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In this special episode of Life Told By a Stranger, Daniella Lake interviews three guests: Bella Volz-Broughton, Victoria Rowe, and Jasmine Griffiths. The girls share some anecdotes from childhood such as growing up as one out of two Black students in a school of 800, navigating a mixed identity, and wearing your natural hair to school for the first time. You’ll also hear the girls talk about how they built a sense of community and how they think they’ve grown during college. Instagram @lifetoldbyastranger and @daniellalake Tik Tok: @daniella.lake

We are two, Black Single Mothers who made the decision to have and raise our children on our own. We met as admins for a Facebook group. This podcast is an unapologetically Black space for Black women to discuss the trials, tribulations, and joys of this non-traditional path to motherhood. There are several SMC social media groups and forums – some focused on trying to have a child and others on parenting those children. But after spending time in those spaces, we realized there was a need to have a safe space for us to discuss these issues through an intersectional lens. Support this ...

Throughout history and the present, inspiring and encouraging words from black people are like music to our souls when we become tired or distressed. The contribution and sacrifice of black people of the past and present are relevant, as we continue to fight inequality, racism and police brutality. Music or words in melodic form has always lifted black people when slave master's whip comes out, or when white mobs slaughter and murder innocent black people without remorse.

This book delves into the multifaceted effects of divorce within the black community, a group that has faced unique historical, economic, and social challenges. By exploring these impacts, I aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of the complex dynamics at play. - Macio Donner Sr.

This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. Hailed at the time, Black Reconstruction in America has justly been called a classic.

Early in his career, actor Courtney B. Vance lost his father to suicide. Recently, he lost his godson to the same fate. Still, as mental health discourse hits the mainstream, it leaves the most vulnerable out of the conversation: Black men. In America, we teach that strength means holding back tears and shaming your own feelings. In the Black community, these pressures are especially poignant. Together, Courtney and Dr. Robin provide a guide for Black men navigating life’s ups and downs, reclaiming mental well-being, and examining broken pieces to find whole, full-hearted living.

Anthony Brightly, co-founder of the Reggae group Black Slate, discusses becoming involved with the music industry, having the hits ‘Sticks Man’ & ‘Amigo’, backing several legendary artists live in concert, including Dennis Brown, managing an acclaimed sound system, creating the ‘Sir George’ record label, producing hugely popular Lovers Rock tracks, plans for the future and much more… Anthony Info: Websites https://anthonybrightly.com/ https://blackslatereggae.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/blackslatereggae/?hl=en-gb Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Sirgeorgesounds/?...

Breaking Bread: Stories of Black Communities in Transition is a limited podcast series that takes a deeper dive into redevelopment and uncovers the truth about this phenomenon in the City of Toronto. Throughout this journey, we’ll be speaking to residents, community leaders, and industry experts to shed light on the experiences of those living through these major transitions, providing further insight into the implications of urban redevelopment on Black communities.

Life of a black man in America✊

This week's critter, found above the treeline in Ka Tiritiri o te Moana the Southern Alps, highlights the resilience and diversity of our alpine fauna.

I’m a woman. A black woman, handcrafted by God, living life’s ups and downs to the fullest. Grab some wine, relax, and wind down with me as I vibe out and share my 2am thoughts with you. Whether it’s poetry, just random things that cross my mind, or my thoughts and feelings on something that I saw or experienced this week, this podcast is a vocal diary of my life as I navigate through an imperfect world. A black rose in a concrete world striving to create a softer, deeper, peaceful, more meaningful life! Forever yours, signed Amatii Rose 💋 Support this podcast: https://...

bell hooks reflects on the ways in which the emotional health of black women has been and continues to be impacted by sexism and racism. Desiring to create a context where black females could both work on their individual efforts for self-actualization while remaining connected to a larger world of collective struggle, hooks articulates the link between self-recovery and political resistance. Both an expression of the joy of self-healing and the need to be ever vigilant in the struggle for equality, Sisters of the Yam continues to speak to the experience of black womanhood.

Between micro- and macro-aggressions at school, at work, and everywhere in between, it’s tough to prioritize physical and mental wellness as a Black woman, especially with a constant news cycle highlighting Black trauma. Now, with The Self-Care for Black Women you’ll find more than 150 exercises that will help you radically choose to put yourself first.

In the summer of 2020, when the nation was erupting in protest over the murder of George Floyd, Chad Sanders was elated. Why? After years of struggling to get his footing as a writer, he’d finally landed a New York Times op-ed. He wrote an essay about the hollow messages of concern he’d been receiving from white friends and colleagues. It went viral, and in the years that followed, he built a solid career as a creator—of books, podcasts, TV shows, and films—by mining his most painful experiences of being Black in America.

In this stunningly illustrated essay collection inspired by the popular podcast Life, I Swear, prominent Black women reflect on self-love and healing, sharing stories of the trials and tribulations they’ve faced and what has helped them confront pain, heal wounds, and find connection.

Why have White supremacists and Black activists been so focused on Black mobility? From Plessy v. Ferguson to #DrivingWhileBlack, African Americans have fought for over a century to move freely around the United States. Curious as to why so many cases contesting the doctrine of "separate but equal" involved trains and buses, Mia Bay went back to the sources with some basic questions: How did travel segregation begin?

In this honest and welcoming book, diversity and inclusion expert, professor, and award-winning speaker Dr. Omekongo Dibinga argues that we must embark on a massive undertaking to re-educate ourselves on the stereotypes that have proven harmful, and too often deadly, to the black community.

In Black Feminism Reimagined, Jennifer C. Nash reframes Black feminism's engagement with intersectionality, often celebrated as its primary intellectual and political contribution to feminist theory. Charting the institutional history and contemporary uses of intersectionality in the academy, Nash outlines how women's studies has both elevated intersectionality to the discipline's primary program-building initiative and cast intersectionality as a threat to feminism's coherence.

James Keene had it all: cars, girls, houses up and down the Gold Coast. But behind his well-connected star athlete façade was a money-obsessed drug dealer desperate to make the big score to get him out of the business. When he was sentenced to prison, it seemed the only lessons he would learn would be about navigating convict society. Instead, he was offered a chance to regain his freedom in return for going undercover in the nation’s highest security prison for the criminally insane.