Imported from Detroit: Enough Said

Chrysler inspires and defends Detroiters all over the nation with Superbowl ad...



Never ashamed. There is no place like home. #detroitstandup

Black History Month

I get high blood pressure every February when big corporations and news conglomerates adhere to their social responsibility duties and run Black History Month (BHM) campaigns. My problem with this is the topics and people they choose to cover.

I can already see a month full of BHM specials on MLK, Malcolm X, Oprah, LeBron James,Lil Someone and of course the Obamas. But what about other history makers? Ones that our children don't read about online everyday or follow their tweets, history makers that don't have Facebook fan pages.

I'm a girl who has always loved the arts so here are some people/things to Google:

Douglas Turner Ward - A Day of Absence
Aida Overton Walker
Freedom's Journal
Lorraine Hansberry
Nikki Giovanni (because I recently saw her speak and she is amazing
Black Arts Movement
Veronica Webb (Wanted to be her growing up)
Mildred Taylor (fave writer as a youth)


And here is a NPR story that I recently read, Black Models Celebrated as Runway Revolutionaries