First, there was the big question, which Deborah Willis and Barbara Krauthamer had been talking about for years: What does freedom look like? Then there was the small, somber face of Dolly, whose photograph the two women, both academics, had come across separately in their research and wondered about ever since. It was affixed to [...]
Marcus Garvey and Economic Independence
August 17, 2012 | Posted by
August is an important month in the worldwide African Liberation Movement. This is the month we pay tribute to the legacy of one of our greatest organizers and leaders who served the African World Community—the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Garvey was born August 17, 1887 in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. The organization he founded, the [...]
White Americans Have 22 Times More Wealth Than Blacks
June 21, 2012 | Posted by
White Americans have 22 times more wealth than blacks — a gap that nearly doubled during the Great Recession. The median household net worth for whites was $110,729 in 2010, versus $4,995 for blacks, according to recently released Census Bureau figures. The difference is similarly notable when it comes to Hispanics, who had a median [...]
More Blacks Support Gay Marriages Than Ever Before, Thanks To President Obama
May 25, 2012 | Posted by
When President Obama ended “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” there was a hue and cry in some quarters that gays and lesbians soon would be running amok, tearing apart the very fabric of American military institutions, leaving straight service men and women uncomfortable at best and fearful at worst. But a funny thing happened on the [...]
