Why the Hell I’m Mad!
By: Mia Smith ('19), Staff Writer Disrespected. Neglected. Unprotected. Why the hell wouldn’t I be mad? My hair. My skin. My body. All are commodified but priced the lowest of…
BSM Fashion Show: The Preview
By: Kelley Traynham ('20), Staff Writer The first annual BSM Fashion Show, presented Black Student Movement (BSM) is a new initiative lead by sophomore, Cameron Ulmer. Ulmer appreciates president Aaron…
Letter from the Editor: November 2017
Greetings everyone, and thank you for reading our November 2017 issue! This has been a very exciting and busy semester for both Black Ink and BSM, as BSM recently celebrated…
Is BSM Still Relevant?
By: Ajani Anderson ('21), Staff Writer On August 30, 2017, I sat in the back row of the Stone Center auditorium hoping the strangers sitting in front of me would…
50 Black History Firsts at UNC
By: Marquise Drayton ('19), Staff Writer In 1972, Richard Epps was the first African American student elected UNC student body president. Hortense McClinton was the first black faculty member hired…
Then and Now: The Food Workers Strike of 1969 and #BoycottUNC
By: Amber Goodwin ('19), Staff Writer Protesting to make our voices heard is nothing new to minorities at this university. When going against powerful institutions like UNC, we find strength…
2017-2018 Basketball Outlook: a Quick Take
image: @GoHeels on Twitter By: Jerome Simpson ('19), Staff Writer The Heels return as the defending National Champions after a thrilling run to the title game in Arizona. It was…
Let Them Kneel
image: http://abcnews.go.com/US/nfl-players-kneel-lock-arms-solidarity-national-anthem/story?id=50056165 By: Erin Flood ('19), Staff Writer Before I started writing this, I typed “Kneeling” into my Google search. Just that one word. Seconds later, headline after headline referenced the…
A Place of Our Own
By: Kai Heslop ('19), Staff Writer The Sonja Haynes Stone Center is an important space known as the center for Black history and culture on campus. From the 1980s to…
#1017: A Wop Holiday
image: http://www.refinery29.com/2017/10/177246/gucci-mane-keyshia-kaoir-davis-wedding By: Carla Beachem (‘20), Staff Writer May 26th, 2016 was a momentous day in black history. This was the day that Radric Davis, otherwise known as Gucci Mane, was…
