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This issue of The Colorful Canvas Files is brought to you by prolific artist, photographer and filmmaker, Lorna Simpson. Widely considered a…

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I had done it. Or at least I thought I did. I had dutifully scoured all paragraphs, quotes, punctuations, anomalies,…

Diaspora: “The movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland; the place where these…

It seems that it sucks to be a black woman these days. Or at least that is what the media…

In her newest single “Sponsor”, Teairra Mari decides to speak out for the full fledged and would-be gold diggers out…

I grew up in a loving home – both parents, older sister, older brother. I went to good schools my…

I have a long, lengthy laundry list of irks and pet peeves, and anybody who stands even on the outskirts…

When Monique stepped on stage to accept her Best Supporting Actress award at the Oscars, residents in California could hear…

I am blessed with a unique situation in life in that I work mostly with African American women. When I…

It’s like a broken record isn’t it? Pretty much every year an African American or two is up for an…

Black women are some of the most beautiful women on the planet, with God-given curves that some go under the…

Picture this: You are awakened with soft and gentle kisses from the glistening rays of the Saturday morning sun peeking…

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For my sisters in the struggle, my fellow prayer warriors who bum rush altar calls and wait, who bombard clergy…