The most-seen Puerto Rican flag is red, white and blue; however, the black-and-white flag was at the vendor stands at the festival on Parcel 5. One vendor told us it is a universal flag of protest.

One of the nation’s most significant milestones for civil rights also devastated the pipeline of Black educators, with consequences that are still being felt today. Brown v. Board of Education ...

The Pride flag, as it is, is inclusive and doesn’t need brown, black, pink, blue, or other color stripes added. The Pride flag does not specify race, gender, color, disability, HIV/AIDS status, etc.