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Voices For Black Liberatory Thought and Education

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Stop Telling Black Children They Must Be “Twice as Good”

Rann Miller - January 15, 2026

When White Supremacists Spread Lies, We Must Spread Truth

Rann Miller - January 6, 2026

Why We Need Black Men (and Women) to Answer the Call and Teach

Sharif El-Mekki - December 10, 2025

Belief Gap

Stop Telling Black Children They Must Be “Twice as Good”

I saw the fallout from Michael B. Jordan’s snub for best actor at the Critics' Choice Awards. One social media post in particular caught my attention. https://www.facebook.com/Aliahsheffieldmusic/posts/pfbid0WbB1fZENn3Fpjt9Saq2YDYjGDbbVaQbWkRd9ieWs6BDDzGoZyxte1E6ChTmodtfAl That stuck with me because I remember being told as a kid and young adult that I had...

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Equity and Justice

Anti-Semitism and Anti-Blackness: Who Is Protected in American Schools?

Ismael Jimenez - November 29, 2025

Black Literacy

Neo-Colonizers and the ‘Scramble for the Black Mind’

Rann Miller - November 13, 2025

Equity and Justice

The Reality of Mass School Closures for Black and Brown Families

Rann Miller - November 4, 2025

Belief Gap

Why We Need Black Men (and Women) to Answer the Call and Teach

(This article was intially posted in 2016 and has been updated 12/10/25) Our situation as a people is too critical and precarious to afford us the luxury of members who...