The Table We Built: How Black Striving, Ingenuity, and Resistance Shaped America
Black ingenuity has not only pushed boundaries but redefined them. It is all about creating and innovating, even when times get tough. Continue reading The Table We Built: How Black Striving, Ingenuity, and Resistance Shaped America
Meta’s Shutdown of DEI Initiatives: a Regressive Attack on the Historically Marginalized
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has announced the immediate termination of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, including initiatives for equitable hiring, employee training, and supplier selection, according to an internal memo obtained by Axios. This decision, coinciding with Meta’s apparent … Continue reading Meta’s Shutdown of DEI Initiatives: a Regressive Attack on the Historically Marginalized
All of the Work but Very Little Credit: How Black striving, Black ingenuity, and Black resistance helped to mold and shape America.
Black resistance, ingenuity, and striving exist in an endless cycle that has fed Black existence in America and, by extension, America itself. Despite this fact, there are entities within America that seek to do us harm as they find ways … Continue reading All of the Work but Very Little Credit: How Black striving, Black ingenuity, and Black resistance helped to mold and shape America.
The Powerful Source of Faith and Resilience
The great South African leader, Nelson Mandela, once said, that he learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the faith to triumph over it. I came to appreciate these words when I faced difficult circumstances that caused … Continue reading The Powerful Source of Faith and Resilience
February’s Theme: Black Labor to Black Striving, Black Ingenuity, Black Resistance
This is our national truth: America would not be America without the wealth from Black labor, without Black striving, Black ingenuity, Black resistance. So much of the music, the food, the language, the art, the scientific advances, the athletic renown, … Continue reading February’s Theme: Black Labor to Black Striving, Black Ingenuity, Black Resistance
Agents of Change
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, your hands can’t hit what your eyes can’t see.” The one and only Muhammad Ali, AKA the G.O.A.T. On Sunday June 4, 1967, the Cleveland Summit or the Muhammad Ali Summit, as … Continue reading Agents of Change
Labor Unions and the Principle of Work
In my human resources management undergraduate college course, I devote time to unpacking and redistributing the narrative of the American labor movement. I must point out historical facts that have been omitted from standard textbooks. Young people must know the … Continue reading Labor Unions and the Principle of Work
Theologian of Action: Reflecting on Dr. King to Strategize for the Future
Despite the great amount of evil in the world, which seems to be on the rise at present, I believe we still have reason to hope for God’s redemption of the world. However, the hope I speak of is not … Continue reading Theologian of Action: Reflecting on Dr. King to Strategize for the Future
The Hands of Black Folk
We have helped to build America with our labor, strengthened it with our faith, and enriched it with our song. ― Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune The inescapable influence of unpaid Black labor in the creation of America’s economic wealth is … Continue reading The Hands of Black Folk
Three-Fifths 