Dearest girls, Following are some Black History Month facts that you should know: Your mom was the first African-American reporter for “The Tidewater News.” Your great-grandmother was the first woman minister at Metropolitan A.M. E. Zion Church. Your great-grandfather owned a store during a time when there were too few African-American entrepreneurs. Your grandmother was […]

Dear girls, please do not allow other people – especially people of other racial and ethnic backgrounds – to make you feel inferior. Yes, you are beautiful. Yes, you are smart. Yes, you are worthy. You don’t have to dress the way they do. You don’t have to think the way they do. As long […]