February 2020 - Amy Bryant, Author

Black History That We Were Not Taught

February 26, 2020 by nubiandaughter

Growing up in a Northern suburban school system, there was so much about Black history that we were not taught. After all, it was the 1950s. We were not taught that Southern churches espoused that Blacks had no souls. A lie created in order to justify the enslavement of a whole race of people, but … [Read more…]

Safety for Our Children: Then and Now

February 25, 2020 by nubiandaughter

1951. It was Saturday morning, and I was heading out to visit my auntie in Harlem. In the suburbs we had no subways, so I walked the quarter mile to the main highway, looked both ways, then dashed across the four lanes to catch the bus. About fifteen minutes later, having crossed the city line, … [Read more…]