On Feb. 18, Grambling State University’s NAACP chapter hosted an open mic night for students at the BlacktotheBasics Bookstore. Blacktothebasics has created a Safe Space for Grambling students. Last Friday students and friends came and shared their talents at the open mic in celebration of the Grambling NAACP chapter. People […]
Author: Kinaya Washington
Honoring our Legacy: Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley, a poetess and change agent, was one of the first African Americans to publish a book while enslaved and was the second woman to ever had published a book during the 1700s. She was the standard. Wheatley set the standard for what could be produced from a Black […]
Black History Month: Harriett Tubman, an Underground Trailblazer
Araminta Ross. “Moses of her people.” General Tubman. These are only a few of the many names given to the revolutionary we call Harriet Tubman. A woman of strength and resilience, Harriet was enslaved, escaped, and as many know helped hundreds of others gain their freedom, too. She left behind […]