A black college student at Southern Illinois University was the victim of a hate crime in Chicago. According to a report by the Chicago Tribune,
In the wake of the deaths of Travyon Martin and Darius Simmons, many individuals and organizations around the nation have became very vocal and visible
Sheriff David Morgan of Flordia’s Escambia County believes that cops should be allowed to get away with shooting 15 times at an unarmed black man.
How did you determine your career path? I tried the corporate thing but it just wasn’t a fit. After I graduated Morehouse I went into
Jonathan Rapping President/Founder, Gideon’s Promise Associate Professor, John Marshall Law School (Atlanta, GA) What inspires you to show up at work every day? A strong
Lil Wayne’s degrading Emmett Till analogy is regrettable and outrageous. His response to Till’s family is even worse.
As of last year, the United States Congress had an approval rating of around 11 percent. The current Congress will probably go down in history
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
Whitney M. Young’s legacy was quietly shelved, until now. Chicago educators, television executives, community leaders and students packed the DuSable Museum for the Chicago Urban
The recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday is always an occasion to reflect on the man and his legacy. This year, as in
Miley Cyrus may be a country girl at heart, but she’s definitely been getting a little more, well, urban and “hood” as of late. Just
Iconic photos of civil rights leaders combined with images from the movement’s front lines, such as the first group of African-American Atlanta police officers, make
Luck is the residue of desire; hard work is what gets you ahead, Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig told a packed audience
Herman Cain says you have overcome.
Newsweek, in response to Pres. Obama’s sentiment that gays should be allowed to marry, has named No. 44 as the First Gay President in this
Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, 90, is often referred to as the “Dean of the Civil Rights Movement.” During the course of his life Dr. Lowery
Trayvon screaming. America is still having a collective nightmare over those horrifying screams that echo in our heads and reverberate down through our souls. Those
Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has a question: Where are hip-hop’s leading voices on the Trayvon murder? She says old-school hip-hop had a higher purpose and
The United Nations General Assembly officially proclaimed the year beginning on Jan. 1, 2011, the International Year for People of African Descent. In the Western
“You can kill a man, but you can’t kill an idea.” -Medgar Evers On June 12, 1963, civil rights hero Medgar Evers was shot in
