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Sep 21

An Urgent Prayer for Trey Reed , Found Hanging at Delta State

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki, Daily Devotional: The Cure, Spiritual No Comments

A Prayer for Trey Reed , Found Hanging at Delta State A Spiritual Response to the News | CurlyNikki.com I don’t have answers. Just the sound of Billie Holiday ringing in my ears, in 2025... a broken heart. Tears. Prayers. I offer it all up. I give it all to Jesus. I join it all to His Holy Cross. Because something…

Dec 19

A Prayer for the Girl Stabbed on the Train

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki, Daily Devotional: The Cure No Comments

Iryna Zarutska in a photo posted to her Instagram.Iryna Zarutska/Instagram A Prayer for the Girl Stabbed on the Train A Spiritual Response to the News | CurlyNikki.com "Stay focused on light when darkness is present." - A Wrinkle In Time When the Headlines Hurt, Pray. Some headlines hit differently. You’re just scrolling, looking for a recipe or checking messages, and…

Dec 18

CAN LA Kick It: A New Day Party Celebrating LA’s Black Millennials

By CURLYNIKKI Curly Nikki No Comments

By Mike Orie of TheConsciousTip.com For quite some time, day parties and brunches have gathered hundreds of young Black millennials in cities such as Atlanta, New York, Houston and DC. With large Black populations, college graduates and a strong presence of Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLO’s) this community was only natural to happen. But while these cities have developed a…

Sep 21

Texas Court Rules in Favor of Hair Braider Isis Brantley

By CURLYNIKKI Curly Nikki No Comments

by Janelle Sands This natural hair movement has taken off so rapidly that we forget how it even got started. As bloggers take the spotlight, accompanying us through our personal hair care lessons together, we can now stop briefly to appreciate one of the pioneers of this movement. Isis Brantley was one of the first women to notice the need…

Jan 27

Prince Rocks a Fro… Again!

By CURLYNIKKI Curly Nikki 33 Comments

When I got a message from a reader today on FaceBook asking my opinion on 'Prince finally going natural...', my first thought was- 'but homeboy had a fro on his first album cover though!' Thanks to my dad, I grew up on a heavy dose of Teddy Pendergrass, Cameo, Maze, Sade, Earth, Wind & Fire, P-Funk, Rufus, Confunction, Teena Marie,…