āWho will cry for the little boy, the boy inside a man / Who will cry for the little boy, who knew well, hurt and pain / Who will cry for the little boy, who died and died again / Who will cry for the little boy, a good boy he tried to be / […]
As we should everyday, we honor Dr. King for his bravery, insight, and determination to fight for a better tomorrow for his people – and all people, throughout the world. Check out a few lesser known King quotes after the jump! How has the life and work of Dr. King inspired you?
Photo by Timothy Fadek/Polaris For TimeĀ According toĀ DeborahĀ Sontag of the New York Times, almost 400,000Ā Haitians are still living in tent camps 3 years after a earthquakeĀ devastatedĀ the country. Although over $7 billion dollars in aid has been disbursed, “rebuilding hasĀ barleyĀ begun“.
According to a recent study, black students whose families instill in them a sense of racial pride do better in school. The instilling of racial pride is an integral part of the learning process!
It’s New Year’s Eve, and tomorrow many of us will start making resolutions we will inevitably break. I don’t make resolutions; I’m also not into composing “Best of…” and “Worst of…” lists mostly because I don’t choose to dedicate my memory to cataloging such things. Since my blogging day has coincided with the event, however, […]
Appearing on his Smiley & West show with Tavis Smiley, Dr. Cornell West pulled no punches while discussing the current national conversation surrounding gun control. While he’s happy the discussion is happening at all, he laments the fact that it takes white people getting shot for the debate to be taken seriously.
Robert Johnson, BET founder, billionaire, and head of RLJ enterprises, has once again called for President Obama to address black unemployment more directly. And he’s got an idea.
Activists in Brazil have launched a campaign to impeach the governor of Sao Paulo amid allegations of a campaign of police violence that specifically targets black youth.
I attend Temple University in Philadelphia, and almost every time I mention that I am from Chicago I get 2 questions: āDo you know Chief Keef?ā and āHave you ever been shot?ā When did Chief Keef become the poster-boy for Chicago? What does this say about our society’s obsession with violence?
I write this in ambivalence, dejectedly trying to wrap my mind around a string of incidents that continue to unearth the plight of young Black men in this country. In scarcely a weekās time, 17 year-old Jordan Russell Davis was shot to death by another gun toting āscaredā white man, while Brandon Jackson, another Black […]
Over 60 leading civil rights figures came together in Washington DC to unveil a black agenda for President Obama’s second term. Do you think it’s a comprehensive one? Will the Obama Administration pay it any mind?
UCLA is investigating a series of racist, sexist signs recently posted around their campus. One sign said “asian women R Honkie white-boy worshipping Whores,” and was attached to a Vietnamese Student Union poster. Another disgusting statement – “Asian Women are White-Boy Worshipping Sluts” – was found written on a bathroom wall.
