Felice León
The Root
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Felice:
Still Fighting for Liberation: Unpacking the Revolutionary Spirit of Black August
August is well underway, and for those who are in activist circles, Black August is month of great significance. → Read More
Still Black, Still Proud: Unpacking the Untold Story of Harlem's 'Summer of Soul'
Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson joins Unpack That to discuss the Harlem Cultural Festival—an epic moment in American history. → Read More
Let's Talk About In the Heights and the Erasure of Dark-Skinned Afro-Latinx Folks
Lin Manuel Miranda's hit musical is out soon, but where are all of the leading dark-skinned Afro-Latinx folks? → Read More
'Not Only Did They Try to Bury Me, but I Was a Seed': Yusef Salaam Is Better Not Bitter
“The worse thing to happen to us should not define us,” said Yusef Salaam. → Read More
The Underground Railroad Cast Explores the Meaning of Freedom
What does it mean to be free? → Read More
When Crack Kills: Media, Misinformation and the Truth About the War on Drugs
There are very few points in modern American history that have been as devastating to the African-American community as the crack era. → Read More
Meth Gets the Assignment: Taking a Walk Down Memory Lane With Cliff 'Method Man' Smith
There aren’t many people in hip-hop with an enduring legacy like Cliff “Method Man” Smith. → Read More
How Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin Honor Black Fatherhood in Netflix's Concrete Cowboy
What does it take to be a Black dad, raising a Black child, in a world that sees Blackness as a threat? → Read More
Marsai Martin's Saturdays Is a Love Letter to Brown-Skinned Girls
Marsai Martin is in her bag. → Read More
Still Nickel and Dimed: Unpacking Tipping, Minimum Wage and the Fight for Equity
If you’ve been paying attention to the news, then you’d notice that there’s been a lot of talk about the federal minimum wage lately. → Read More
United States vs Billie Holiday Is Rewriting Billie Holiday's Legacy
Jazz singer Billie Holiday was unequivocally a Civil Rights icon, but history doesn’t remember her as such. → Read More
Black and Jubilant: Unpacking Black Joy From the Revolutionary to the Ordinary
Black. Joy. → Read More
28 Days of Black Joy: Experiencing Black Joy Together
Does Black joy exist if there’s no one to share it with? → Read More
I've Got a Meme for That: Unpacking the Racist Practice of Digital Blackface in the Information Age
Digital blackface. → Read More
Only When It Is Darkest, Can We See the Stars: Marc Lamont Hill Reflects on 2020
Like many of us, Marc Lamont Hill is still attempting to make sense of the tumultuous year that was 2020. → Read More
Kinaras Stay Lit: Unpacking the Future of Kwanzaa in the Black Community
It’s that time of year again! → Read More
'We Have to Be Willing to Resist': Marc Lamont Hill on the Precariousness of Blackness, the Presidential Election and the Struggle for Freedom
Professor and author Marc Lamont Hill was never one to mince his words. → Read More
Fallen but Not Forgotten: Unpacking the Erasure of Black Women in Conversations About Police Violence
Breonna Taylor. Shelly Frey. Michelle Cusseaux. Tanisha Anderson. Korryn Gaines. India Kager. Atatiana Jefferson. → Read More
Finding Black Joy in Times of Crisis
The other week, I cried. → Read More
The Good, the Bad and the Traumatic: Reevaluating the Role of Sharing Black Death on Social Media
From the days of American slavery to the present, the world has seen an abundance of media depicting black trauma—from death to violence and everything in between. → Read More