Last Day of Black History Month 2018
Today is the last day of Black History Month 2018, and I couldn't be prouder to be Blackity Blackity BLACK
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13
Early this morning I surfed my way through my private streaming service, Hulu, and Netflix until I came across a documentary title and trailer that sucked me in from the jump. The documentary title is 13 , a film that's directed by Ava Duvernay, the title's origin comes from the 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution - which was supposed to be put in place to grant freedom to ALL americans, and it was released in 2016. The film highlights the state of African Americans post civil war, the depiction of people of color post civil war- specifically Black men, the exploitation of the exceptions and loopholes of the 13th Amendment, and the big business of the prison system & the criminal justice industry. The film taps on The Birth of a Nation - a 1915 film that was directed by D.W. Griffith and how it shaped the way race plays out up to this very date by depicting the African-American male as a menace to society and a super-predator. This ultimately in...
Ann Petry
Today is February 1, 2018, the first day of Black History month of this year, and I am honored to write and post about an iconic pioneer, who paved the way for many writers of melanin - such as myself. Ann Petry. Ann Petry was born on October 12, 1908 in Old Saybrook Connecticut, and she became the first woman of color ( Black / Israelite ) to sale over a million copies for a novel. As a novelist and author, Ms Petry broke glass ceilings when she published her book, The Street in 1946.