Sherronda J. Brown/Shaun King is A White Liberal’s Wet Dream
*(Via WearYourVoiceMag.com) – For the past few years, it seems like there’s been a “takedown” of Shaun King …
Cory A. Haywood/Candace Owens, You’re a Black Woman … Start Acting Like It
*If I’m being honest, I’ve never heard Candace Owens utter a word about African Americans that wasn’t supported by hard …
This Black Ex-Police Chief was Stopped by His Own White Officer! After Floyd, Change is Needed At All Levels.
*As a rookie officer, I encountered overt and casual bigotry and routine denigration and brutality.
Dropping Urban … Déjà vu All Over Again: An Open Letter from David Linton
*When I read that Republic Records was going to eliminate the word “Urban” from their lexicon, I had to chuckle and …
Larry Buford: Blaze of Literary Talent Held Cold Lesson
Michigan girl’s poem, “Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight,” moved thousands, brought fame – but no profit Editor’s note: This …
Filmmaker Nnegest Likké Writes Open Letter to Fellow Black Artists
*Dear Fellow Black Artists, What does “black lives matter” mean to you? Beyond wanting an immediate and final end to the …
The Journal of Steffanie Rivers: Bully Cops and the Blue Wall of Silence
*It’s been more than two weeks since that video went viral showing the modern-day lynching of George Floyd in …
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Past Time to Demilitarize Police and Sheriff’s Departments
*In June 2016 following the mass shooting at an Orlando, Florida nightclub, George Hofstetter, President of the …
Larry Buford: A Perspective on Race in Movie ‘Black or White’
*As I was watching all the protests nationwide and around the globe – over the wrongful and tragic death of Minnesotan …
Here’s How to Stop the Killing of the George Floyds of the World
*On March 22, 1991, a visibly shaken and angered President George H.W. Bush said he was sickened and …
Virgil Roberts: It’s Way Past Time. Our Country Must Change
*The bitter spring of 2020 has unmasked, once again, the twisted face of our country’s systemic racism. In a few brutal …
The Most Important Lesson Black People Overlook: Why Economic Responses Outweigh Protests, Marches and Riots
*Since the beginning of time there have been public disagreements between two or more groups of people that have grown …
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Many Hands Created the Frankenstein Monster Derek Chauvin
*There was a loud warning thirty years before Derek Chauvin choked George Floyd to death about how cops like Chauvin are …
OUR ROOTS – George Floyd’s Memory and MLK
*If MLK Jr. were with us today he would have had preferred a peaceful protest. What a difference THEN and NOW can make. …
Cory A. Haywood: Rioting Won’t Solve Racism or Police Brutality … But Right Now, I’m Loving Every Minute of It!
*Last week, I was pulled over by a group of police officers, arrested and hauled to jail. It was a Saturday night, and …
