For an indeterminate amount of time, black leaders in black communities have carried the banner and led the charge for equality. With progress and the realization of long denied promise in the form of Barack Obama–the nation’s first black president– comes a new form of turmoil and myopia in black leadership. The problem with having [...]
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the march From Selma to Montgomery, Alabama: On March 7, demonstrators start a 54-mile march in response to an activist’s murder. They are protesting his death and the unfair state laws and local violence that keep African Americans from voting. Led by SNCC activists John Lewis and Hosea Williams, [...]
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As the first National Tea Party Convention fired up in Nashville, Tennessee over the weekend, I mused to a few friends that the “revolution will be televised.” I was curious as to what would be the prevailing theme coming out of this first convention. It seemed I got my answer within the first few hours. [...]
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Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, citizens of our great nation. I speak to you tonight about urgent business that for far too long has split our allegiances, and divided our spirits. We have work to do ladies and gentlemen, and I am here to begin [...]
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Walter Cronkite passed away last night at the age of 92. The legendary broadcaster and iconic journalist died from complications of cerebrovascular disease, an affliction he had been battling for some time. While I am much too young to remember watching Mr. Cronkite, I do know that he was the source of information during a [...]
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