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May 2025

Behind the Magazine: Community
Community is my favorite section because it came together from Community Day submissions, Black hair stories, Lovestack, and a true sense of what…
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Blackstack
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Jacquie Verbal
, and 
Shanté
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Black Culture Cannot Be Silenced
I asked the community earlier this year, why do you write? After months of ongoing submissions answering the question it's safe to say Black authors are…
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Blackstack
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Jacquie Verbal
, and 
Ashley Noel
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Behind the Magazine: Legacy
Our legacy will be preserved, and that was my only mission with this publication. We are built to last generations to come, Black Legacy is Blackstack.
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Blackstack
, 
Jacquie Verbal
, and 
Shanté
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Motherhood: The Whole Story
I pray today you find yourself in a safe space that you can rest in your existence without a worry in the world. Even if it’s just for today!
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Blackstack
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Jacquie Verbal
, and 
Graeme Seabrook
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April 2025

Dreaming a new world
Dreaming a new reality, while the world is literally burning.
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Blackstack
, 
teisha leshea
, and 
Jacquie Verbal
5
Writing is a revolutionary act.
You think if we keep writing we might free ourselves? Do you think maybe if we all keep discovering ourselves through our pen it might become our…
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Blackstack
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Revolutionary Rich
, and 
Jacquie Verbal
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Open Submission: Mother’s Day Edition
“Yeah, this one right here goes out to all the baby’s mama, mamas, mamas’ mamas, baby mamas’ mamas.” Yeah if you got a Black one of them this one is for…
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Blackstack
, 
Graeme Seabrook
, and 
Jacquie Verbal
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Black Reads: Writers Circle Edition
The Blackstack OG’s might remember our Black Reads newsletter, but for those that are new this is an intentional curation of Black writers work …
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Blackstack
 and 
Jacquie Verbal
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I Write So They Can Rest
Our ancestors can rest peacefully in the knowing that we are writing to preserve the stories of our history, the stories our them, the folklore of our…
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Blackstack
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Jacquie Verbal
, and 
ThandoTalks
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Sampling is like modern day alchemy.
"And sampling reminds us of our history, reminds the older generations of their fight and triumph and awakens the curiosity and thirst for the same in…
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Blackstack
, 
Carmelia
, and 
Jacquie Verbal
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