Silence hides black ignorance of history of pre-slavery era
With rare exception, most black educators, including preachers, appear to have little or no knowledge of, and/or interest in, the history of African people before …
We are contained by the enemy within
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio assiduously worked behind the scenes to keep black Democrat Congressman Kendrick Meek in the 2010 Senate race to take black votes …
Honoring Amiri Baraka: A great writer and organizer
It was during the winter of ’58 and all of ’59 that I got used to seeing then LeRoi Jones, the black writer white intellectuals …
Legacy Weekend to honor Dan Calloway
RIVIERA BEACH — Tracy Martin, father of slain teen Trayvon Martin, presented longtime civic leader Dan Calloway with the 50 Year Living Legends Award at …
What ‘American people’ are they talking about, exactly?
Although we are consistently told by all manner of data that the American populace is divided nearly in half politically, there are so many other …
What ‘American people’ are they talking about, exactly?
Although we are consistently told by all manner of data that the American populace is divided nearly in half politically, there are so many other …
Why do blacks let jazz music fade?
I was probably born listening to jazz music. It was the dominant sounds of my Harlem upbringing. Its roots of work songs, blues and gospel …
Western blacks miss out on Africa’s riches
Well, here we are again, entering “Black History Month,” and our “educated” class led by blacks who have earned doctorate degrees in education (Ed. D.) …
Mr. President, we want an urban agenda
Unless you want to live in the projects or a deteriorating tenement building teeming with America’s black poor, grand Harlem, with its mixture of the …
Kill the males and kill a people part of black containment plan
What flipped me into revolutionary-type fervor as a young teenager was the gruesome photograph of 14-year-old Emmett Till’s battered remains on the cover of Jet …