birth...

The Teen Who Changed History Before Rosa Parks became a household name, a 15-year-old girl in Montgomery, Alabama, quietly but fiercely defied...

Assata Shakur’s name is a beacon in the history of Black liberation — a woman who refused to be silenced, erased, or erased by fear. Born JoAnne...