Black culture

Jul 18, 2023

Walk that Walk: Sneaker Ball 2023

Photo by Kaela Belingon Students lining up for the outfit contest show off their sneakers at the Sneaker Ball in the Talley Ballroom on Saturday, April 8, 2023. The event, hosted by the Black Students Board, invited students to a ball wearing sneakers with their formal wear. This year’s Pan-Afrikan Week has been quite an…

Apr 11, 2023

What Really is Pan-Africanism

Image from Creative Commons By Alianna Kendall-Brooks and Senait Richmond The trans-Atlantic slave trade scattered a continent’s people, history and culture throughout the Western world. As African descendants fought to restore what European colonialism and slavery took from them, a global movement of unity, decolonization and Black power was born – Pan-Africanism. In honor of…

Oct 3, 2021

Dress Coded: Let Black Women Live

I think it’s safe to say that after centuries of evidence, the world may just be out to get Black women. When it comes to appearances, it’s quite obvious what the standard is–perfection. We must be perfect to be treated equally. Being perfect is significantly harder when every single societal idea about an entire race…