This week, Ebony Senior Editor Jamilah Lemieux announced that she would be leaving the publication, and the editors of Seven Scribes want to officially wish her good luck on her …
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No question vexes me quite like “where you from?” I grew up at 19474 Sorrento, on the west side of Detroit, Michigan. It was a large colonial house in the …
By the Content of Cousin Pam’s Character
The Cosby Show was never intended as mere entertainment. It was much more like Sesame Street teaching us letters and numbers, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood teaching us about make believe and …
How to Stay Woke in a Room Full of Hoteps
The current liberation movement is under threat. Fueled by the modern lynching of Black bodies, this movement faces one of the same internal foes that have threatened Black liberation movements …
Waxed Cotton Is Only So Protective
It’s not that cute. The collar’s uneven. It looks dusty. But I pined for my Barbour Beaufort for a long time. I don’t remember where I was when I found …
Home [an irrevocable condition]
I remember the streets. I remember the cracked and crooked sidewalks forming patterns like neurons. I’ve seen life through these patterns, made new forms, retreaded old ones, and used them …
The Digital Souls of Black Folk
My best friend is white and last year, we lived together. It happened fast— my relationship with my mom had been toxic for a while and one day, in the …
The People You Bring With You: A Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith
I have, for years now, watched Mychal Denzel Smith navigate often difficult topics with surgical precision. His approach to how we wrestle with black masculinity while also fighting for women’s rights, and …
Growing up Black?
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Reclaiming Narratives With African Science-Fiction Film
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