NAACP Mourns the loss of former Congressman John Conyers
The late Rep. Conyers. Photo: Wikimedia commons. The NAACP has lost a life-long friend, and the nation has lost a fervent champion for equal justice with the passing…
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CONGRESSMAN STENY HOYER: ELIJAH CUMMINGS WAS A “WARRIOR AND DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE”
“Martin Luther King Jr. is clearly welcoming Elijah as a warrior and drum major for justice. A man who lived his faith and pursued its admonitions. A man…
Prof. Omara-Otunnu, Leading Ugandan Intellectual, Awarded South Africa’s Top Honor
Dr. Amii Omara-Otunnu Amii Omara-Otunnu, a University of Connecticut history professor who hails from Uganda is one of several luminaries --South African and international-- who have been awarded…
Dr. King Warned of “Insufficient Funds”: America Defaults On U.S. and Global Leadership
The King Memorial in the nation's capital. Time for a new reimagining to achieve his vision. Photo; Flickr On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr stood on…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.–Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Photo: Wikimediacommons Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this sermon on April 30th, 1967 in New York at the Riverside Church. The sermon…
Thousand Ministers’ March: Clergy Must Connect with Masses, Sharpton Says
NAN President Rev. Sharpton. Photo: Elvert Barnes-Flickr The Rev. Al Sharpton says his thousand-minister march is all the more urgent now than when he began planning it months…
Tribute: Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, Towering Scholar
Dr. Cook, far right seated, shown with family. Photo: The Samuel Dubois Cook Center on Social Equity When Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook passed away May 29 our nation…
Homegoing Services: Solomon Goodrich, Pan-African Educator
Brother Solomon Goodrich with Sister Betty Dopson, Co-chair of CEMOTAP Homegoing Services: Solomon Goodrich, Former Chair of BEPAA and Former Executive Director Southern Queens Park Association. 9:00 AM…
President Obama’s Grand Finale
A grand finale is defined as “a very exciting or impressive ending of a performance.” Last Tuesday night, President Barack Hussein Obama gave his final State of the…
Black History Is American History: Tribute To Chicago’s Harold Washington
Mayor Harold Washington Black history is and will always be American history – and the work we do every day honors and builds upon the work of those…