Category: POLITICS

  • From The Vault: A 2015 Interview with Rain Pryor

    From The Vault: A 2015 Interview with Rain Pryor

    The below Q&A was an interview I conducted sometime in 2015 when I was a Staff Blogger at the website, HelloBeautiful. I was asked if I would be interested in talking to Rain Pryor about her one-woman show Fried Chicken & Latkes and I immediately said yes to the assignment. I certainly knew who she…

  • In Mansfield, Black Dolls Are A Journey to A Colorful & Hard Truth Past

    In Mansfield, Black Dolls Are A Journey to A Colorful & Hard Truth Past

      A considerable amount of Black history in America has taken place in Boston. It was where Phillis Wheatley, a West African native—who emigrated stateside because she was sold as a slave—became the first Black female poet published in the U.S. It was once home to Malcolm X, who lived in Roxbury with his sister…

  • I Was Eclipsin’ Like It Was 1979!

    I Was Eclipsin’ Like It Was 1979!

    I could’ve sworn there was a solar eclipse sometime in the 1990s. To make sure my memory wasn’t completely failing me, I went to Google to expedite confirmation. A bunch of recognizable sources was listed on the results page and I chose Wikipedia (I know, I KNOW) because I needed some plain English explanation for my…