Quincy Jones was more than a musical icon; he was a significant part of the soundtrack of my life, influencing my appreciation for diverse s

Nekesa Mumbi Moody Associated Press August 23, 2011, 4:43 am NEW YORK — Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo...

Blogger, Colorlines.com and In These Times Posted: January 17, 2011 10:00 AM I speak as a citizen of the world, for the world as it...

I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man’s present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the “oughtness” that...

By: Erica Taylor / The Tom Joyner Morning Show – December 10, 2010 Claude McKay was a pioneering Jamaican-American poet and author during...

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Today marks the birthday of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, known to many as Malcolm X. Many have written about this civil rights activist,...

In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York…… In places like Chicago and New York Kids say, In places...

If we are to succeed  in the race of life it must be of our own energies our own exertions. Frederick Douglas Feb. 14, 1818 – Feb. 20, 1895

So long, So far away Is Africa. Not even memories alive Save those that history books create, Save those that songs Beat back into...

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. Bertha Calloway, Founder of the Great Plains Black Museum Indeed we can not...

Black Americans must begin to accept a larger responsibility for their lives. For too many years we have been crying that racism and...

If we are to succeed in the race of life, it must be of our own energies our own exertions. Frederick A. Douglas In this race of life how...

You’re not so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it. Malcolm X (1925-1965)...

There are two ways of exerting  one’s strength;  one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) Exert...

The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former...