Ask most people about the “civil rights” movement and you’re likely to eventually hear the names of men woven into their response. Without proper perspective, one could grow up in this country believing that the fight for “civil rights” was led, organized, and executed solely by men. Deeper study, however, will reveal that in...
I was pleased to see this weekend that BET finally covered someone who I believe was more dangerous that all others featured in the network’s hit TV show, American Gangster. J. Edgar Hoover the former Director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation got away with murder during the 1960′s – many times targeting Black...
My Saturday was a very full day that started early at the Greenmount Recreation Center. Members of my church family and I participated in a “Free Market” hosted by the Baltimore Free Store at the Greenmount Recreation Center. Hundreds of people came to donate items or pick up anything that they needed ranging from...
I remember it as if it was yesterday. It was about 4 years ago. I was pulling up to the church on a Sunday morning and one of the members approached my car as I was getting out. She said, “Here Rev. Brown, take one of these. It’s only $2. I’ll get the money...
I just received word that Dr. Jeremiah Wright will be delivering the 11AM morning message this Sunday, April 13, 2008 at the Historic Bank Street Memorial Baptist Church (Norfolk, VA) where the pastor is Rev. William Dixon. I’m sure that Wright’s phone is blowing up these days so I wondered how Bank Street confirmed...
Friday was a long day, but I did get a chance to drop in on the King Commemorative March and Rally in West Baltimore. The event was put on my Wayland Baptist Church’s Community Development Corporation. Dick Gregory was the keynote speaker and he was….Dick Gregory. LOL It was so funny watching the faces...
It’s been a looong day, but I couldn’t let this day pass without publicly saying “thank you” to a man who courageously bore his cross. I pray that we who yet remain find that same courage – to stand up for what we know is right and willingly face the consequences in so doing....
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