Living In The Wake In a world where people are often marginalized and many more are forgotten, I find that works such as Christina Sharpe’s In The Wake: On Being and Blackness are more necessary than ever. When I first read this book, I was astounded by the imagery and what it meant for the Black population of the United States as well as those within the diaspora. My first experience with this masterpiece was in a seminar called Black Women’s Intellectual History during my t

Black History Month. A 28 day celebration galvanized by Carter G. Woodson. Although it is the shortest month of the year, we started with a week. And even if it isn’t official, we can still celebrate Black History every month. One thing that bothers me is that when it comes to school, you only really learn about six or seven Black historical figures and oftentimes, they may only get a few lines in the history book. Last year, I had a girl from Massachusetts ask me who Martin