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U.S. deputy marshals escort six-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in November 1960. The morning of November 14, 1960, a little girl named Ruby Bridges got dressed and left for school. At just six years old, Ruby became the first Black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. Federal marshals had to escort Ruby, as she was faced with throngs […]

Welcome to Fashionably Black!, a style and culture guide for Black people highlighting the cultural moments, pioneers, and conversations we’ve always been a part of! Putting a magnifying glass to style & self-expression, Fashionably Black! explores the many ways we are the history, we are the fashion, and will ALWAYS be. We’re not trending, we’re true. Black Business Month is all about celebrating and acknowledging Black businesses locally and internationally. […]

“The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman…” said civil rights leader Malcolm X, more than 50 years ago. Speaking directly to Black women in Los Angeles on May 22, 1962, he asked the crowd: “Who taught you to hate the color of your skin? Who taught you to hate the texture of your hair?” In 2022 — where we still endure the ramifications of white supremacy —  […]

My affinity to Cuba is in large part informed by my personal trips to the island. It started out as a quest to document Cuba’s underground music scene and unique preservation of hip-hop culture. In the age of President Barack Obama and the thawing of U.S.-Cuba travel restrictions, it was finally made possible for someone like me, a Washington Heights-born Dominican-American, to physically make that voyage. But no U.S. government […]