Road trip to Detroit almost over before it started
Detroit, MI STOCK PHOTOS “What did you do to yourself?” That was the greeting I received from my 89-year-old great-aunt after not seeing me for …
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Otis Kemp first S. Florida artist to top Billboard Gospel
OTIS KEMP: National #1 single a rare accomplishment for an independent artist. PHOTOS COURTESY OF OTIS KEMP Staff Report: MIAMI, Fla. – Independent artist Otis …
James Meredith risked his life doing civil rights work, at 90 he says religion can help cut crime
JAMES MEREDITH: Shot and suffered major wounds during his 1966 march from Memphis, Tenn. to Jackson, Miss., later completed as the March Against Fear, now …
Biden-Harris team raises over $72 million to beat all GOP candidates
In 2020, President Biden and VicePresident Harris raised over $1 billion in their presidential campaign in the last election. They have raised the most money …
Women brigades against injustice
For over seven decades, I have lived with ovaries, a uterus, and mammary glands, all of which classify me as a female mammal. My conundrum: …
Even draconian measures are failing to resolve the worsening refugee crisis
MOHAMED HAMALUDIN Around 110 million refugees have fled their countries “due to civil wars, political persecution and human rights violations,” the Associated Press recently reported, …
Viola Ford Fletcher, oldest living Tulsa victim, publishes memoir
VIOLA FORD FLETCHER: She has been living prayerfully since a white mob’s 1921 race massacre that she witnessed at age seven laid waste to her …
New shape of the river: The high court, affirmative action and race
STOCK PHOTO When did segregation end? In 1954, in the famous case of Brown v. Board of Education the Supreme Court held that “in the …
Despite recent favorable rulings, the current Supreme Court remains hostile to progressive policies
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued three surprise rulings which could ease voter suppression but much more remains to be done to fully restore the …
March on Washington: At 60, a continuation of King’s work
WASHINGTON (Black PR Wire) – This August, Martin Luther King, III, Arndrea Waters King, and the Rev. Al Sharpton, with fellow Civil Rights Movement veterans …