By Brian Good,diversityinc.comIn an audacious display of racism and complete disregard for Black history and military history, event organizers for a Memorial Day speech in Hudson, Ohio decided to cut a former soldier’s mic when he began talking about how freed Black slaves had honored fallen soldiers following the Civil War.The Associated Press has reported […]readmore
Anger, Self-Hatred and the Twisting of the Human Spirit The following is part two of a series based uponthe lectures of Joy Degruy (Nee Leary), M.S.W., that first ran in Our Time Press in January of 1999.With the ending of Mental Health Month in May, and the reliving of the massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma 100 […]readmore
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma Race Massacre. On May 30, the HISTORY CHANNEL premiered TULSA BURNING: THE 1921 RACE MASSACRE which is available for viewing. Visit: www.thehdroom.com/tv/history-tulsa-burning-documentary-live-stream-online Executive produced by Washington Wizards NBA star and philanthropist Russell Westbrook, and directed by Peabody and Emmy-Award winning director Stanley Nelson and […]readmore
Tulsa Massacre Survivors Remember Greenwood Before White mob “Tore it All Down” The Tulsa massacre took place 100 years ago, but it’s still clearly ingrained in the minds of survivors Viola Fletcher, 107 (age 7 at the time) and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 106. A once-prosperous section of Tulsa that became the site of one of […]readmore
1925May 19: Malcolm X is born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, the fourth of Earl and Louise Little’s seven children. Earl, a Baptist minister, is a follower of Marcus Garvey’s black nationalism and serves as Omaha chapter president of Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association. Louise Little serves as the division secretary. 1926December: The Littles leave Omaha […]readmore
“The Weather Could Not Stop Us!” The inclement weather could not stop the joyful gathering on the corner of Caton Ave. and Flatbush Ave. to celebrate the life of Dr. Roy Hastick, Sr. and the street renaming ceremony that now bears the name “Dr. Roy Hastick, Sr. Way” in his honor.“I cannot thank our community […]readmore
A short history of the long conservative assault on Black voting power The Republican Party is determined to ignore history and the moral arc of the universe, by using the 2022 and 2024 elections to return the United States to a nation ruled by White Christian men and placing Donald Trump as its leader. And […]readmore
“Gloryland” Book and Author Review By Kurt Repanshek In Gloryland the ranger displays both his interpretive and literary skills, painting images and carrying across the racism of the day with deft use of the words contained in the English language in a rolling narrative that stabs at the racial bigotry of the past, such as […]readmore
