In the Spotlight

Representation Won’t Save Us: Rihanna Finally Tells Us Why She did Superbowl Halftime

I was perturbed when I saw Rihanna would perform at Super Bowl LVII. The reason was just years earlier in 2019, she told US Vogue in...

Black Women Superintendents Teaching Civil Rights History at National Parks

Judy Forte remembers a 1966 judge’s desegregation order forcing her and her brothers to transfer to the all-white elementary school near...

Four Hours Later, and Janet Jackson Remains an Enigma

The A&E and Lifetime documentary, Janet Jackson., aired January 28. The two-night, four-hour event promised to reveal more about...

HBCU sports–Moving Up in the World

“Go Ratttluhhhhssss!” fdIs this what the FAMU fans say? Regardless, here ye, here ye, an important announcement: the FAMU women’s...

Black Artists, Black Art

At The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects, we love art. We especially love art created by Black women and girls. Because we here at TL|BGP...

Black Artists, Black Art

At The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects, we love art. We especially love art created by Black women and girls. Black art and artists are...

Pa’ la cultura: Cuban Cultural Promoter Creates Cuban Rap Festival

Hailing from a family of educators, Rensoli is a firm believer that every human being should have a right to education and that those who...

Arlan Is Here

Photo courtesy Backstage Capital. For Women’s History Month, I am immensely grateful to the women whose past contributions are still...

Food is Love: A Q&A with Sade Meeks, Founder of G.R.I.T.S

I’m not a foodie, but I do love good food. Growing up, the smells from the kitchens or grills of the women and men in my family made my...

Daphne Chamberlain: A Scholar-Activist Sparks Change in Mississippi

Dolls lined along the floor, chalk in hand, lesson planed. Daphne Chamberlain, Ph.D., recalls the day she got in trouble for writing on...

On Resistance and Struggle: Women in the Cuban Hip-Hop Scene

1990s hip-hop greats Salt-N-Pepa, TLC and Missy Elliot traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to Cuba not by airplane or boat but through...

In The Spotlight | Krystal Gem

The Set Krystal Gem is easily on my “Top 5 Jackson Girl Crush List.” She embodies the anthem of “Black Girl Magic” not only in her...