White backlash nipped Urban League’s 1960s progress
We really had something very positive going on at the Greater New York Urban League in Harlem during the late 1960s. People were working with …
Today more than ever, “Remember Denmark Vesey”
Up until the preparation for what white nationalists call “gentrification,” in Harlem, New York City, circa 1970s-80s, street speakers on 125th Street and Seventh Avenue …
The hidden story of Charleston’s Denmark Vesey [part2]
It was a house slave named Peter Prioleau, William Pencil, a free black man, and the mulatto slave George Wilson that caused the nine thousand …
The hidden story of Charleston’s Denmark Vesey [part 1]
In the aftermath of Dylann Roof’s assassination of nine black people at historic Emanuel A. M. E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17th, …
America is becoming a long hot anytime
Brutality against black people began the moment Africans were snatched from their peace and tranquility. They were placed in irons and walked many miles to …
Ft. Lauderdale’s Sistrunk corridor is a mess
Back in the 1980s, when the city of Ft. Lauderdale pulled together black ministers, politicos and a hodge-podge of community activists including the Urban League …
Wake-up people, the time is now!
While the cowardice of leadership may seem overbearing, non-action is ludicrous contemplation as a solution. The question for black Americans about their leaders is this: …
Ours is the language of unheard people
Even within the stratified ungated confines that tend to mark America’s mostly black and brown living spaces, there is a deep silence amid plenty of …
White nationalism permeates America’s criminal justice system
So black people are supposed to be aghast that white nationalists are members of Fort Lauderdale’s police force? Quasi police groups, unions and associations have …
No people can afford fear and ignorance
What dynamic, what utter force can twist the urgency of the human mind to not seek knowledge, and have fear of the normal process? One …