Guy Anthony was born on February 12, 1986. He is a self-proclaimed ARTivist, community leader, writer, and empath. Anthony is the founder and president/CEO of the Black, Gifted & Whole Foundation. Guy Anthony was born in Detroit, Michigan. Encouraged by his mother (Anthony calls her “Mama Bear”), he studied...
Curtis Lipscomb was born on March 23, 1965. He is a Black gay artist, publisher, scholar, community organizer, developer, advocate, mentor, devoted friend, and executive director of LGBT Detroit. Curtis Alexander Lipscomb was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Lester L. Lewis and Mary K. Salley. He attended and graduated...
Struggle for Equality is Still Alive Today! At two o’clock in the morning on June 11th, 2016, Omar Mateen approached the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida carrying two legally obtained firearms: a Sig MCX assault rifle and a Glock 17. Inside Pulse, over three hundred people were dancing...
Darnell L. Moore was born on January 24, 1976. He is a writer, activist, editor-at-large at CASSIUS, and formerly a senior correspondent at Mic, where he hosted “The Movement,” a digital series focused on issues of social, cultural, and political importance. Moore is the author of the forthcoming memoir,...
He is a respected community advocate, a philanthropist and non-profit founder, and an HIV/AIDS prevention act
Yolo Akili Robinson, known as Yolo Akili, was born on October 14, 1981. He is the executive director and founder of BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective), an organization named after Joseph Beam, the prolific Black gay activist. Yolo was born Michael Todd Robinson Jr., in Fort Lauderdale,...
Tim’m T. West was born on July 6, 1972. He is an educator, public intellectual, scholar, and youth advocate who is also a multi-discipline performance artist. He has produced multiple critically celebrated books and hip-hop projects. Born Timothy Terrell West, Tim’m had a speech impediment that caused him to stutter and repeat the...
André D. Singleton was born on December 23, 1985. He is a respected social justice, civil rights, and human rights activist, a multi-disciplined artist, dancer, the founder of the Brohogany blog, and the co-creator of The Very Black Project. André Dwayne Singleton was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to...
Shikeith was born on January 3, 1989. He is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, filmmaker, and creator of the documentary “#Blackmendream.” Shikeith N. Cathey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a young man, Shikeith recalls peers challenging the authenticity of his Black masculinity—experiences that would later influence his work. “Growing...
An Interview with Jerome Braggs; Well-Being Sherpa & Spiritual Leader by Andy J. Salgado “God never says no. You are the one that says no.”- Jerome Braggs What do you do when you are faced with extreme adversity? You say, “Oh s^*&.” At least that is what...
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