AL Calloway Says: We’ve just lost another black genius!
Take my word for it, Leon Esko Robinson, Jr., was a genius. He died at 51 recently after a long, upbeat and courageous battle against …
AL Calloway Says: Does low student achievement start at home?
A lot of blame is hurled at white teachers especially, but teachers in general, for the low expectations of black students when, clearly, low expectations …
AL Calloway Says: King is dead! Let’s focus on us
Most of late last week was filled with moving commemorations of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whom many people, certainly by 1968, felt would …
AL Calloway Says: Obama leads America in bottom-up
The top-down method of organizing a political campaign is being turned into a relic by Barack Obama’s bottom-up strategy. Bill and Hillary Clinton have been …
AL Calloway Says: Tavis Smiley wants to be a leader
Tavis Smiley’s ninth annual “State of the Black Union” get-together last month in New Orleans was another commercial success. Sponsored by several national brands, Smiley …
AL CALLOWAY SAYS: It’s time for blacks to jump ship!
If you are both an American of African descent and a member of the Democratic Party, one question looms more magnified with each passing day: …
AL Calloway Says: Blacks and Latinos: What is the problem?
110th Street between Eighth and Fifth Avenues is where Central Park begins or ends, depending on your perspective of New York City. For sure, though, …
AL CALLOWAY SAYS: Mostly black and poor are behind bars
Last week, news media across the nation reported that one in 100 adults is behind bars in the United States of America. This startling analysis …