Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Hip-Hop began as a platform for Black youth to document their daily survival under poverty and city neglect, offering a raw dispatch from the streets, capturing police abuse and surveillance, prison expansion, and the systemic pressures facing politically maligned Black neighborhoods. By the time Hip-Hop was born on the streets […]
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Black August is an annual recognition of Black freedom fighters, political prisoners, and key figures who fought against racism, bigotry, and oppression. With nearly five decades in existence, Black August and its grand purpose is more important than ever to acknowledge and uphold these inspirational figures—and the notable names below are worth examining. Black August’s […]
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Source: Super Scout / Getty Welp, good people, Black August is here. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Black August — including our white and eternally fragile brethren who are now rolling their eyes, saying, “OMG, not another Black month, as if Black History Month wasn’t enough” — the Center for Constitutional Rights defines […]
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