📢New publication alert!📢 Check out my latest w/@alphaabebe in Healthcare Policy @LongwoodsNotes, where we explore the rich experiences and knowledges of Black community health advocates in Ontario. #ONHealth #HealthPolicy #CiteBlackWomen Read here: 👇🏾 longwoods.com/content/27413/…

"I expected it to be a nostalgia-bait spinoff of what was maybe the most important series in the history of Black television. Instead, I found a show that unintentionally memorializes the gap between the future many of us believed in and the diminished political reality of our lives." -- Tressie McMillan Cottom nytimes.com/2026/10/27/opini…

GOTTA CUT UP ONE TME FOR THE GODFATHER OF STEPPIN! 💃🏾🕺🏾💃🏾🕺🏾

#OTD October 13, 1887, Dr. Clement Ligoure was born in Trinidad. He graduated from Queen's University at Kingston in 1916 and became the first Black physician in Nova Scotia. #DYK he treated those injured during the 1917 Halifax Explosion, free of charge in his private clinic?

Learn more about Shadd Cary and Black Toronto in the self-guided walking tour I curated, Tracing Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s Footsteps in Mid-19th Century Toronto, available on the BaladoDiscovery App platform. Tour link: baladodiscovery.com/circuits…

TV’s So White Again: Diversity Now Seen as "Optional" hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-…

Schomburg Center to Hold Next Century of Black Studies Conference, Nov 16–18, 2026 nypl.org/blog/2026/09/29/sch…

The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91 He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew nytimes.com/2026/09/27/arts/…

The Mighty Sparrow - the Calypso legend has died on in New York at the age of 91, according to reports.💔🇹🇹🇬🇩 A statement from his family was released saying: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Trinidad and Tobago’s Calypso icon, Slinger Francisco, known to the world as ‘The Mighty Sparrow’,” The #MightySparrow was born in Grand Roy, Grenada, in 1935 and was raised in Trinidad and Tobago. He became one of the most influential figures in calypso with a career spanning more than seven decades. He produced hundreds of recordings and became one of the most recognised names in Caribbean music. Rest in Peace King. Truly a legend. The Voice sends condolences to his family and friends.

'We won’t be erased': Academics defend Black studies amid program cuts As some colleges cut Black studies, academics say those programs are vital. abcnews.com/US/wont-erased-a…

The Slow Disappearance of Black Studies on College Campuses Northwestern is the latest university to restructure its program as the Trump administration continues to target DEI in higher education. capitalbnews.org/black-studi… | @CapitalBNews

Serena's jacket is so tough 🔥 It has all the years that she won a singles and doubles title at the US Open 👏

Remembering Malcolm-Jamal Warner on the one year anniversary of his passing (July 20, 2025)

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, known for starring in The Cosby Show and The Resident, sadly passed away one year ago today 💔🕊️

On this day in 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first Black man to win Wimbledon singles title. He was the first black man to win Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open.

“Just Be Good to Me”: When R&B was ‘Black’ medium.com/p/0842678536be #BlackMusicMonth

Published by Canadian Scholars, Women's Press, In My Sister's House is the first volume in the series, and together these volumes are among the first collective works of Canadian Black feminist scholarship by and about Black women @CanadianScholar @WomensPressCA

I'm so excited to share the release of the first of four books in the In Words of Our Own: Black Women and Being series, which I've had the privilege of co-editing with Ezi Odozor and Professor Njoki N. Wane. @echolibrary See purchase link below.

Sixteen-year-old Serena Williams wins her first match at Wimbledon June 25, 1998 defeating Laura Golarsa of Italy in the first round of Women’s Singles. 📸 Simon Bruty, Bob Martin

🎙️New Afropolitan Dialogues episode. Eddy (DaOriginalOne) David, Ottawa and Toronto hip hop pioneer, on watching his own archived history vanish online, the gentrification of Little Jamaica, and why critical thinking is our best defence against erasure. afroto.co/eddy-david

We’re hiring at Black Health Alliance! We’re currently looking for a bilingual candidate to join our team in the following role: ✅Program Manager For more information about the roles, qualifications, and application instructions, check out this link: secure.collage.co/jobs/black…