Opinions
Why Richie Havens will be missed
OPINION - Havens more than showed that with his music and his never tiring dedication and passion to the cause of peace and civil rights. He was truly the universal man...
What the late Chinua Achebe meant to Nigeria
OPINION - The Nigerian political establishment’s eagerness to identify with Achebe is ironic, given that he despised the guys who run the show so profoundly that he firmly rejected, on two occasions (in 2004 and 2011), the awards they offered him...
Doug Williams' historic Super Bowl revisited 25 years later
OPINION - To some degree, Williams’ victory in Super Bowl XXII shattered racial stereotypes about the ability of black athletes to excel in such a position...
Myrlie and Medgar Evers’ civil rights struggle still matters today
OPINION - Perhaps it seems that President Barack Obama is simply honoring the fifty-year anniversary of the death of Medgar Evers -- with no greater symbolism implied -- by inviting his widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, to deliver the invocation at his inauguration...
Celebrating the unvarnished Dr. King
OPINION - My 9-year old daughter came home this week raving about her class and their discussion of Martin Luther King, Jr...
Black women at the 2012 Olympics: A cure for reality television
OPINION - Sometimes I feel bombarded by the negative images of women who look like me on reality television. But two weeks of Olympics coverage was like a breath of fresh air complete with a cast of beautiful, triumphant black women...
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