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DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE STATUE TO BE UNVEILED AT U.S. CAPITOL NEXT YEAR
Mary McLeod was the 15th child to slaves on a farm near Mayesville, South Carolina. She would become one of America’s leading advocates for education, civil, and voting…
SPEAKER PELOSI AND CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS COMMEMORATE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF FORCED ARRIVAL OF AFRICAN SLAVES
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "We thank the Congressional Black Caucus, the conscience of the Congress, for bringing together leaders of the Congress and the country for this solemn…
Book Review: Herb Boyd’s “Black Detroit”
Author Herb Boyd. Photo--Flickr BLACK DETROIT A People's History of Self- Determination Herb Boyd 352 pp. Amistad "Who would be free themselves must strike a blow." Reviewed by…
Trump: “We Are Going To Unite This Country”
Trump shown with Dr. Ben Carson President Donald Trump's remarks today at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Thank you very much, everybody. It's a…
Guided By Sojourner Truth: Tireless Fighter for Justice
I was recently deeply honored to be asked by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to serve as sponsor for a Navy ship being named for Sojourner Truth, my lifelong…
Giving Thanks and Praise to Dr. Frances Cress Welsing: Memorial Service In D.C.
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Frances Cress Welsing, through the sacred womb of her mother, Ida Mae Griffen, seeded by the heavenly sperm of her father, Henry N. Cress,…
American Violence: With 320 Million People U.S. Has Almost One Gun Per Person
Reverend Otis Moss, Jr Recently Reverend Otis Moss, Jr., pastor emeritus at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio and former co-pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church after…