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January Community Spotlight: Watching, Reading, and Listening for MLK Day

Ari Hammond

Jan 153 min read

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...

Jay Felipe

Dec 26, 20233 min read

Black Writer of the Month

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...

December Community Spotlight: Ethiopian and Eritrean Student Association

Ari Hammond

Dec 15, 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...

Black Writer of the Month: Dr. Chesya Burke

Jay Felipe

Nov 21, 20234 min read

Black Writer of the Month

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...

Community Spotlight: The Brookwood Dance Program

Ari Hammond

Nov 5, 20233 min read

BVB Spotlight

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...

October Community Spotlight: Transgender First College Scholarship

Ari Hammond

Oct 25, 20232 min read

BVB Spotlight

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...

Black Hero of the Month: Marsha P. Johnson

Abigail Hagos

Oct 23, 20233 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...

Saly Fentahun

Oct 17, 20231 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...

Peer Submission: "Pursuit for Stability" by Evie Boye

Jay Felipe

Sep 23, 20233 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....

Black Hero of the Month: Richard Humphreys

Abigail Hagos

Sep 21, 20231 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...

Community Spotlight: HBCU Alumni of Brookwood

Ari Hammond

Sep 14, 20233 min read

BVB Spotlight

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....

Jay Felipe

Sep 10, 20233 min read

Black Writer of the Month

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,...

Bite-sized Black History: Josephine Baker

Trinity Thurman

Aug 23, 20232 min read

Bite-sized Black History

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...

Abigail Hagos

Aug 19, 20231 min read

Black Hero of the Month

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...

Black Artist of the Month: Angélique Kidjo

Saly Fentahun

Aug 17, 20231 min read

Black Artist of the Month

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...

Black Writer of the Month: Morgan Hampton

Jay Felipe

Aug 10, 20233 min read

Black Writer of the Month

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...

Ari Hammond

Aug 5, 20235 min read

BVB Spotlight

Community Spotlight: Visual Artists

In the first monthly BVB Spotlight, we'll look at the visual artists in Brookwood's Black Community

Saly Fentahun

Jun 23, 20231 min read

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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....

Trinity Thurman

Jun 22, 20231 min read

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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...

Abigail Hagos

Jun 21, 20231 min read

Announcements

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...

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