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“Black means more than resistance. It also means every single other thing that you bring to it”, according to Andscape Editor in Chief, Raina Kelley. This philosophy sets the tone for the new essay collection by Black media platform, Andscape, BLACKTOLD. Bringing together diverse voices in a remarkable collection drawn from the Andscape website, BLACKTOLD, chronicles our times in searing eloquence, from Black culture pre-George Floyd to the racial reckoning America faces today. Highly relevant and resonant topics of social justice, the BLM movement, race and the NFL, the pandemic, the 2021 election, and sports icons—presented with honesty and hopefulness by acclaimed journalists—perfectly capture this critical moment in time.



Kelley reminds readers that this essay collection is a multi-purpose map, serving as a guide through a time when the truth is stranger than fiction. With a solemn reminder to readers of the diaspora that their lives depend on their awareness, BLACKTOLD is dynamic and disarming from start to finish.



The essays in BLACKTOLD stand together as a portrait of what was Before and how we got to Now. Essential pieces, chronicled in chapters on Black Lives Matter, American History, Arts & Culture, and Sports, evoke a range of feelings from sorrow and anger and never stop. Still, there are stories that remind readers that it is essential to reflect and catch a breath of fresh air even as they reverberate with a keen message: authentic representation matters.