Black Joy
Black Joy
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Not Only Is Candace Parker Really Good at Basketball, but She’s an Amazing Mom With Another Baby on the Way
The two-time WNBA champ and her wife, Anya Petrakova, are expecting a bouncing bundle of joy.
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Black in the Day Music Videos And Their Dances Were Iconic For The Culture
Most music videos gave us a great plot and visuals, but for many what was most important were the dance moves
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How Folklore Helped Me Reclaim Halloween: An Afro-Caribbean Tale
The racism baked into America’s spookiest holiday caused me to abandon it. The folktales of my Caribbean birthplace helped me reimagine it for my children.
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Black Man Receives $1 Million Donation for His Kansas City Nonprofit For Disabled Men and Women
Wesley Hamilton, who was paralyzed in 2012, started a nonprofit to help disabled people live more fulfilled lives.
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The Met Gala Looked Great, but Ain’t No Party Like a Pyer Moss Party
The Brooklyn-based label hosted one of several parties following Monday night’s Met Gala, squaring off with none other than bad gal hostess Rihanna herself.
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This 94-Year-Old Was Denied Her Wedding Fantasy by Jim Crow. Nearly 70 Years Later, She Got to Say Yes to the Dress
As a Black woman, Martha Tucker wasn’t allowed to try on wedding dresses ahead of her 1952 marriage. Her granddaughter decided it was never too late.
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‘Running in High Heels Is a Nightmare’: Prince’s Basketball Prowess Confirmed by Motown Heir Kerry Gordy
The Purple One’s basketball skills were famously immortalized by Dave Chappelle; Gordy is the latest to recall that the music legend was ‘amazing’ on the court.
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28 Days of Black Joy: Cannabis Is the Blackest Thing Ever
I have been smoking weed since I was 14 years old. My best friend and I found my mom’s stash under her bed. Said best friend had already previously indulged, but I had never done it, and I was scared—curious, but scared. My best friend, with all her experience, haphazardly rolled us a joint. We…
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28 Days of Black Joy: The Art of Chuck Styles
It all started over the past year when like many of us, I made a very hard turn into damn near exclusively buying clothing pieces by and for Black people. While I’ve always been very much into F.U.B.U. as a philosophy (while oddly never buying an actual FUBU apparel) my Buy Black meter hit an…