Ivory Blog

  • An ordinary Black Couple or How It All Started

    When people are seeing hubby and I, most of the time, they couln’t guess how long that black couple have been together. They can’t guess how we gre...
  • Black Owned Businesses Near Me

    VALLNEZ MOZELL: the Sustainable Black Owned Brand Ivory B. and VALLNEZ MOZELL were both vendors at Artist & Flea's when they "finally" met. Int...
  • The Super Bowl in Black History

    Arguably the biggest day of the year for football fans, is durring Black history Month the Super Bowl (also called "World" Champinship Game, ...pla...
  • Gorée Island Part of Black History

    February marks the start of Black History Month, a time to appreciate and learn more about our history, a devastating history that is unfortunately...
  • A Woman Vice President of the United States or Kamala Harris and the American Dream

    20th January 2021 was a historic day in the US for many reasons, but mainly because we saw our first woman Vice President, Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants, a South Asian mother and a Jamaican father. 
  • Ivory B. and Mudcloth, a traditional fabric from West Africa

    Mudcloth (also called Bogolanfini) is a fabric from West Africa, more precisely in Mali.  Mudcloth is Handwoven cotton dyed, as the name says, w...
  • Q: Is KWANZAA Only For African Americans Or Others Celebrate It Too (by @shes_mightymighty)

    I found that post on IG and really liked, because is giving more info for those whom think they can't celebrate Kwanzaa because are from some relig...
  • Virtual Market @ Brooklyn Museum

    As the museum anticipates their reopening, we look forward to one of our favorite outdoor events: The Market at Brooklyn Museum.
    Brooklyn Pop-Up is highlighting several of their outdoor vendors in a virtual marketplace and Ivory B. had the privilege to a part of it.

  • Your black friends are exhausted

    Your black friends are exhausted   We were raised to believe that we would graduate and work our way into being treated like first class citizens....
  • 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾2020 Classes!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    I remember in high school I was supposed to take an online class in order to be able to change the language that I was supposed to take for th...
  • Mamas #howyoucarryit

    Homeschooling while working from home, dating at home, how you carry it? Usually being a mom already means being a cook, a problem solver, an advis...
  • Celebrating Women!

      IVORY B. celebrates how amazing women are! Because we have learned #howtocarryit—our complicated story, that is. We carry all our life stories w...