Jameelah Nasheed

Mar 7, 2025 | teenvogue.com | Jameelah Nasheed

After more than two and half centuries of slavery, the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the 13th Amendment, Black people in America were no longer bound by the violent constraints of slavery — legally. Nonetheless, the transition from enslavement to life post-emancipation was not going to be easy. In an attempt to support this transition, the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, commonly referred to as the Freedmen’s Bureau, was established.

Mar 4, 2025 | essence.com | Jameelah Nasheed

Black bookstores have long been sanctuaries — nurturing Black thought, incubating ideas and cultivating the next generation of readers, writers and revolutionaries. Katie Mitchell’s forthcoming book, Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores, is a visual and literary homage to these sacred spaces.

Jan 13, 2025 | essence.com | Jameelah Nasheed

Black Girls Breathing Rooted in her own experiences navigating the corporate world and witnessing the physical toll of stress, Jasmine Marie turned to breathwork — conscious, controlled breathing that functions as a mindfulness technique to calm the mind and body. She spent 6 years practicing and deepening her understanding before founding her company, Black Girls Breathing, in 2019.

Nov 6, 2024 | essence.com | Jameelah Nasheed

Our country has elected a convicted felon sexual abuser who tried to overturn an election and provoked an insurrection, has been dismissive of our Constitution, has proudly stripped women of reproductive rights, and has expressed having no interest in upholding our democracy to be president. Again. We’ve been here before, but this time is different because we now know, without a doubt, who this man is. But that wasn’t enough. I am still finding the words to express the depth of this heartbreak.

Nov 6, 2024 | essence.com | Jameelah Nasheed

Our country has elected a convicted felon sexual abuser who tried to overturn an election and provoked an insurrection, has been dismissive of our Constitution, has proudly stripped women of reproductive rights, and has expressed having no interest in upholding our democracy to be president. Again. We’ve been here before, but this time is different because we now know, without a doubt, who this man is. But that wasn’t enough. I am still finding the words to express the depth of this heartbreak.