“Nowhere in the annals of history has a people experienced such a long and traumatic ordeal as Africans during the Atlantic slave trade. Over the nearly four centuries of the slave – which continued until the end of the Civil War – millions of African men, women, and children were savagely torn from their...
Africans in America
Yolanda King, eldest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., dead at 51
ATLANTA (AP) – Yolanda King, an actress and producer as well as the eldest child of U.S. civil rights legends Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has died after apparently suffering heart failure. She was 51.King, who pursued her father’s dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, died late...
Imus struck from the airwaves
Calling his two week suspension “appropriate”, Imus’ voice will be silenced after a racially-charged comment about the Rutgers University female basketball team which played in the Women’s NCAA Championship Game against Tennessee. (Despite their loss, the Rutgers team played extremely well. They sparked my interest in female college ball.) After the game, Imus –...
DARFUR Bill moves ahead in Annapolis
“Think Globally – Act Locally” That’s the motto I live by when it comes to my personal activism and advocacy involvement. Many of you know that I have been raising my voice for the protection of the people of Darfur since learning what was going on a couple of years back. I’ve attended rallies...
Youth Ministers Must Broaden Their Ministries
I read Dan Rodericks’ lastest piece in The Baltimore Sun and I had to stop. Dan wrote about Christopher Clarke – an 18 year old senior at Patterson Senior High School who was caught between a gun battle and shot in my old neighborhood. Police found his body under a car. Chris wasn’t a drug...
A Day for Darfur Pt.3
Joe Madison is testifying for the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee. He drops stats, facts, and figures left and right. While half of my brain is listening to him – the other half is trying to organize my thoughts and sound half way intelligent while testifying. Madison is done and Walter Fauntroy goes next. ...
Baltimore’s Black Pastors take bold steps in Maryland politics
I have always been a proponent of Faith leaders getting involved in political issues in such a way that holds elected officials accountable and encourages the wider community to get politically active. While there are those that disagree with pastors being politically involved, the reality is that in the African American community the Black...
African American Pastors MUST find their Voice!
While violence between Israel and Hezbollah was unfolding I was vigorously reaching out to my elected officials and all others who would listen about the root causes to the violence and the unjust policies enacted by Israel that subjects their neighbors to stifling occupation. One day I turned on the television and started watching...
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