Posts in category Opinion

PHOTO COURTESY OF TAIPHILA.ORG Darby, Pa, (AP) – Alma Bailey wanted to be an opera singer. Instead, she served her country in a time of …

It didn’t get much attention, but former Congressman and NAACP head Kweisi Mfume defeated Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the, widow of Congressman Elijah Cummings, in a …

If there was any lingering doubt as to why the Guyana government tried every available tactic to stall for more than a year the holding …

As another Black History month comes to an end, there are some facts that must be shared, and some misconceptions cleared up. SEGREGATION VS. INTEGRATION …

Birmingham, Ala. (AP) – Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and many of those plantations hold places of honor on …

On Friday, Feb. 7, a 59-year-old man walked out of the Fayette state correctional institution in La Belle, Pennsylvania, leaving behind some 42 years of …

As an American everyone is given the freedom to believe what they can conceive. To African Americans, President Barak Obama was a Golden Child, a …

Toniwg1@gmail.com But where would I go? Africa? I have been reading recent opinions about how Nigerians applaud Trump because they admire his strong man tactics, …

Montgomery, Ala. (AP) – Bernard Lafayette Jr. remembers the blood, the screams and the pain inflicted on Freedom Riders in Montgomery. He remembers the beating …

The word “charade” is defined as “an act or a pretense put on to make something appear different than what it is or a word …