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Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo!

Posted by Tonisha Kimble on

Wow... Thank y'all so much for a wonderful experience! The energy in the room was amazing! I hope everyone that came out enjoyed themselves! I thank y'all from the bottom of my heart. We will definitely be back next year! If you have any pics/videos, please share them and use hashtag #TBBAE2019! Let us know what you liked, didn't like, suggestions for next year. Thank you to Jeff White Fitness Solutions LLC, Moore Eventful Event Hall, JB Entertainment LLC, Florida Women Magazine, The Weekly Challenger Newspaper, Black Power 96 FM Radio, Zero Pinellas, NyasiabBeauty, The Art Of Pixeling, Ava Rinne...

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Happy Birthday Franklin!

Posted by Tonisha Kimble on

On July 31, 1968, a young, black man was reading the newspaper when he saw something that he had never seen before. With tears in his eyes, he started running and screaming throughout the house, calling for his mom. He would show his mom, and, she would gasp, seeing something she thought she would never see in her lifetime. Throughout the nation, there were similar reactions. What they saw was Franklin Armstrong's first appearance on the iconic comic strip "Peanuts." Franklin would be 50 years old this year. Franklin was "born" after a school teacher, Harriet Glickman, had written a...

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Wakanda Curriculum by Tess Raser

Posted by Tonisha Kimble on

  To access the Google Doc curriculum, please follow this link.  @tessraser has developed a Wakanda Curriculum that bridges themes in the Black Panther movie with actual African culture and history. This is great! I love that she's using popular entertainment to engage students and provide them with factual information.

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The Black Doll Encyclopedia

Posted by Tonisha Kimble on

By now I think we've all seen the black/white doll comparison videos or scanned at least one article discussing the importance of having dolls that look like US. At this point there is no debate that having representative dolls is important to a melanated girl's self-esteem. It is also very clear that the marketplace is still lacking in representation of melanated dolls, what we need to know now is ... where do we find the black dolls that ARE out there? Well look no further! This will be a resource for those looking for not just black dolls, but those...

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Hurricane Harvey aid

Posted by Tonisha Kimble on

As someone who went through Katrina, I can't begin to imagine what the residents of the greater Houston area, and residents in parts of Louisiana are dealing with right now and will be dealing with in the future. Here we've included the information to some organizations that are specifically helping those communities who may be most in need and that are most often forgotten. If you know of any more, please include them in the comments. I will update this as I come across any new or updated information. Y'all stay up and be blessed! * In times of distress,...

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