They came from good stock
Like so many others, I went in search of my roots. So, I sent in a bit of my saliva to Ancestry.Com to have my …
Penalty for protest: UnAmerican
“My Country ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing……….” I have heard these words repeatedly over the past few days. They …
Yes, our history has been full of choices
It has taken more than four hundred years to go from being born “Kunta Kinte” to being made into “Toby,” to becoming Kanye West. What …
The legacy of lynching is hard to fathom
BY ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GRAY In case you missed it, a memorial to honor lynching victims has opened in Montgomery, Alabama. Kudos to Bryan Stevenson, founder of …
Starbucks violates its safe territory
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY You too, Starbucks? Once considered a ‘safe’ territory, this past week set off a round of outrage and calls for economic boycotts …
Once, the colored water tasted so good – not now
Jack Nicolson as The Joker in The Batman movie said “What this (country) needs is an enema.” PHOTO COURTESY OF COMICBOOK.COM By ANTONIA WILLIAMS GARY …
Power to all the people
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY I just watched the live broadcast of the official portrait unveiling of the Obama’s! Powerful is the one word that comes to …
Where does it begin? When does it end?
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Woman and girl power movements have lit up the world stage, and even Jay Z has joined in the dialogue. Jay Z …
We stand to take our country back
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Earlier this week we celebrated the great Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The MLK holiday season even yielded four day …
It’s a brand new year
17-year-old Ulysses Wilkerson was beaten so severely by police in Alabama that he required surgery. PHOTO COURTESY OF MIC By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Happy? I sure …