Empire, the hit new show on Fox, seems to be taking everyone by storm these days. It has become a cultural phenomenon and has shed a light on how money changes people and the importance of family. The show is particularly significant for Black History Month, especially with such a talented cast that includes Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson.
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“Roses are red, violets are blue, Syracuse is orange, black love at SU.” No matter how bae-less you felt this past Valentine’s Day, you could not ignore the beauty of the prominent couples on campus this past holiday. The Black Voice took it upon ourselves to interview these couples so that they can tell us what black love is all
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On January 19th, Light Girls, a Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry production, premiered on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network. The follow-up documentary to the 2012 film, Dark Girls, illuminates the experiences and stories of light skinned African-American women within the documentary. During the 2-hour documentary girls and women shared struggles of appearance, identity, and privilege. The main objective for the
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When was the first Black Student Union founded? The first Black Student Union was founded during the mid-1960’s at San Francisco State University by students Jimmy Garrett and Jerry Varnado. How did the idea of the first Black Student Union come about? Founder Jimmy Garrett did an analysis where he broke the black population of San Francisco State University down
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The critically acclaimed film Selma, chronicles the events in Selma, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Selma is the first feature film to focus on Dr. King, the religious figures and activists who joined together to march for African Americans right to vote, 50 years ago. At this time in history, the 1964
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It’s Friday night and you are preparing to go to a party at the Schine Student Center (aka “a Schine Party”). You think you’ve got everything right and know you’re about to kill the game. NOPE. Wrong answer! We’ve all witnessed it. We’ve all seen someone doing something entirely inappropriate at a Schine party. Just when people think they’ve got
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Who is afraid of post-blackness? Before opening the pages of Touré’s thought provoking book, I did not know the answer to that question. This was the first time I had encountered the term post-blackness, but I quickly learned that this term holds personal and historical value. Post–blackness is defined as “a more individualized notion of Blackness…where we allow each other
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With the theme of CBT in the air, unity within the Black community here at Syracuse University is at a high. We posed the question “what does the Black Voice mean to you?” to four students.
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August 27 marked the release of The Game’s Don’t Shoot, the most recent collaborative effort by some of rap and R&B’s finest to recognize, defend, and ultimately honor the life and humanity of Michael Brown, an unarmed Ferguson, Missouri teen who was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson on August 9. The all-star lineup in the order which they
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