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UHURU x Fall Favorites

UHURU x Fall Favorites

Julia Duanetto De Sousa
October 11, 2021

This Fall, the UHURU staff was inspired to create a playlist filled with songs that bring out the best of us. With the end of Summer vacations and the tough return to routines...

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Ode to My Soul: A Psalm of Praise for My Pieces

Ode to My Soul: A Psalm of Praise for My Pieces

July 11, 2018

Photos by Candace Sanders I fear that I have wasted too much time not loving or wholly accepting myself. I have spent too many years dishonoring my pieces, sometimes knowingly,...

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What Does It Mean To Be Black And Queer?

What Does It Mean To Be Black And Queer?

July 10, 2018

  Jordin Manning, 20, They/Them Jordin is a third year sophomore at Kent State University studying psychology. They identify as Non-Binary & Sapphic and uses they/them...

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Prozac For Breakfast

July 10, 2018

I was five years old when I first thought the world would be a better place without me. I was five years old when I decided that I did not want to be me anymore. I didn’t want...

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Photos by Victor Travis

The 21st Century Jezebel

July 10, 2018

Sex is okay! Better yet, it’s great and I’ve noticed that I get crazy looks when I say things like this in public. For some, the idea of a woman speaking so candidly about...

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Red Circle of Drumming Celebrates Native American History Month

Red Circle of Drumming Celebrates Native American History Month

November 22, 2017

                                                                                                   Words and Photos by Angelo...

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Activism in Athletics

Activism in Athletics

October 1, 2017

Over the years, activism has surfaced in music, movies, television and sports which are all still popular today, but recently, athletes have been more prominent with their activist...

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Photo by Tierra Thomas

Nappy vs. Natural: Perceptions of Natural Hair

May 29, 2017

The past few years have been a transition of store shelves filled with containers of “creamy crack,” to shelves loaded with a variety of products mimicking smells of tropical...

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Illustration by Tai Gomez

Am I Invited to the Cookout?

May 29, 2017

  Being black and vegetarian can be something that inadvertently shuts you out of the black community. It doesn’t make you any less black, but it can make you feel a little...

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A pastel sketch of musician, Yuna, by Tai Gomez.

My Color Does Not Define What My Hands Create

April 14, 2017

On the cover: a pastel sketch of musician, Yuna, by Tai Gomez.   You know that moment, that sudden “ah-ha” moment when you figure out what you’re meant to do in life, like...

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Photo By Jermaine Jackson.

Growing Up A ‘Blerd’

February 7, 2017

  This past summer, social media was full of various trending topics like #growingupwithbraces, #growingupwithmyname and my favorite, #growingupblack. Interestingly enough,...

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David Robinson Changes Lives With Community Development

David Robinson Changes Lives With Community Development

September 21, 2016

David Robinson, son of legacy Major League Baseball player, Jackie Robinson, attended Kent State University to promote Sweet Unity Farms, his coffee business that promotes self-help,...

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