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🥾 17,000 steps later…

#hikingszn

🥾 17,000 steps later…

#hikingszn

beach mini vlog ☀️🌴

#beach #almostsummer #solotrip #springbreak

beach mini vlog ☀️🌴

#beach #almostsummer #solotrip #springbreak

📍Las Olas Beach ☀️🌴

#springbreak #solotrip #florida #almostsummer

📍Las Olas Beach ☀️🌴

#springbreak #solotrip #florida #almostsummer

Brunch vibes ✨

Brunch vibes ✨

My 3rd fastest 5k 🏃🏾‍♂️🥶 🥇
@hotchocolaterunseries

My 3rd fastest 5k 🏃🏾‍♂️🥶 🥇
@hotchocolaterunseries

Happy Black History Month! Recently, Vanderbilt BLSA hosted our annual Alumni Banquet and it was a huge success and a lot of fun! What a great opportunity to meet so many Black attorneys. @vanderbilt_blsa #blackhistorymonth

Happy Black History Month! Recently, Vanderbilt BLSA hosted our annual Alumni Banquet and it was a huge success and a lot of fun! What a great opportunity to meet so many Black attorneys. @vanderbilt_blsa #blackhistorymonth

Grateful for a ✨quarter-century ✨of life

#blackboyjoy

Grateful for a ✨quarter-century ✨of life

#blackboyjoy

❄️ ❄️ ❄️

❄️ ❄️ ❄️

First week vibes 📚

First week vibes 📚

Tis the season! ❄️ 🎅🏾 🎄

Tis the season! ❄️ 🎅🏾 🎄

2L fall ✅

2L fall ✅

WHITNEY PLANTATION, Edgar, LA.

There’s a saying that history does not repeat itself but that it rhymes. After seeing the presidential election results this past week and reflecting on our nation’s history, I thought it would be fitting to share my experience visiting the Whitney Plantation a little over a week ago as part of my trip to New Orleans.

The plantation, which currently serves as a museum, stands as a powerful reminder of our nation’s history and the inhumane and brutal treatment of enslaved Africans who built this country. It reminded me of the strength and resilience of my ancestors who endured unspeakable traumas yet continued to fight to secure their liberation.

As a student of history and of the law, it appears to me that we often take for granted the abolition of slavery and the adoption of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, which, collectively, ended slavery, guaranteed citizenship to Black Americans, and expanded the right to vote to Black men. Yet, the institution of chattel slavery existed in this country for well over 200 years and was upheld by our laws and many religious institutions. I can only imagine how daunting it must have been to my ancestors who fought for generations to overturn that system. However, as the plantation’s memorial for the 1811 German Coast Slave Revolt illustrates, Black people fought to liberate themselves and abolish the institution of slavery at every turn.

I hope that this video and reflection will allow us to collectively remember this history and continue to examine all the ways it presently affects our society. Until we speak and honor these truths, and work toward repairing the generational trauma that enslavement and the Jim Crow era inflicted, we, as a society, will not have healed from or learned from this devastating chapter.

Below are a few descriptions of the things seen in the video:

A sculpture called Returning the Chains: A sculpture that depicts a hand grasping a chain link that is stuck in the ground

Sculpted heads: Replicas of the heads of 60 men who were beheaded for their role in the 1811 slave revolt

A Wall of Honor: A wall with the names of the enslaved people

WHITNEY PLANTATION, Edgar, LA.

There’s a saying that history does not repeat itself but that it rhymes. After seeing the presidential election results this past week and reflecting on our nation’s history, I thought it would be fitting to share my experience visiting the Whitney Plantation a little over a week ago as part of my trip to New Orleans.

The plantation, which currently serves as a museum, stands as a powerful reminder of our nation’s history and the inhumane and brutal treatment of enslaved Africans who built this country. It reminded me of the strength and resilience of my ancestors who endured unspeakable traumas yet continued to fight to secure their liberation.

As a student of history and of the law, it appears to me that we often take for granted the abolition of slavery and the adoption of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, which, collectively, ended slavery, guaranteed citizenship to Black Americans, and expanded the right to vote to Black men. Yet, the institution of chattel slavery existed in this country for well over 200 years and was upheld by our laws and many religious institutions. I can only imagine how daunting it must have been to my ancestors who fought for generations to overturn that system. However, as the plantation’s memorial for the 1811 German Coast Slave Revolt illustrates, Black people fought to liberate themselves and abolish the institution of slavery at every turn.

I hope that this video and reflection will allow us to collectively remember this history and continue to examine all the ways it presently affects our society. Until we speak and honor these truths, and work toward repairing the generational trauma that enslavement and the Jim Crow era inflicted, we, as a society, will not have healed from or learned from this devastating chapter.

