ARCHULETACHISOLM

If you’re on social media for any considerable amount of time, at some point you’ll come across someone still questioning if we, as a...

My forthcoming book, When Black Women Breathe, is a labor of love. I'm taking my time with it - feeling, listening, being open and...

There is a quote from the 1985 movie, The Color Purple, that says: “Folks don’t like anybody being too proud or too free.” Celie comes to...

Oprah says many people are held back from becoming who they were meant to be by shadow beliefs and feelings of unworthiness. Microsoft’s...

In the 1937 book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston said that like mules, Black women carry the w wishes on their backs....

In 2008, I was working as an investment accountant navigating my way through corporate America. At that time, I knew there was something...

And just like that. In 10.64 seconds, 21-year-old Sha’Carri Richardson let the world know that she is a force to be reckoned with....

It’s a Sunday morning. I’m drinking coffee from one of my infamous mugs, enjoying the sun beaming through the window, and waiting for...

When I think of colorism, I think of light-skinned versus dark-skinned Black women. I think of how perceived attractiveness,...

There was a time when I found myself saying “yes” to things, only to regret it minutes later. Whether personally or professionally, I did...

As the verdict was being read early Tuesday evening in the murder trial of George Floyd, 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was being shot and...

This time last year, we were desperately trying to find toilet paper and Clorox wipes. I remember seeing the empty aisles at the grocery...

I’m thankful that I have never had to be someone else, in order to have my writing voice heard. As a society, we still have a way to go...

In the midst of a divorce many years ago, I found myself weighed down with anxiety and depression. I reached out to family and friends...

We’ve all had some time to process Oprah’s interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, as they dropped bombs of racism and just...

Women’s History Month began as a one-week celebration in March 1982. After being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project,...

As a writer, you never know when or if you’ll get that big break. You write and write and pray that someone out there will take notice of...

In the 1920’s, creative and intellectual life thrived within African American communities in the North and Midwest, but nowhere more so...

There’s a moment in Toni Morrison’s book Beloved when male character, Paul D, tells the main female character, Sethe, “You are your best...

In December, The Color Purple will celebrate 36 years of changing the landscape of Black movies and how our stories are told. Based on...