Something looking real weird with these numbers. I was looking at my notifications and I saw one of my posts from earlier today said Cathy and 65 others liked it. So that should mean around 66 likes, right? But when I went back to look at the post, it was showing 12 views and only 2 likes.

There was a time when people at least wanted America to look like it had dignity. That does not mean the country was perfect. It never was. America has always had serious problems, deep contradictions, and people fighting just to be treated fairly. But even with all of that, there was stil

Born on May 17, 1942, in Harlem, New York, Taj Mahal entered the world as Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr. and became one of the most adventurous voices in blues music. Taj Mahal was never the type of artist who treated the blues like something locked in the past. He honored the roots, but he als

On May 17, 2015, Queens lost a voice that many hip-hop fans believed was just getting started. Chinx, born Lionel “Chinx” Pickens, had already built a loyal following through mixtapes, street records, and his connection to French Montana’s Coke Boys movement. He was not just another rapper tryin

On May 17, 1980, Miami erupted after an all-white jury acquitted officers connected to the fatal beating of Arthur McDuffie, a 33-year-old Black insurance executive, former Marine, and father. McDuffie had first been reported as injured in a motorcycle crash, but evidence later showed he had been b

This is the first story in my series, Laws That Don’t Say Black…But Hit Black. Not every law that harms Black communities says “Black” on the page. Some laws are written in clean, neutral language. They sound official. They sound fair. They sound like they apply to everybody the same way.

Born May 17, 1956, Sugar Ray Leonard became one of boxing’s most unforgettable names. Before the world titles and legendary rivalries, he first stepped into the national spotlight as a gifted amateur, winning Olympic gold at the 1976 Montreal Games and showing the kind of speed, rhythm, and confide

On May 16, 1997, President Bill Clinton stood at the White House and formally apologized for one of the most shameful medical abuses in American history…the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis. For 40 years, Black men in Macon County, Alabama were used in a government-backed study without being

May 16, 1956, Delray Beach, Florida Segregation did not only live in schools, buses, restaurants, or water fountains. In Delray Beach, Florida, even the ocean was treated like it belonged to white residents only. On May 16, 1956, white residents burned a cross to intimidate Black residents wh

May 16, 1927, marked a quiet but powerful moment in medical history. Dr. William Harry Barnes became the first Black physician certified by an American medical specialty board. His specialty was otolaryngology, the field of medicine focused on the ear, nose, and throat. That achievement carri

Today, May 16, we celebrate Janet Jackson, a woman who did not just grow up inside a famous family…she built a lane powerful enough to stand on its own. Born Janet Damita Jo Jackson on May 16, 1966, in Gary, Indiana, Janet became one of the most influential entertainers of her generation. She st

Before hate became a movie spectacle, it was written as entertainment. In 1905, Thomas Dixon Jr. published The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan. This was not just an old novel collecting dust on a shelf. It was a piece of propaganda wrapped in storytelling, using fiction to ma

✨Outfit Details:Bass Reeves was not a fictional hero created for radio, television, or Hollywood. He was real. Born enslaved in Arkansas in 1838, Reeves escaped during the Civil War era and made his way into Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. There, he learned the land, became s