Zahara Hill

New York

Would if I could, but I'm tired so I can't. Editor @MSNBC | Previously: Front Page Editor @HuffPost, Deputy Editor @Blavity

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Articles

Proud Boys looking to sell merch will now have to tell it to the church

2 months ago | msnbc.com | Zahara Hill

Far-right extremist group the Proud Boys shot to infamy when President Donald Trump told them to “stand back and stand by” during a 2020 presidential debate. Now they may need to stand by for a new name. Less than a month before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a crowd of hundreds of Trump supporters, including some members of the Proud Boys, gave Washington, D.C., a preview of what Trump’s “big lie” would unleash. During a violent demonstration on Dec.
Drew Barrymore wants a ‘Momala’ in Kamala Harris. Let’s unpack.

Apr 30, 2024 | msnbc.com | Zahara Hill

Vice President Kamala Harris was a guest on Monday's episode of Drew Barrymore’s self-titled talk show, where a discussion of the vice president's home life veered into cringe-worthy territory.
Confederate statues prove parts of American history are simply a ‘lost cause’

Mar 15, 2024 | msnbc.com | Zahara Hill

The GOP front-runner for the 2024 presidential election lied with such regularity — more than 30,000 times during his presidency, in fact — that the former president's speeches began to necessitate real-time fact-checking. A movie that’s been described as “three hours of racist propaganda” is considered America’s first “blockbuster” film.
History should have done better by Claudette Colvin

Mar 1, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Zahara Hill

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History should have done better by Claudette Colvin

Mar 1, 2024 | msnbc.com | Zahara Hill

If you don’t remember the name Claudette Colvin, that may be because you never heard it. That her story (and those of countless others) is not more well-known serves as a sobering reminder that history is a matter of curation. Colvin, now 84, was a teenager when, on March 2, 1955, she refused to give up her seat to a white woman while riding a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. That act of defiance took place nine months before Rosa Parks made news for not ceding her seat to a white man.
.@zaharahill: Madam C.J. Walker descendant wants Republicans to keep her ancestor's name out of their mouths

Feb 19, 2024 | msnbc.com | Zahara Hill

Madam C.J. Walker was born to former slaves, orphaned, abused, widowed, raised a child alone — and still found a way to secure her place in the Guinness World Records as the first American woman to become a self-made millionaire. Her millionaire status would later be disputed, but in her lifetime, her success was still largely unparalleled. Walker, a hair care mogul, is one to talk about.
America has a Black history problem

Feb 13, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Zahara Hill

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Slave memoirs yanked the veil off of America’s facade

Feb 13, 2024 | msnbc.com | Zahara Hill

In the everlasting faceoff between Black history and America’s self-conception, it’s worth revisiting one of the fight’s earliest and most valiant weapons of war: the slave memoir. Narratives by formerly enslaved writers like Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass and Solomon Northup were critical to shedding light on the otherwise unthinkable realities of enslavement. Whatever idea of civility and morality America wanted to project to the world, slave memoirs were gutting proof to the contrary.
Black history is American history. Someone needs to tell Republicans.

Feb 13, 2024 | msnbc.com | Zahara Hill

Black history has long been the target of white ire. But more recently, it has found itself subjected to the whims of politically aimless conservatives, who have put it at the top of their hit list in their ridiculous culture wars. For the next month, The ReidOut Blog will examine America’s turbulent relationship with Black stories by holding Black history’s greatest foes accountable and highlighting the absurdity of the effort to censor the legacies of Black Americans.
The deaf artists making sure hip-hop is for everybody

Aug 8, 2023 | msnbc.com | Zahara Hill

By now, you've likely seen a viral video of an American Sign Language interpreter borrowing the limelight from a musician during a concert. The performances go beyond what many hearing people may understand as signing, leaning into dance and exaggerated facial expressions to more fully capture a song's essence. It's easy to see why these animated, visual personifications of music lend themselves to virality.