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The Ivy On The Window: An Ode To Kalief Browder
It was your smile. It didn’t quite reach your eyes in the first picture I saw of you and it made me curious. How can one seem so sad with...
Madalyn McKnight
Apr 6, 20173 min read


Black History Month: Week 4: Rewrite History
This is not the same America from fifty years ago. In both good and bad ways this country and world for that matter, have been shaped by...
Madalyn McKnight
Feb 23, 20172 min read


Black History Month: Week 3: Call to Action
#people #serve #blackhistory #motivation #love #february #action
Madalyn McKnight
Feb 17, 20171 min read


Black History Month: Week 2: REFLECTION
Listen to your mom, dad, grandparents and all who have toiled in life and have had to suffer from things they could not control. Ask...
Madalyn McKnight
Feb 7, 20172 min read


BLACK HISTORY MONTH: WEEK 1: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I have wide eyes, a bright smile, I am above average height and I have big feet, big hands, and thick glasses. But the first thing you...
Madalyn McKnight
Feb 1, 20172 min read


We’re In Formation Michelle: A Letter to First Lady Obama
I first admired you when you spoke on the campaign trail on behalf of your husband. Those beautiful girls were never far from you, always...
Madalyn McKnight
Jan 19, 20173 min read


I’m Ready For The Torch: A Letter to President Obama
I was 17 in 2008 when you won the presidential election. I was honestly too out of touch to really grasp how big of a responsibility you...
Madalyn McKnight
Jan 19, 20173 min read


Ode to Self-Care
I looked in the mirror one day this past week and said “I miss you” and I sincerely meant that. It seems silly to say that I miss myself...
Madalyn McKnight
Jan 4, 20174 min read


Ode to Badu
“Sistahs how yall feel? Fellas yall alright?” I was about 6 or 7 when I was introduced to a voice that was so soothing and comforting...
Madalyn McKnight
Nov 26, 20163 min read


Sing Blackbird: Four Women
I love music. Personally, it is my life and I can’t imagine a day without it. What this blackbird is singing today are words and melodies...
Madalyn McKnight
Nov 18, 20161 min read


We Shall Overcome Some Day: Maybe…
I have been trying my best to really digest what occurred on Tuesday November 8, 2016. This was a day that sent me on an emotional...
Madalyn McKnight
Nov 15, 20162 min read


An Ode to Blackness
What started as a light-hearted birthday dinner for a friend, turned into a discussion on religion, politics, and what blackness means to...
Madalyn McKnight
Sep 19, 20162 min read
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