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A team of Black girls were winning a NASA competition, then NASA switched up the rules
A team of three Black girls from D.C.’s Benjamin Banneker Academic High School—Bria Snell, India Skinner and Mikayla Sharrieff—was excited to enter the NASA Goddard‘s Optimus Prime Spinoff Promotion and Research Challenge (OPSPARC) student competition to win a trip to NASA. Their project, IN3-Incubator Program, aimed to create a filtration jar that will filter water continuously and […]
13-year-old #1000BlackGirlBooks creator interviews 11-year-old March for Our Lives advocate about honoring Black girls
The ancestors must smile at Black girls like 11-year-old Naomi Wadler and 13-year-old Marley Dias. Both used their creativity and access points in challenging society to ask, “What about the Black girls?” Many activists, commentators and policymakers lauded Wadler as the most compelling speaker at the recent gun control demonstration March for Our Lives for critiquing […]
We need to prioritize Black girls in the conversation about police in schools
April is Black Women’s History Month. Throughout this month, Black Youth Project is celebrating Black women. This month is also National Minority Health Month, Autism Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Child Abuse Prevention Month. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. This essay contains brief descriptions […]
Video shows rapper Fabolous, just arrested on domestic violence charges, threatening girlfriend and her father
John David Jackson, better known as Brooklyn-bred rapper Fabolous, will likely be asked for fewer encores after footage of him threatening his longtime girlfriend and her father went live on TMZ during the weekend. In the video, Fabolous, 40, lurched toward his partner Emily Bustamente and her father with what seems like a metal object. […]
11-year-old Naomi Wadler reminds America that movements for our lives must include Black girls and women
“I am here to say ‘never again’ for those girls, too!” 11-year-old Naomi Wadler said at the March for Our Lives rally in D.C. Saturday, spotlighting America’s need for a longer collective memory when victims are Black women and girls. Wadler’s speech earned the breakout success designation among nationwide marches and speeches for gun reform. “I represent […]
For Black girls who don’t tesser well
This essay contains spoilers for Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle In Time It has been four years since Meg Murry’s father went missing. Four years of uncertainty, sleepless nights, and missing him intensely as Meg and her family struggle to find a way to function without him. When three ancient celestial beings—Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which, and […]
Post ‘Black Panther’, Marvel announces ‘Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur’ animated series
Marvel is working on bringing a newly established comic book character from the page to television, and has tapped Black-ish Executive Producer Lawrence Fishburne and Grown-ish Executive Producer Helen Sugland to lead the project. The series will be developed for Disney Channels Worldwide, and it features a Black nine-year-old super genius named Lunella Lafayette who […]
After theater buyouts for kids to see ‘Black Panther,’ group organizes one for Black girls to see ‘A Wrinkle In Time’
Marvel’s Black Panther is already a huge hit and the movie hasn’t even opened for the public yet. Those who have seen the movie have been singing its praises, and the movie has been lauded in nearly every review as “groundbreaking” and “something we have never seen before,” garnering a 97% fresh score on Rotten […]
A brown girl who #BleedsGreen: Finding joy in the Eagles Super Bowl win
by Asia Renée I was born and raised in Philadelphia. The nation’s first capital, the cradle of liberty, and the home of the most passionate, underdog fans in the country. The same folks who threw snowballs at Santa Claus, booed Beyonce during the NBA Finals in 2001 and had a jail set up, judge and […]
HTGAWM’s sex trafficking storyline is a hidden but pervasive narrative for vulnerable Black girls
*A note from our editor Sherronda J. Brown: January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and our theme at Black Youth Project is Human Trafficking and Slavery. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them.* This post contains spoilers for season four of How to Get Away With Murder. […]
Lupita Nyong’o is writing a children’s book tackling colorism & self-love for little Black girls
Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o is writing a children’s book about a 5-year-old Kenyan girl’s journey to accepting and loving her dark-skinned complexion. Sulwe, the titular protagonist in Nyong’o’s story, is the darkest person in her family and is obsessed with lightening her skin before going on a fantastical journey that leads her to appreciate her […]
Simone Biles says she’s one of scores of girls molested by Olympic doctor Larry Nassar
On Monday afternoon, one of the greatest Olympic gymnasts of our time broke her silence about the impending trial of Larry Nassar, the ex-team USA gymnastics doctor who is currently standing trial for sexually abusing minors during a period which stretches back to the London games, including girls who were as young as six. In […]