Just One Toe!
The More We Uncover Series. Dorothy Dandridge, one of the most groundbreaking Black actresses and performers in American history, lived a life filled with both glamour and deep racial injustice. 🌊 The Pool Incident: Where: The Hotel Imperial (or Mocambo or Hotel Last Frontier — some sources vary, but most credible reports say Hotel Imperial in […]
Ryan’s Slave Market-Charleston, SC
The More We Uncover Series. Ryan’s Mart was a slave market in Charleston, South Carolina, and is one of the few remaining physical sites in the United States where enslaved Africans were bought and sold. It is now part of the Old Slave Mart Museum, located at 6 Chalmers Street in the historic district of […]
Living Authentically: My Ongoing Practice
I didn’t just wake up one day and become my true, authentic self. It’s been a process that came with growing pains—a process that started when I decided to write my memoir during the pandemic (2021). That book, Compartmentalized, was my first real act of “truth-telling.” I told everything—the good, the bad, the uncomfortable. From […]
Biddy Mason: From Enslaved Midwife to Pioneer of Los Angeles 🌟
Story Matters “Biddy’s life is a powerful testament to courage, resilience, and the transformative power of perseverance —“ If you haven’t seen “American Primeval” on Netflix, I highly recommended. This story reminded me of the journey the Mormons took from the around the East Coast to Salt Lake City, Utah, for religious freedom, with their […]
Black Dandyism & the Politics of Responsibility!
“Is Black Dandyism a form of Politics of Responsibility (POR)?” https://images.app.goo.gl/yJdcpQtcLxGNzj5P6 Black dandyism in my humble opinion is a specific form of the “POR” which has gained significant attention, particularly with the 2025 Met Gala theme “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” and became a topic of discussion during this year’s NFL draft of Shedeur Sanders. What’s […]
Cathay Williams Defied the Only Known Female Buffalo Soldier
Who is Cathay Williams? Born in Independence, Missouri, around 1844 (some accounts say 1842) to a slave mother and a free father, her name was Cathay Williams before she was known as William Cathay. She was the first African American female solider to enlist with the Army. She is the only documented Black woman to […]
Gaslighting & Addictions
WOW! When I read this article, I almost fell out of my chair. I know one of my parents was a narcissist, but I’d never considered describing them as a “narcissistic addict” which is fair and a welcomed, not so negative term, I’d like to adopt. You see…I am the child of an addict. Point […]
Day 7 – Black History Month – Bass Reeves, A Man of the Law
Bass Reeves was an American law enforcement officer! Bass Reeves was born a slave in 1838 in Crawford County, Arkansas. His master/enslaver was Confederate Colonel George Reeves. During the Civil War, Bass accompanied Colonel Reeves into war, which wasn’t unpopular for a healthy male slave to do. Once Bass heard about the Emancipation Proclamation signed […]
Day 2 – Black History – Robert Smalls
From slave to sailor to Congressman, read on for more about this extraordinary person. Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was an American politician, publisher, businessman, and maritime pilot. Born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina, at 20 years old he freed himself, his crew, and their families during the American Civil […]