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02/11/2025

Nearly 10.5 million Black households receive food assistance today. But as politics shuts down the government, remember — we’ve been taking care of each other long before food stamps existed.

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We all know schools aren’t teaching Black history correctly. That’s why PushBlack is so important! Will you support truthful, accurate, empowering Black history content with a donation? Click the donate button at the top of our page to support our work!

It wasn’t until 1964 that Black people could access government food assistance. Now, as the food stamp program faces shutdown, we must remember — we’ve always

01/11/2025

When a Black teacher went online to say she was filing a police report against her students for stealing her collectible Hello Kitty Funko Pop, the internet erupted in debate. Here are 4 lessons we can all learn from it.

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Did you know that PushBlack fights for CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM? If you can donate to support our work by clicking the donate button at the top of our page, it has a huge impact!

#1 Rethinking Justice in the Classroom: In 2025, communities are redefining justice beyond punishment and policing.

01/11/2025

Fiction lovers think Blade or Blacula was one of the first Black vampires, but there was another Black vampire – African and enslaved – whose story was closer to reality than the fantasy world we associate with them.
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📌We all know schools aren’t teaching Black history correctly. That’s why PushBlack is so important! But now we are in danger. Without your support, we won’t be able to continue to bring you accurate, empowering Black history content.
With as little as $5 a month, you can help us continue telling our truth history. Will you help us today? Click the link in our bio to subscribe to a monthly donation✊🏿

31/10/2025

From ghouls lusting for the taste of Black flesh in the night to a scorned, enslaved woman whose ghost floats along the Mississippi River, these tales are more than just scary. They’re true. Sort of.

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Some tales are so scary that they make you refuse to say a certain name five times or look under your bed before falling asleep. But these three should make your list because they just might be true.

31/10/2025

Halloween is supposed to be fun and maybe a little scary, too. And while the candy might be sweet, this holiday has some skeletons in its closet, and the trick is, those secrets are nothing like what you might think. Here’s why.
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📌We all know schools aren’t teaching Black history correctly. That’s why PushBlack is so important! But now we are in danger. Without your support, we won’t be able to continue to bring you accurate, empowering Black history content.
With as little as $5 a month, you can help us continue telling our truth history. Will you help us today? Click the link in our bio to subscribe to a monthly donation✊🏿

31/10/2025

The system has always been rigged, but we keep a few tricks up our sleeves. Here are three times in history when Black enslaved people tricked their way to freedom, in costume.

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Here are three historical moments to inspire us all to keep pushing for liberation and finding ways to "trick" a system that harms us.

31/10/2025

Fiction lovers think Blade or Blacula was one of the first Black vampires, but there was another Black vampire – African and enslaved – whose story was closer to reality than the fantasy world we associate with them.

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It was the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution. Black enslaved people across the Caribbean were revolting. Rising from the ashes of the plantations and manor houses was a tale about a night creature who would try to build a new world.

31/10/2025

Halloween is supposed to be fun and maybe a little scary, too. And while the candy might be sweet, this holiday has some skeletons in its closet, and the trick is, those secrets are nothing like what you might think. Here’s why.

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Trick or treating became a national pastime once WWI ended. Add in soldiers with a military-induced sweet ...

30/10/2025

It’s officially “spooky” season. While corporations prepare to capitalize, we’ll never overlook the racist origins of “spook.” But let’s go even further. Here’s how we can all make “spook” work for us.
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📌We all know schools aren’t teaching Black history correctly. That’s why PushBlack is so important! But now we are in danger. Without your support, we won’t be able to continue to bring you accurate, empowering Black history content.
With as little as $5 a month, you can help us continue telling our truth history. Will you help us today? Click the link in our bio to subscribe to a monthly donation✊🏿

30/10/2025

Nearly 10.5 million Black households receive food assistance today. But as politics shuts down the government, remember — we’ve been taking care of each other long before food stamps existed. ____
📌We all know schools aren’t teaching Black history correctly. That’s why PushBlack is so important! But now we are in danger. Without your support, we won’t be able to continue to bring you accurate, empowering Black history content.
With as little as $5 a month, you can help us continue telling our truth history. Will you help us today? Click the link in our bio to subscribe to a monthly donation✊🏿

29/10/2025

Who was Muhammad Ali’s toughest opponent? Joe Frazier? Ali beat him twice. The U.S. government? He made it overturn his conviction for draft evasion. We say Toni Morrison. Here’s why.
We all know schools aren’t teaching Black history correctly.
That’s why PushBlack is so important! But now we are in danger. Without your support, we won’t be able to continue to bring you accurate, empowering Black history content.
With as little as $5 a month, you can help us continue telling our truth history. Will you help us today? Click the link in our bio to subscribe to a monthly donation

29/10/2025

Iron collars. Lips pulled, teeth examined. Branding. Oil slathered on skin. Stripped naked to be poked and groped. This is what they did to us at slave auctions. But today, strip searches in prisons are shockingly similar—and Terri Ricks is telling her story.

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“The Department of Corrections will say that strip-searches are about safety and security,” says Terri Ricks, “but ... it was really about power and c...