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

Ari Hammond

Jan 15
3 min

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, 2023
3 min

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, 2023
3 min

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, 2023
4 min

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, 2023
3 min

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, 2023
2 min

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, 2023
3 min

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, 2023
1 min

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, 2023
3 min

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, 2023
1 min

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, 2023
3 min

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, 2023
3 min

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, 2023
2 min

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, 2023
1 min

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, 2023
1 min

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, 2023
3 min

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, 2023
5 min

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, 2023
1 min

Announcements

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, 2023
1 min

Announcements

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, 2023
1 min

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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