Category: Black in the World
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MAMP Podcast Ep #34: DNA Travel, Multiracial Identity & Adoption
On episode 34 of the My American Meltingpot podcast we’re talking about travel, family and finding self. Yes, we’re in the middle of a global pandemic and travel is probably the last thing on anyone’s mind right now, but this episode isn’t about planning the perfect cruise or finding cheap flights. My guest on the…
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Black Man in Paris: An Interview with Writer Miles Marshall Lewis
Hello Meltingpot Community. I’m so excited to share my interview with Miles Marshall Lewis. A fellow writer/journalist/author who is now taking his storytelling skills to the screen, Miles, like me, is committed to chronicling the Black experience in Europe. I invited Miles to the Meltingpot so he could tell you a little bit about himself,…
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The Vice President of Costa Rica is a Black Woman…Hint, Hint USA
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Here it is the day after International Women’s Day 2020, and I keep reading more and more think pieces about why America isn’t ready for a female president and why Elizabeth Warren’s vagina prevents her from being taken seriously as a presidential candidate. It is maddening. It is pathetic. It is ridiculous.…
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Is The Root.com Today’s Freedom Journal?
NOTE: Since this post was originally published, TheRoot.com has gone through some significant changes and a lot of former writers and editors have spoken out about the publication’s perceived fall from grace. In the last few months many key members of The Root’s editorial staff have departed. I have no insider’s knowledge of the situation,…
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“Soldiers without Swords,” The Definitive Film about the Black Press
I am having such a good time with this series on Black journalists. For today’s post, rather than just another biographical profile, I want to talk about Soldiers without Swords, the definitive film about Black journalists and the Black press. The film was produced and directed by legendary filmmaker, Stanley Nelson. This award-winning film begins…
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Robert S. Abbott and The Chicago Defender
Today’s Black journalist profile is about a man who had no problem speaking truth to power. Allow me to introduce Robert S. Abbott, the founder and publisher of The Chicago Defender newspaper. More than a successful publisher, Robert S. Abbott was a singular force who helped thousands of Black people move from the American south…
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Ida B. Wells: Journalist & Activist
I think it goes without saying that I could not have a series on influential Black journalists and not talk about the original badass freedom fighter-writer, Ms. Ida B. Wells. Ida B. Wells the journalist, was a true crusader for justice who, like Frederick Douglass, understood the power of the press and used it to…
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Frederick Douglass the Journalist
I know everyone is familiar with the life and times of Frederick Douglass, the great orator, author and activist. But many people don’t know that Frederick Douglass was also a great journalist. As the original Word Warrior, Frederick Douglass quickly learned to use the press as a weapon in the fight against slavery. Let’s talk…
