Editorial THE BLACK CARD: BIG MAMA SAID: Drop Your Negro at the Door – Everybody goes on this journey My Skyline High school teacher, Mrs. Lane, said that a formal education came for the people who raised you and your informal education came... Terry AllenSeptember 2, 2021
Editorial THE BLACK CARD: BIG MAMA SAID: Check Yourself, Before You Wreck Yourself Because Your Attitude Will Take You Far! By Terry Allen We knew a lesson was about to come when Lucille “Big Mama” Allen stood in the doorway between the kitchen and... Terry AllenAugust 21, 2021
Editorial The Black Card: BIG MAMA SAID IF THE LORD SAYS THE SAME, THEN I WILL TOO Like Big Mama’s more than a notion, I know so many other mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts and black women who have uttered that statement,... Terry AllenJuly 8, 2021
Editorial The Black Card: BIG MAMA SAID: “What About Me? Who are the of betrayers Juneteenth today? Many of us have had to ask leadership, “What about me” and some of our leadership charade around as ‘good trouble but come clearly... Terry AllenJune 17, 2021
Editorial The Black Card: Big Mama Said: “Don’t let crazy rule you! Break the rains! Breathe and let go! Sometimes I think I channel the wisdom of my grandmother, Lucille “Big Mama” Allen so deeply that she is most likely smiling in heaven... Terry AllenMay 30, 2021
Editorial The black card: Big Mama Said: “Be nice to people on the way up, as you will meet them on the way down” What was Lucille saying to me and others when she stated, “You better be nice to the people on your way up because they... Terry AllenMay 22, 2021
Editorial The Black card: Big mama said: ”baby it will be ok, DMX had a big Mama” I am amazed at how many times, even during tragedy, Big Mama said, “Baby it is going to be ok!” What is amazing is... Terry AllenMay 15, 2021
Editorial The Black Card: Big Mama Said: Are You Redeemable? Vaccine Or Not, How Do You Show Up? By Terry Allen I stopped to observe Lucille “Big Mama’s” question as she stated in one of the last conversations with me before she... Terry AllenApril 3, 2021
Editorial The Black Card: Big Mama Said ‘Find the Good in Everybody’ Terry Allen shares lessons learned from his late grandmother, Lucille Allen. Terry AllenMarch 17, 2021
Editorial The Black Card: We Are Not a Cancel Culture President Obama spoke to an audience on the Trump administration and said, “If we turn against each other based on divisions of race or... Terry AllenJuly 26, 2020