Spark
By: Kelley Traynham ('20), Staff Writer What ignites your spark? SPARK, a weekend retreat held September 30th-October 2nd, was designed to provide first-year women of color with the empowerment and…
How Can We Make DHOE Better?
By: Ariana Wiggins ('19), Staff Writer photo credit: unc_bsm on Twitter Homecoming is, and has been for a while, one of the most anticipated events each year for college students.…
Poetry: Boobs Don’t Make Me a Woman
By: Whitney-Jocelyn Kouaho ('20), Staff Writer Illustration by: Nzinga Simmons ('17), Staff Illustrator Boobs don’t make a woman Boobs don’t make me a woman Two lumps of fat and some…
Celebrities & Black Voters
By: Morgan Howard ('18), Staff Writer This election is important. Very important. Life-changing important! It’s no secret that a lot is a stake with this election, especially for minorities. Every…
#FashionFriday: #100BlackMenInSuits
This week’s #FashionFriday highlights UNC’s participation in the #100BlackMenInSuits challenge. The men involved wore their best and took pictures outside of South Building to challenge the stereotypical perception of Black…
Letter from the Editor: September 2016
cover photo by: Jeremiah O. Rhodes (@jeremiaaaaaaaah) Welcome to Black Ink Magazine’s September 2016 issue! First, I’d like to introduce myself as the new Editor in Chief of Black Ink!…
A Common Sense Revolution: Campus Activism & Charity Lackey
By: Dominque Brodie ('19), Editor in Chief “My idea of revolution is pretty common sense.” The idea, that is, of senior Charity Lackey. Charity, a student in UNC’s school of…
Dynamic Duos: the Best Musical Matches
By: Carla Beachem ('20), Staff Writer Snoop and Dre: Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang (1992) One of the most recognizable songs of the 90s, and even dubbed as the Hip-Hop…
Voting Debunked
photo from: Bob Daugherty, Associated Press (1964) By: Jerome Simpson ('19), Staff Writer Every four years, citizens gather in the masses around the United States to voice their political opinions…
The Consciousness Bandwagon
By: Ajia Caldwell ('20), Staff Writer To my “conscious” Black men and women, it is time for us to redefine the terms “conscious” and “woke,” because as far as I…
