“Ponytail: A Poem for Gabby Douglas” by Jasmine Waiters
Oh yeah, now this is what I’m talking about — using poetry to positively impact society through raising awareness, provoking deep thought, and inward reflection. This young lady, by the […]
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Oh yeah, now this is what I’m talking about — using poetry to positively impact society through raising awareness, provoking deep thought, and inward reflection. This young lady, by the […]
by Ayvaunn Penn, Your Black World On June 24th of this year I covered the story of Janice Black, a 59-year-old North Carolina black woman who believes she was sterilized […]
by Ayvaunn Penn, Your Black World Bachmann has come under fire for putting her name on the dotted line of an Iowa social conservatives petition stating, “[a] black child born into […]
by Ayvaunn Penn, Your Black World Setting aside the previous beef the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) had with Rev. Al Sharpton over his job offer on MSNBC, the […]
by Ayvaunn Penn, Your Black World Many people would not expect that a police officer who unjustly shot and paralyzed a man would then decided he was justified in suing […]
by Ayvaunn Penn, Your Black World For initial report with additional background information click here. Riots in London began at a Saturday vigil being held after the mysterious death of 29-year-old […]
by Ayvaunn Penn, Your Black World Everybody and they mama is runnin’ around talkin’ ’bout the unemployment rate like they really know somethin’. Well, some really do know what they […]
by Ayvaunn Penn, Your Black World For the initial CBC jobs initiative report courtesy of the White House Office of Communications, click here. The Congressional Black Caucus launched its 5-stop […]
by Ayvaunn Penn, Your Black World Just imagine walking down the street, and everything looks normal. All of a sudden the group of people around you begin to beat you […]
by Ayvaunn Penn, Your Black World For those mothers who love their little ones, the affection they shed on their children connects them to mothers across the world. That is […]