January Community Spotlight: Watching, Reading, and Listening for MLK Day
Happy New Year, readers! Our first 2024 community spotlight honors preacher, writer, leader, and activist Reverend Dr. Martin Luther...
Ari Hammond
Jan 15, 20243 min read
Black Writer of the Month: Clint Smith
Clint Smith American writer, poet, and scholar Habari gani, my brothers and sisters? Today, on the first day of Kwanzaa, for "Black...
Jay Felipe
Dec 26, 20233 min read
December Community Spotlight: Ethiopian and Eritrean Student Association
Happy Holidays, Broncos! To end the semester, we sat down with Pheben Getahun, co-president of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Student...
Ari Hammond
Dec 15, 20233 min read
Black Writer of the Month: Dr. Chesya Burke
Dr. Chesya Burke Afrofuturist and Assistant Professor at Stetson University What's going on my brothers and sisters? Today, for "Black...
Jay Felipe
Nov 21, 20234 min read
Community Spotlight: The Brookwood Dance Program
Hello, Broncos! In honor of National Hip-Hop History Month and to continue supporting all of the Brookwod arts programs, this month's...
Ari Hammond
Nov 5, 20233 min read
October Community Spotlight: Transgender First College Scholarship
This month's community spotlight is shifting focus from our usual Afrocentric content to an equally important aspect of the identities of...
Ari Hammond
Oct 25, 20232 min read
Black Hero of the Month: Marsha P. Johnson
Hey guys! In honor of LGBTQIA+ History Month, I thought we could talk about a woman who paved the way for many people. She was an...
Abigail Hagos
Oct 23, 20233 min read
HBCU Movie: The Great Debaters
The Great Debaters is a compelling film that sheds light on the extraordinary debate team at an HBCU (Historically Black College or...
Saly Fentahun
Oct 17, 20231 min read
Peer Submission: "Pursuit for Stability" by Evie Boye
Evie Boye (she/her), a junior at Brookwood High School, is an avid writer who most frequently expresses herself through poems and songs....
Jay Felipe
Sep 23, 20233 min read
Black Hero of the Month: Richard Humphreys
Hey guys! In honor of HBCU Week, I wanted to tell you all about the brilliant man who created such institutions: Richard Humphreys! He...
Abigail Hagos
Sep 21, 20231 min read
Community Spotlight: HBCU Alumni of Brookwood
In honor of National HBCU Week (Sept. 7-14), this month's community spotlight focuses on some of the HBCU alumni on the Brookwood staff....
Ari Hammond
Sep 14, 20233 min read
Black Writer of the Month: Tomi Adeyemi
Tomi Adeyemi New York Times bestseller and author of the Legacy of Orisha Book Trilogy What's going on, my brothers and sisters? Today,...
Jay Felipe
Sep 10, 20233 min read
Bite-sized Black History: Josephine Baker
Hi, y'all! For August's Bite-sized Black History, I thought I'd share one of my favorite lesser-known Black activists. Josephine Baker...
Trinity Thurman
Aug 23, 20232 min read
Black Hero of the Month: Angela Davis
Hey guys! For August's Black Hero of the Month, I wanted to highlight Angela Davis. She was one of the leaders of the Black Panther Party...
Abigail Hagos
Aug 19, 20231 min read
Black Artist of the Month: Angélique Kidjo
Angélique Kidjo is a Beninese-American singer-songwriter, actress, and activist. She is renowned for her diverse musical style, which...
Saly Fentahun
Aug 17, 20231 min read
Black Writer of the Month: Morgan Hampton
Morgan Hampton (Moellenial) Current Writer for the Cyborg comic series in the "Dawn of DC" line of comics What's going on, my brothers...
Jay Felipe
Aug 10, 20233 min read
Community Spotlight: Visual Artists
In the first monthly BVB Spotlight, we'll look at the visual artists in Brookwood's Black Community
Ari Hammond
Aug 5, 20235 min read
Editor Profile: Selam Fentahun
Hello, my name is Selam Fentahun but I am mostly known as Saly. I was born and raised in Ethiopia and I moved to the US at the age of 10....
Saly Fentahun
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Editor Profile: Trinity Thurman
Hey, y'all! My name is Trinity, I'm a senior at Brookwood and a founding member of the BVB blog. I've been an avid reader ftowardrom a...
Trinity Thurman
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Editor Profile: Abigail Hagos
Hi, I’m Abby, my pronouns are she/her, and I’m a junior at Brookwood Highschool and a founding member of the BVB blog. I’m a huge reader...
Abigail Hagos
Jun 21, 20231 min read
