Unlike too many well-meaning people in public life who get caught up in the web of that which is meaningless and unreal, I prefer to …

Some of us know its historical antecedent as the serpent of human indignity that wrapped its coils around the very souls of Alkebu-lan (Africa’s ancient …

We hear about the few – those that catch a break through charitable groups and individuals. There’s always great publicity for scholarship winners and their …

A defining moment looms for Florida voters of African descent. The Aug. 24 primary elections, if virtually ignored, or not participated in correctly, could result …

Watch political happenings in Florida very carefully. Since Florida is a bellwether state, what happens here, in some fashion, sooner or later, will probably happen …

Much argumentation abounds, mainly between academics and politicians — and to a lesser degree, black activists – about the chicken or the egg conundrum regarding …

Ride through black neighborhoods as kids are coming home from school, and you’ll see that so many of them have no books. Check out the …

I wouldn’t put my dream up there with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s. But my dream also precipitates a cascade of social change, including …

Although TV news stories repeatedly revealed a white man apparently spitting on a  black congressman, not one network saw fit to at least opine as …

When groups such as the Black Panther Party, the Nation of Islam and various other black nationalist organizations appealed publicly for social justice, they were …