Mastodawn

Journal of Alpine Research Mar 25, 2025

Published in the issue "Negotiating One’s Place in the Mountains" (2024):

"Writing Black Life in #Mountains: Race and Representation in an Emerging American Literary Field"

> In this article, I explore the emergence of a developing literary tradition focusing on African Americans living in mountainous regions. In doing this, I discuss the appearance of the term “#Affrilachian”—combining African (American) and Appalachian—as a distinct Black American #mountain #identity.

https://journals.openedition.org/rga/13508

#literature #BlackLife #BlackLiterature #Afroamericans #books #AppalachianMountains

Writing Black Life in Mountains: Race and Representation in an Emer...

The Great Migration of African Americans (circa 1910 to 1970s) from the rural South to Northern and Midwestern cities recast representation of Black life in the United States (U.S.) from rooted in ...

Saint Clinton Feb 27, 2025

15 Blackity-Black Things No One Else Would Understand
#bhm #blackhistory #blm #dei #blacklife
https://www.theroot.com/15-blackity-black-things-no-one-else-would-understand-1851766460

15 Blackity-Black Things No One Else Would Understand

Black History Month is the perfect time to acknowledge all of the experiences that keep Black people connected.

The Root

SaintClinton Feb 27, 2025

15 Blackity-Black Things No One Else Would Understand
#bhm #blackhistory #blm #dei #blacklife
https://www.theroot.com/15-blackity-black-things-no-one-else-would-understand-1851766460

15 Blackity-Black Things No One Else Would Understand

Black History Month is the perfect time to acknowledge all of the experiences that keep Black people connected.

The Root

Saint Clinton Feb 24, 2025

Black women must know these cervical cancer warning signs
#BlackWomen #health #cancer #blm #bhm #BlackLife #BlackTwitter
https://rollingout.com/2025/02/23/black-women-cervical-cancer-warning-sign

Black women must know these cervical cancer warning signs

Discover the vital warning signs of cervical cancer that doctors say Black women need to watch for, and learn why early detection can make all the difference.

Rolling Out

Historianspeaks Jan 2, 2025

See our latest post on African Americans and the Great Migration. Millions of African Americans moved to different parts of the country to create a better life. #GreatMigration #BlackLife https://historianspeaks.org/f/who-set-you-flowin-the-great-migration-1915-1970

"Who Set You Flowin:" The Great Migration, 1915-1970

Between 1915 and 1970, more than 6 million Black Americans moved from the South to the North, the West and the Midwest, changing the landscape of the nation. Before “The Great Migration,” more than 90% of Black American...

HistorianSpeaks

penpusher Dec 18, 2024

Song of the Day December 18 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Raiford Chatman Davis bka Ossie Davis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossie_Davis

Ossie Davis - "Lessons Learned at the Dinner Table" (From the Archive of American Television, recorded October 26 1999)

https://youtu.be/36kifzWn0hY?si=zDEL31SuwgOttvZ0

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #December18 #RaifordChatmanDavis #OssieDavis #Lessons #Perspective #Information #News #Family #teaching #RubyDee #BlackLife #BlackCulture #MalcolmX #MartinLutherKing #Writing #1960s #1990a

Ossie Davis - Wikipedia

penpusher Dec 18, 2024

Song of the Day December 18 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Raiford Chatman Davis bka Ossie Davis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossie_Davis

Ossie Davis - "Lessons Learned at the Dinner Table" (From the Archive of American Television, recorded October 26 1999)

https://youtu.be/36kifzWn0hY?si=zDEL31SuwgOttvZ0

Ossie Davis - Wikipedia

Olivia Dec 15, 2023

#computerscience #education #abolition #antiblackness #blacklife
I read this article recently by Stephanie T. Jones and natalie araujo melo

We Tell These Stories to Survive: Towards Abolition in Computer Science Education

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42330-021-00158-2.pdf

A zine version can be found here:
https://www.stephanietjones.com/zines

It really struck me.

CBC Canada Dec 14, 2023

'A hymn to Canada through our eyes': Director reflects on 200 years of joy, connection in Black settlements
Filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon highlights over 200 years of “important, joyful, connected Black communities” in “Claiming Space” the eighth episode of the CBC docuseries Black Life: Untold Stories.
#cbc #news #Documentaries #BlackLife
https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/black-life/claiming-space-director-essay-1.7057740?cmp=rss

'A hymn to Canada through our eyes': Director reflects on 200 years of joy, connection in Black settlements | CBC Documentaries

Filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon highlights over 200 years of “important, joyful, connected Black communities” in “Claiming Space” the eighth episode of the CBC docuseries Black Life: Untold Stories.

CBC

CBC Canada Nov 29, 2023

I loved running because where I placed had nothing to do with my colour: Olympian Valerie Jerome
Sprinter Valerie Jerome was often the only Black athlete in races in Canada in the 1960s. The track was where she felt most like herself.
#cbc #news #Documentaries #BlackLife
https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/black-life/valerie-jerome-first-person-1.7039864?cmp=rss

FIRST PERSON | I loved running because where I placed had nothing to do with my colour: Olympian Valerie Jerome | CBC Documentaries

Sprinter Valerie Jerome was often the only Black athlete in races in Canada in the 1960s. The track was where she felt most like herself.

CBC