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Believe me when I say a change is gonna come! I went home to reunite with classmates, friends, mere acquaintances and other schoolmates –...
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Believe me when I say a change is gonna come! I went home to reunite with classmates, friends, mere acquaintances and other schoolmates –...
There are sounds you never forget once you have heard them. The slow crunch of gravel beneath a sheriff’s boots outside a voting station....
Conversations are happening right now among old Civil Rights workers that should trouble every American. These are not political operatives, cable television commentators, or...
It is naïve to think there aren’t evil people in the world. They have only one purpose and that is to harm as many...
By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. I wrote this piece many years ago, and today the thought of getting involved with life threatening incidents to...
By Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew I grew up in the church. I was blessed to have parents and grandparents who made it a point to...
Remember when you got mad at Pooky during recess on the playground?
By Vincent L. Hall One of the major items on my bucket list is to co-write a book on parenting with my three daughters....
By Kyair Butts,Special to the AFRO Imagine a world where the best of the best shared their insights with others without ego, red tape...
By Kellie Carter Jackson This week I traveled to St. Petersburg, Florida, to participate in a 24-hour teach-in for American democracy created by Common...
By Julianne Malveaux My maternal grandfather was Haitian. I didn’t know him well — he died when I was about 6. I don’t remember whether...
By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Over the next few weeks, the manufactured crisis over the “debt ceiling” will reach its boiling point. But this...
By Marian Wright Edelman Gun violence takes a relentless toll in our nation. Every day more than 300 people are killed or injured by...
By Terry Allen “Big Mama’s” Playbook was always deeply rooted in biblical structure and presence. Yet it was also immersed in the colloquial norms...