Desecrating Maya Angelou’s funeral
When news circulated that the notorious Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, was planning to protest the “home-going” service of ...
When news circulated that the notorious Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, was planning to protest the “home-going” service of ...
African American female service members comprise the highest percentage of women in the military. And with these sister servicewomen enlisting ...
As the country becomes more accepting of the civil rights of its lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) Americans, ...
When NBA center Jason Collins came out last year, it was the moment the professional sports world had been waiting ...
While I will continue to argue that the African American community doesn’t have a ...
For the past decade now, when this holiday season rolls around we can always count on a yearly kerfuffle from ...
The one thing you don’t expect to see in any of the Bible Belt states (where most have amended their ...
There are numerous hagiographies on the Matthew Shepard murder. Twenty years after Shepard’s ...
Every Monday morning Alex (not his real name) and I met for breakfast at our favorite dive in Harvard Square. ...
Pope Francis continues to send seismic shock waves across the globe with his liberal-leaning pronouncements. And they are the most ...
Pastor Donnie McClurkin, an uber-star in the stratosphere of Black gospel music, learned his light was extinguished before boarding his ...
This summer there will be no grilling on my back porch. And here’s why. This past Sunday ...
The nation is once again divided along the fault line of race. In a perceived 2013 post-racial society, ...
Black Pride reaffirms our identity. And it dances to a different beat. What started out in Washington, D.C. ...
On May 1, Jason Collins, the 7’-0” center for the Washington Wizards and a former Boston Celtic, came ...
Another former professional athlete came out last month — 6’-7” Jamaican-born NFL offensive tackle Kwame Harris. With news ...
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Black Church are rightly lauded for molding young Black men ...
As I celebrate Black History Month, I’d like to recognize one of my indigenous West African ancestral religions that’s ...
President Barack Obama’s inaugural address was the most inclusive speech a president has ever given. It was delivered on ...
This January 1 marked the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. The original purpose for the document core to ...
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