The hopeful art of Black Futures Month | The Daily Dot

Visions for the future. Illustration via Max Fleishman, The Daily Dot.

By Deron Dalton February isn’t just a celebration for Black History Month anymore. This year Black Lives Matter took proceedings a step further and participants imagined the future of African-Americans with a master class in art and writing. Tanya Lucia Bernard, 32, arts and culture director at Black Lives Matter (BLM), and Darnell L. Moore, 40, organizer at BLM, spent the […]

Black Futures Month imagines what’s next for Black lives | The Daily Dot

Black Futures Month will consist of engaging black artists and writers in using their creative expression to visualize and discuss issues that impact black communities. Raul Luna/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) | Remix by Jason Reed, The Daily Dot.

By Deron Dalton Today marks the first day of Black History Month—but that is not the only celebration of Black people in February. BLM will be using the hashtag #BlackFutureMonth in their social media campaign as a form of outreach. However, the official project is called Black Futures Month, with “futures” being plural, as there is not […]

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