Locs of Love: Black Women Uplift Girl Barred From Tulsa School For Wearing Natural Hair
It was a simple call. Drexel University Professor Dr. Yaba Blay, an outspoken advocate who uses her platform to break down the binds of colorism...
Sheryl Underwood Calls Afro Hair ‘Nasty,’ Wonders Why Mothers Save Baby’s First Clippings
Snapping on “The Talk” co-host Sheryl Underwood’s Dollar Store doll baby wigs or her remarkably uncanny resemblance to Arsenio Hall’s drag queen character in that...
#BlackLivesMatter Tweetchat: Celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week 2013 and Black Parenting
Tonight, it’s going down. Black Breastfeeding Week 2013 continues its inaugural celebration with the #BlackLivesMatter Tweetchat, featuring an all-star line-up of African American bloggers/thinkers/breastfeeding advocates/lovers...
The Social Worker Will See You Now: A Postpartum Experience This Black Mom Will Never Forget
By TARA PRINGLE JEFFERSON The nurse flitted around the room, flipping through her chart and checking my vitals. “Do you mind if your…boyfriend,” the nurse...
Black Moms & Breastfeeding: Why We Should Care About World Breastfeeding Week
By KIMBERLY SEALS ALLERS As World Breastfeeding Week comes to an end, I’m wondering how many African Americans even knew it came and went. As...
Digging In the Crates: The Sun Will Make You Black
This is what I did for fun when I was a kid: I read. I cornrowed my doll’s hair. I read some more. I annoyed...
Return Of the Gentleman: What Black Boys Could Stand To Learn From Their Elders—For Our Girls’ Sake
I mean, I get it: he is my father and so Daddy is going to be an absolute gentleman to his little girl—make me feel...
Saving Our Sons: The Cliffnotes Version of My Ebony Series on Black Boys
By NICK CHILES When I decided to become a journalist about three decades ago as a junior at Yale, I envisioned myself stomping across the...
Self Defense For Girls: A Black Father Teaches His Daughter How To Fight Back
By SHAWN TAYLOR “How do you raise a child in safety in a world that is getting more violent by the day?” Some parents recently...
Black Children and Disability: When Race and Stigma Collide, A Black Mom Goes Hard For Her Baby
By TARICE L.S. GRAY I entered parenthood fully embracing the idealism that can be associated with uncertainty. I believed my daughter would be different in the...
