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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....
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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...
You’ve had a few weeks to digest the evisceration of the Voting Rights Act by the not-so-Supreme Court. You’ve struggled with finding the appropriate...
Without fail, mighty words would always shoot forth when Lucille “Big Mama” Allen stood in the doorway between the kitchen and the “big room”...
I love teaching! When I was eight-years-old, my friends were playing “house” and “doctor.” I was in another room with my sister, two younger...
Don’t feel language deficient or outside the loop if you can’t discern this title. If you were born in my generation, you knew to...
By Terry Allen She never faltered or waned in her belief system. My grandmother, Lucille “Big Mama” Allen will say to us, “God gotcha”...
By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. After much drama last week, President Biden made it clear that his core legislative package – the American...
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. There is an old African proverb that captures one of the challenges that too many financially successful Black-owned business...
By Dr. Froswa Booker-Drew When I was in elementary school, I was bullied by a group of girls. My third-grade teacher was wonderful to...
By Cheryl SmithPUBLISHER Talk about having a funky good time! Last week I attended the inaugural Arlington Showdown, where the Southern Jaguars and the...
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux Not a day goes by that I don’t get a text or three from the Democratic National Committee asking for...
By Norma Adams-Wade Watched a TV Hallmark Channel movie the other night that left an impression. Can’t remember the name of the squeaky-clean comedy-drama,...