Posts in category Opinion

You see folks, here’s the rub. According to American social history, Barack Obama is way out of line. In fact, Obama is out of place, …

Mass passivity engenders powerlessness. I won’t use this space to ruminate about the historical precedence predating the Trans-Atlantic African Slave Trade that, arguably, is a …

In my mind’s eye, I saw this rudderless ship floundering in a gathering storm of tumultuous proportion, and in somewhat of a theological sense the …

Somewhat like the DC comic figure “Batman,” Jesse Jackson just appeared, out of the night, landing in early 1960’s Atlanta, headquarters of the southern civil …

Especially pronounced since the beginning of the civil rights era from 1955 to King’s assassination in 1968, Americans of African descent have consistently produced self-centered …

U. S. Rep. John Lewis, who represents a majority black district in Atlanta, and is a nationally celebrated civil rights survivor/hero, supported Hillary Clinton for …

While we patiently watched the Democratic presidential primary campaign finally conclude, several things especially important to African Americans have been made crystal clear. Foremost is …

At least 90 percent of black people who vote Democratic and support Barack Obama for president are incensed by the high level of white nationalism …

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 …

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 …