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
Michael Daragjati, an eight-year NYPD veteran was arrested by FBI agents and charged with gross civil rights violations for deliberately falsifying an arrest against a black
Rev. Joseph E. Lowery was a close cohort of Dr. Martin Luther Jr. in his efforts to level the playing field and secure equal rights
Six days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans police officers opened fire on an unarmed family seeking refuge from the flooding that left much of
If you think Donnell White was tapped for the head position at the Detroit Branch NAACP for his charisma, composure and boyish good looks you’d
Chicago State University held a private, invitation-only reception to unveil the art collection of the Honorable R. Eugene Pincham and his wife Alzata Henry Pincham
Congressman Anthony Weiner’s scandal has me thinking about servants of this nation who do walk in integrity. The first name that comes to mind is
This year marks more than 60 years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that ended segregation in public schools. But
Ludacris provided Major League Baseball and the Atlanta Braves with a dose of hip-hop during his performance after the Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in
The Civil Rights movement played a major role in the integration of baseball. Thirteen years before the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965, Jackie
I often write about my recollections of the Civil Rights Movement as a child growing up in Memphis, Tenn., particularly about the death of Martin
The NCAA is a flawed institution that borders on being corrupt. For years, major college athletic programs have been allowed to earn millions of dollars
