Black History Educators Remembered

09/02/2026

History lesson: They walked in groups to help keep each other safe. To many blacks have been coming up hanged or missing. People please share this, print this out and put in dorm rooms , businesses, barbershops, salons, anywhere. history lesson classroom discussion

08/13/2026

Faking Slavery in Sports. You can play football for free when you’re a kid. You play Pop Warner. You play high school. You go to college. Nobody calls you a slave. Then you turn pro, sign a contract for $40 million, and suddenly somebody says you’re a slave because you are being taped, measured, and having your speed tested with other non-Blacks. What should we call the white boy going through the same thing?
How does that make sense? If the player is being treated unfairly, call it unfair. If the player is being exploited, call it exploitation. But making $40 million while calling yourself a slave doesn't make sense to me.
The argument should be about money, contracts, ownership, and who gets the profits. Don't use the word slavery just because you don't like the deal.

07/25/2026

Normalizing Social Conditioning
Commentary by Larry "Syid" Wright

I recently listened to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf speak about social conditioning, and something he said stayed with me. He talked about classic television shows like Sanford and Son and Good Times. His point was simple but powerful: whenever the characters seemed ready to rise above their circumstances, to move out of the neighborhood or improve their lives, something always happened to pull them back down. Progress was temporary. Escape seemed impossible.

Then think about The Jeffersons. George Jefferson made it to the West Side. Financially, he succeeded. But mentally, he often remained trapped by the struggles that shaped him. He was always on edge, always expecting conflict. And Florence, despite her humor and wit, still fit the familiar television role of the servant in the household. Whether intentional or not, these images became part of the stories many of us grew up watching. The same conversation extends beyond television. Look at hip-hop, many of today's movies, and reality television. Entertainment plays a major role in shaping how we see ourselves and how others see us. When the most visible images of Black America constantly emphasize violence, dysfunction, materialism, and division, those narratives can become normalized.

So I ask: Where is the love?
Where are the stories that reflect the strength of our families, our faith, our entrepreneurs, our educators, our inventors, our artists, and the everyday people who sacrifice for their communities? Those stories exist. They simply don't receive the same attention. The media has tremendous influence over public perception. But equally disappointing is how many of our own influence's, entertainers, and cultural gatekeepers willingly reinforce the same narratives instead of challenging them. Too often, they profit from images that keep us confined to someone else definition of who we are.
Social conditioning isn't always obvious. Sometimes it comes through the stories we repeatedly consume, the music we celebrate, the characters we admire, and the expectations those images create. If we want to change the future, we must first change the stories we tell ourselves, and the stories we allow others to tell about us.

Because whoever controls the narrative often controls the mindset.
Larry "Syid" Wright

07/03/2026

It's finally here the Pitchvine Entertainment first AI film series. 4 short films. Butter, The Press, Watergate 2026, and Brother, Brother, Brother. Need your support on this one. these 4 short films are not short of everything we want as movie fans.

4 shorts Butter, The Press, Watergate 2026, and Brother, Brother, Brother (2026), a Animation, Drama, History, Thriller, Crime, Family short film by Larry Wright. Four stories, on… Watch on KRYVE.

06/14/2026

The Press: They try to undermine his newfound Power. Charles Smith, The Press. Film coming soon

06/12/2026

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06/06/2026

Financial Revolution vs. The Black Revolution You don't need any bullets, you don't need any guns,you just need some unity.

06/05/2026

I do my best to educate people. This one here is why history is so important. As a filmmaker, I love period material. My writing, as you can see, allows me to connect and share with people who want to be informed and educated.

Louisiana Moving Full Steam in Reverse?
By Larry Syid Wright

Louisiana's House Bill 211, known as the "Streets to Success Act," would make sleeping or camping in unauthorized public areas a crime statewide. Supporters say the bill is intended to address homelessness and improve public safety. Critics argue that it risks criminalizing poverty instead of solving it.

When I hear proposals that punish people for being homeless, I cannot help but think about some of the darkest chapters in Southern history. After the Civil War, Black Americans often faced laws that turned poverty into a crime. Vagrancy laws, convict leasing, and forced labor systems were used to control people who had only recently gained their freedom.

Today, Louisiana's Black population is approximately 31% of the state's residents. If enforcement of homelessness laws falls disproportionately on poor communities, it is reasonable to ask who will be most affected. History teaches us that laws written in neutral language do not always produce neutral outcomes.

The question is not whether communities should address homelessness. The question is how. Do we invest in housing, mental health services, addiction treatment, and job opportunities? Or do we rely on citations, arrests, and jail cells?

I compare these policies to historical injustices such as the Devil's Punchbowl refugee camp in Natchez, Mississippi, where formerly enslaved people suffered from disease, starvation, and neglect during and after the Civil War. While history should not be used carelessly or exaggerated, it should remind us what can happen when governments treat vulnerable populations as problems to be managed rather than human beings to be helped.

A society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable people. If homelessness is a crisis, then the solution should be assistance, opportunity, and dignity—not simply making it a crime to exist in public when you have nowhere else to go.

Louisiana must decide whether it wants to move forward by addressing the causes of homelessness or backward by criminalizing those who are already struggling.

Larry "Syid" Wright is an independent filmmaker, screenwriter, and the founder of Pitchvine Entertainment. His work focuses on historical realism, economic literacy, and structural equity in American media and industry

06/03/2026

Part 1 of a 2-part Opinion Political The Series

Financial Revolution vs. The Black Revolution
The verdict is in. Chow was found not guilty. For many, that decision brought disappointment, frustration, and questions about justice.
But if there is to be a revolution, it should not be one of violence. It should be a financial revolution. For generations, Black communities have often paid the highest price in physical confrontations and emotional battles. History has shown that violence rarely produces lasting victories. Economic power, however, can reshape institutions, influence policies, and build independent futures.
A financial revolution means being intentional about where we spend our dollars. It means supporting businesses that respect our communities, investing in Black-owned enterprises, creating jobs, building wealth, and teaching the next generation the value of ownership. It means using our voices, our wallets, and our collective influence to demand accountability, not through threats or intimidation, but through organization, discipline, and economic self-determination.
The greatest show on earth is not conflict. It is watching people discover their economic power and use it to build something that cannot be ignored. The challenge before us is simple: turn frustration into strategy, anger into action, and disappointment into determination.
The revolution begins when we understand the value of our dollar and the power of our unity

06/02/2026

Shame, Shame, Shame

A young life is gone. A young Black man was chased down by two adults and shot in the back over a one-dollar bottle of water. Let that sink in. One dollar.
We watched a legal process unfold that felt more like a setup than a pursuit of justice. We watched a defense team play on the jurors' emotions, twisting testimonies and weaponizing different versions of the story to demonize a young man whose only crime in that moment was being terrified. He ran because he was scared. Anyone would. Yet, the courtroom became a place where his fear was twisted into guilt, and the disproportionate, fatal actions of two adults were excused.

To the jurors who allowed this to happen: human courts may have given you an exit, but the moral weight of this decision does not vanish with a verdict.
True conviction does not always come from a judge's gavel. It comes from the streets we walk every day. To those responsible, and to those who enabled this injustice: your conviction will be the heavy silence that follows you. It will be the unmistakable look of shame and disgust from your neighbors every single time you step out of your house. It will be the community holding up a mirror to what you allowed.

No one truly escapes accountability. While the system may have failed to deliver justice, the community will not forget. Sleep well, my friend. Your life mattered, and the truth runs deep.

In solidarity and sorrow,
Larry Syid Wright /The Voice of the Community