AFROCENTRIC

Remembrance They come and go, Time and time again, No matter what I do, I always lose a friend. Through deserts and tundras, Snow and...

Is Our Philadelphia Really OUR Philadelphia Laila Johnson North, South, East, West We are all from Philly But we try to see who’s got it...

Many people believe that conflict results from action and can be avoided. However in regards to those who are oppressed this concept is...

1) To Langston Hughes and all of my elder siblings watching from beyond. America does not sing, rather it screams, for we of the...

In America, When we fall, we don’t recover. We grow weaker, while they grow ever stronger. With not a penny to our name, we suffer in the...

It’s okay, it’s Normal I had a friend tell me a story Of how they felt so blue And didn’t know what to do So they went to ask their...

Once one of us began to tighten our grip, a grip filled with a passionate anger, we were to have all of our grips loosened. It would be...

“The Oath” Places full of poverty and some who ain’t never have shelter My ancestors fought for the life of freedom, something better I...

I See Me Looking at her, I see more than just a girl I see her kinky curls And the pride and practice seen in each strand’s twirl I see...

Capturing this beauty requires a triolet, About the charm of melanin and sun rays. Skin that glows and traps sun like a net Capturing...

The block is dim again, and like a blanket, the indigo sky is resting upon it. Every crevice house and tree are accounted for. The...

Forgive me for playing a record well aged and dust covered But everytime I look into your eyes it gives me a rush Tooth pain and stomach...

In my own skin So filled with melanin Threatened on a daily basis When will it end Black lives matter Why is that when police say...

An excerpt from The Treaty of Berlin, signed Feb. 26, 1885 outlines, “WISHING, in a spirit of good and mutual accord, to regulate the...