David Walker (September 28, 1796 – August 6, 1830) was an influential American abolitionist, writer, and anti-slavery activist. Born to a free mother and an enslaved father, he was free himself due to the principle of partus sequitur ventrem. In 1829, while residing in Boston, he published “An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World,” which called for black […]
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS WASHINGTON BAILEY
Approximately, two hundred and two years ago Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery in the state of Maryland. In turn— as a slave, he didn’t know the exact month, day, and year of birth— due to the fact, people of color were considered property. Simply put, he spent his entire life not knowing his actual birthday. So—he chose […]
Walking Through the Fire: A Woman’s Rise Into Her Destiny
Walking through the fire is not a collapse — it is a crossing. It is the moment a woman stops negotiating with her fears and starts negotiating with her destiny. It is the sacred shift from who she was told to be into who she actually is. Fire, not the enemy, is the purifier, teacher, and revealer. It eliminates falsehoods, […]
The Truth Got Teeth
They turn away. They call it harsh, rude, unnecessary. But the truth doesn’t come to coddle. Truth got teeth, and those teeth bite deep. Have you ever noticed how quickly people become defensive when the truth exposes something they’ve been hiding from themselves? It’s almost instinctual — that jolt, that shock, that emotional recoil. Truth hits like lightning: sudden, […]