Posts in category Opinion

According to the Oakland Institute, an Oakland, Calif., non-profit social development think-tank, the super rich, especially European, and some U.S. universities are engaged in a …

So we now know that, as of 2008, African Americans had an aggregate purchasing power estimated at $913 billion, larger than the economy of mineral …

Before the civil rights movement, lucky black men, some with college degrees, got steady work as Red Caps at major train stations and as Pullman …

Unless you are one of them, more than likely walking down streets pockmarked with trash-strewn empty lots, amid some boarded up and deteriorating houses and …

WEST PALM BEACH — Julianne Malveaux, president of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C., economist, author, and commentator will  deliver the keynote address when …

Academically speaking, the music popularly called jazz is American classical music.  So-called jazz music was created by descendants of Alkebu-lan – the continent called Africa …

Malcolm was “my man,” as we say in African-American street parlance when referring to a brother he ld in high esteem. He encouraged me to …

The streets of Northwest Hallandale, Pembroke Park and what is now the city of West Park used to be controlled by mostly young, black, small-time, …

The glossy brochure for an United Negro College Fund (UNCF) “An Evening of Jazz” fundraiser at downtown Fort Lauderdale’s Museum of Art featured a page …

WEST PALM BEACH — Frank Merchant hadn’t been back to West Palm Beach in 30 years. But, on Feb. 19, the retired college professor from …