Below are a few descriptions of the things seen in the video:

A sculpture called Returning the Chains: A sculpture that depicts a hand grasping a chain link that is stuck in the ground

Sculpted heads: Replicas of the heads of 60 men who were beheaded for their role in the 1811 slave revolt

A Wall of Honor: A wall with the names of the enslaved people

October in Nashville 🍂

October in Nashville 🍂

My very first Cocktail Festival here in Nashville 🥂

My very first Cocktail Festival here in Nashville 🥂

🎟️ 🎡 🍿

🎟️ 🎡 🍿

Until next time, Brooklyn!

Until next time, Brooklyn!

some summer flicks 📸

some summer flicks 📸

This weekend’s hike! ⛰️🥾

This weekend’s hike! ⛰️🥾

☀️ Summer in Tennessee

#hiking #summer #tennessee #waterfalls
#chasingwaterfalls

☀️ Summer in Tennessee

#hiking #summer #tennessee #waterfalls
#chasingwaterfalls

I’m officially done with my first year of law school! The kid who loved mock trial back in high school would be so proud 🥹

I’m officially done with my first year of law school! The kid who loved mock trial back in high school would be so proud 🥹

Since 1L is almost over (thank God), I thought I’d share some of my favorite memories from this semester with the folks who truly made it special!

Since 1L is almost over (thank God), I thought I’d share some of my favorite memories from this semester with the folks who truly made it special!

🥂 to 24!

🥂 to 24!

My first semester of law school is officially over! Here are some of my favorite pictures and memories from the semester.

#VLS

My first semester of law school is officially over! Here are some of my favorite pictures and memories from the semester.

#VLS

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

mid-semester break🥂

mid-semester break🥂

I’m excited to share that this fall I will be moving to Nashville, TN to pursue a law degree at Vanderbilt Law School! As a first-generation law school student, I am humbled to have been awarded the Chancellor’s Law Scholarship and the Dean’s Leadership Award. With this opportunity, I look forward to fulfilling my goal of improving outcomes for communities of color through the law.

When I reflect on the sacrifices that my parents and grandparents made to get me to this moment, I am truly lost for words. Both sets of my grandparents left the South in search of better opportunities in the 1960s, and their decisions ultimately blazed a trail for me. As a beneficiary of their sacrifices, it is fitting that I am returning to the South to build on their legacy, and through the law, expand possibilities for communities like mine. I hope my education and career will be a testament to the values they instilled in me.

This moment would not be possible without my friends, family members, and professors. I would like to thank Drs. Sybrina Atwaters, Richard Barke, and William A. Keyes IV, as well as my friend and mentor Shekinah Hall @hallsg18. I would also like to thank the Stamps Scholars Program at Georgia Tech led by Chaffee Viets, and the scholars at The Institute for Responsible Citizenship, all of whom encouraged me to persevere through the law school application process. And lastly, I would like to thank Ms. Wanda Wills Woodland who first inspired me to use my voice to improve my community through the NAACP Charles County Youth Council.

I look forward to embarking on the next phase of this journey and taking on the challenges that lie ahead!

📸: @_bennyshoots
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#FutureLawyer #VanderbiltLaw #Classof2026 #BlackLawStudent #LawSchool #LawSchoolBound #Incoming1L

I’m excited to share that this fall I will be moving to Nashville, TN to pursue a law degree at Vanderbilt Law School! As a first-generation law school student, I am humbled to have been awarded the Chancellor’s Law Scholarship and the Dean’s Leadership Award. With this opportunity, I look forward to fulfilling my goal of improving outcomes for communities of color through the law.

When I reflect on the sacrifices that my parents and grandparents made to get me to this moment, I am truly lost for words. Both sets of my grandparents left the South in search of better opportunities in the 1960s, and their decisions ultimately blazed a trail for me. As a beneficiary of their sacrifices, it is fitting that I am returning to the South to build on their legacy, and through the law, expand possibilities for communities like mine. I hope my education and career will be a testament to the values they instilled in me.

This moment would not be possible without my friends, family members, and professors. I would like to thank Drs. Sybrina Atwaters, Richard Barke, and William A. Keyes IV, as well as my friend and mentor Shekinah Hall @hallsg18. I would also like to thank the Stamps Scholars Program at Georgia Tech led by Chaffee Viets, and the scholars at The Institute for Responsible Citizenship, all of whom encouraged me to persevere through the law school application process. And lastly, I would like to thank Ms. Wanda Wills Woodland who first inspired me to use my voice to improve my community through the NAACP Charles County Youth Council.

I look forward to embarking on the next phase of this journey and taking on the challenges that lie ahead!

📸: @_bennyshoots
--
#FutureLawyer #VanderbiltLaw #Classof2026 #BlackLawStudent #LawSchool #LawSchoolBound #Incoming1L

Is it even summer if you don’t post a pool pic? 😎

Is it even summer if you don’t post a pool pic? 😎

🌻Advice from a sunflower: be bright, sunny, & positive!

🌻Advice from a sunflower: be bright, sunny, & positive!

flora + fauna

flora + fauna

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