Trinity’s Black Student Union (BSU), in collaboration with Trinity Diversity Connection (TDC), hosted the third Black Essence Festival on Prassel Lawn this past weekend. They introduced informational...

Black History Month has historically been celebrated during February across the United States. It was officially designated in 1976 during Gerald Ford’s presidency, after decades of Black communities...

Santana Lopez, Naya Rivera’s most memorable television character, served as a vessel for the Afro-Latinx queer experience for countless young girls. The late actress, who was tragically recovered on...

Illustrations by Andrea NebhutAndrea “Vocab” SandersonB. 1981Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson is a singer, rapper and slam poet who has been performing across San Antonio for almost two...

Illustrations by Andrea NebhutEddie Bernice JohnsonB. 1935 Eddie Bernice Johnson is a politician serving her 14th term representing Texas's 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives....

Illustrations by Ren RaderClaudette ColvinB. 1939Nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person, Claudette Colvin did the same thing. When the bus driver ordered her to get...

Illustrations by Andrea NebhutQuince DuncanQuince Duncan is regarded as Costa Rica's first Quince Duncan is regarded as Costa Rica’s first Afro-Caribbean writer Afro-Caribbean writer in the Spanish...

“As nice as it is to have you all here, I probably won’t see most of you after February.” Kezia Nyarko, junior and president of Trinity Diversity Connection (TDC), said this to a room...