Most of America saw its first image of police brutality when Rodney King was beaten with excessive force by Los Angeles police officers following a high-speed car chase on March 3, 1991. If it were not for the video footage
Since the publication of his manifesto and the reports of the shootings in California, a strange thing has started to happen on the web – support for Christopher Dorner. From web site to web site, owned by local and national
It seems as if some celebrities either have no common sense or poor memory, especially when it comes to dealing with social media. This is particularly true for reality TV mogul and vixen Kim Kardashian. Just last year, she caused
Set during the years of turmoil after the Civil War, Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” is considered an American treasure by many. Morrison begins the novel in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1873. One of the leading characters, Sethe, a former slave, has been
Curtis James Jackson III, better known by his rap name 50 Cent, is a certified eight times platinum artist and well known for surviving being shot nine times in his native Queens, New York. He has admitted to dealing drugs
A large-scale manhunt is currently under way for Christopher Dorner, the ex-Los Angeles police officer and former Naval Reserves lieutenant who is believed to be behind the shootings that left a police officer and a pair of soon-to-be newlyweds dead.
The recent outpouring of concern due to the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., has resulted in some political movement on gun control as well as extreme acts of ignorance on behalf of overzealous gun control proponents. Here are
It appears as if the writing is on the wall to once again legalize marijuana on the federal level. The Marijuana Tax Act was passed in 1937 and made the possession of cannabis illegal after it had been legal since the founding of
While many African Americans take issue with one of the most brilliant and self-assured minds of our time, Princeton University scholar and professor Cornel West, especially for his incessant criticism of President Barack Obama policies, what many fail to see
Most of what we know about African and African American history revolves around the recent or the popular. This means that many of the great people who have blazed trails for our community and the entire human race often go
As much as African Americans love sports and watch football, it’s hard to believe that no one ever praises the first African American to ever play professional football. Known as “The Black Cyclone,” Charles W. Follis was born Feb. 3, 1879,
When we reminisce about the Civil Rights Movement, a common fallacy is that we often begin with the late 1950s and early 1960s and almost always start calling the names of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We may even
If you live in Tennessee and just so happen to be a parent on welfare, things may be about to get worse. Republican state Sen. Stacey Campfield has introduced legislation that would cut welfare benefits for parents whose kids make
Six Books for Children of Incarcerated Parents More than seven times as many people are incarcerated in the United States than in all of Europe. And the racial composition of the state and federal prison population in the U.S. is
When fans think of their beloved Baltimore Ravens, what first comes to mind is Ray Lewis and later the team’s hard hitting defense, hard-nosed coach and bad boy image. Few followers recall the name, work and spirit of O.J. Brigance.
Born into slavery on March 3, 1836 in Alabama to a slave, Jefferson Long was the second African American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Long served less than three months—the shortest term of any African-American member. During the
Diabetes is a major killer of blacks. Many Africans Americans including Halle Berry, former Miss America and “Desperate Housewives” star Vanessa Williams, Damon Dash and comedian-actor Anthony Anderson have the disease. Although diabetes can often be detected by carrying out
Over the years, men have increasingly become more involved in the the daily routine of their families. Whether it is taking care of the children as stay-at-home fathers or doing the daily household chores, the change has been very dramatic
It is undoubtly reasonable to suggest that the Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation — enacted 150 years ago on Jan. 1, 2013, represented the beginning of
With the recent attention paid to the fiscal cliff and now the anticipated political battle over raising the debt ceiling, African Americans must start learning more about economics. Our community has produced a vast amount of scholars and scientists, including
