Gabrielle Union on the Poison of American Assimilation and Raising Her Daughters to Embrace Their Blackness
“That’s the attitude I hope to pass onto my daughters shameless self-love.” Feb 11, 2021 Getty images + Joelle Avelino
For the State of Black Beauty, ELLE.com chatted with six Black icons to hear how they define Black beauty and
how they see themselves in the space in their own words.
I don t think I fell back in love with myself until relatively recently, and some of that self-love has come from learning to embrace my natural beauty, especially my hair texture. I wore relaxers starting from the time I was eight and didn t stop until my thirties. I didn t even wear braids professionally, which might ve been the first time ever really until
Black Cultural Archives partner with Scholastic to publish new book celebrating Windrush Generation
HONOUR: New book about the Windrush generation seeks to commemorate the British-Caribbean community
THE BLACK Cultural Archives (BCA) has announced a new partnership with Scholastic to celebrate the Windrush Generation.
The collaboration between the BCA and the publisher will include a book titled
‘The Place for Me: Stories of the Windrush Generation.’
It is set to feature twelve stories that are inspired by people the from Windrush generation and derived from their archives for readers aged 8+.
Kevin George, Emma Norry and K.N. Chimbri are just three of the eleven contributing authors all of whom have a connection to the Windrush generation.