Whether It Is New Year's Eve or "Watch Night" or "Freedom's Eve", the Black Community in America Celebrates Freedom from Slavery as of 11:59 pm, December 31, 1862. "On that night, Blacks came together in churches and private homes all across the nation, anxiously awaiting news that the Emancipati... Read more...
Many of the freedoms we enjoy here in the U.S. are quickly eroding as the nation transforms from the land of the free into the land of the enslaved, but what I'm about to share with you takes the assault on our freedoms to a whole new level. You may not be aware of this, but many Western states,... Read more...
A black Navy veteran credited with saving the lives of some of his shipmates during a World War II battle will be getting a long-awaited medal for his heroism, a Northern California congresswoman said. Carl Clark, 95, will be awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with the Combat Dist... Read more...
Perhaps no research finding has influenced education policy more, or been subject to greater misinterpretation, than our ranking on international mathematics and science tests. Previous critiques of international comparisons have focused largely on flaws in sampling and the limitations of test ... Read more...
The housing crisis hit Hispanics and blacks much harder than it did whites! As Congress and the White House wrestle whether to raise taxes for the wealthiest Americans, a new analysis of Census data shows that the wealth gaps between whites and blacks and Hispanics widened dramatically during the r... Read more...
Hey Black Child, Do you know who you are? Who you really are? Do you know you can be what you want to be? If you try to be what you can be. Hey Black Child, Do you know where you're going? Where you're really going? Do you know you can learn what you want to learn? If you try t... Read more...
It took years for advocates of medical marijuana to sell New Jersey lawmakers on the idea of allowing certain patients to legally use pot. Some advocates are now finding that an even bigger task may be persuading towns to approve places for them to do business. Eight months after being selected ... Read more...
The failure of the market place view of education should be evident to everyone. In a little publicized announcement the College Board said that SAT scores fell across the nation. The average writing, reading and math scores all dropped. Only 43% of all test takers achieved a score that indicated th... Read more...
delivered 3 April 1968, Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters), Memphis, Tennessee Thank you very kindly, my friends. As I listened to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about. It's always good ... Read more...