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August 31, 2026

Decentering is not Self-Erasure

What do Mariah Carey, Jagged Edge, Bow Wow, Criss Cross, Da Brat, Xscape, and Anthony Hamilton have in common? Jermaine Dupree. From Criss Cross “Jump” to Mariah Carey’s “Always Be My Baby” and Usher’s “Nice and Slow,” this man has had 11 #1 Billboard Hot 100 records. And I am going to tell you why… Continue reading

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March 28, 2026

Why Many Black History Accounts on Social Media Are Wrong

We are living in an era where Black history is being erased every day, so I understand the excitement over discovering all the amazing things our people have done. However, while I love me a good fun fact, I cannot help but notice that many of the Black history memes floating around social media are… Continue reading

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March 27, 2026

In Joseph’s Shadow Part Two

People knew his father and what he had contributed to the movement. They still spoke Joseph’s name with a kind of reverence, as though saying it might conjure the courage of another time. His photograph—creased at the corners, and yellowed with time, hung in barbershops and church foyers, beside posters for fish fries and gospel… Continue reading

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March 8, 2026

In Joseph’s Shadow: Part One

Tanya McNair, dressed in her favorite navy-blue blouse, which bore a faint trace of glitter from the campaign rally a month ago, moved from group to group of the crowded apartment. Her living room was alive with chatter, laughter, and the occasional burst of applause from friends and neighbors whenever a commentator announced another state… Continue reading

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February 9, 2026

Black History Lives

The more I study Black history, the more I am humbled by how close it still is to us, and how often the past breathes in the same rooms we do. It lives in the hands of my elderly aunts and uncles, in my husband’s great-aunts now in their eighties and nineties, in the quiet… Continue reading

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16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, black history, black history 365, Black History Month, blog, blogger, books, Genealogy, history, moment, movement, Sarah Collins Rudolph, writing
February 1, 2026

A Month and A Mirror

A hundred years ago, in 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson planted a small but deliberate marker in time—Negro History Week—never knowing it would one day swell into a month, a memory, a reckoning. February has carried that weight ever since, in what is now known as Black History Month. It is a month crowded with… Continue reading

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December 16, 2025

Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews – Chains of Gold by Ken Robb

Title: Chains of Gold: Based on the True Story of Slavery During the California Gold Rush Author: Ken Robb Publisher: Word Star Ink Genre: Historical Fiction, US Historical Fiction Published: September 22, 2025 Pages: 438 pages The year is 1852, and Carter is shouting his freedom into the face of the law as deputies close in,… Continue reading

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About Me

My name is Yecheilyah (e-see-li-yah), and my work confronts historical erasure and advocates for a more inclusive understanding of Black history. Through book reviews and poetry contests, I uncover and preserve the rich, often underrepresented stories of African Americans.