It was the summer of 2006, when I stepped off the cool airplane into the heat and humidity at Monroe Regional Airport. I was back in the Louisiana of my ancestral roots. My body was filled with great anticipation. It had...

It was 2010 when Iris and I first "met." It was through the German social media site Wer-Kennt-Wen, or, as it's more commonly known by its users, WKW. This was the time when I began relearning the language after reconnecting with friends I'd met in Germany when I...

If you ever saw her on the street, the words glamour, class, and style would immediately come to mind. Her sunny smile would brighten up the most cloudy and gloomy day. Whether wearing a dark winter coat with a white...

Imagine you literally died and went to heaven. After your first hundred years of enjoying the peace and tranquility of the place, the Lord pays you a visit. He puts his hand on your shoulder and says, "You've been a good little angel. I'd like to grant you a special...

"Give me one ring," is what I always heard from Lisa's mom as we headed out the door. It was something that was said every time we left Lisa's parents' Anaheim home on our journey to our home. It was her mom's traditional farewell.

It dated back to when Lisa's...

Conny is a German mother of three adult children with three grandchildren. She's not only a great photographer, but she's also a great writer and poet. She also operates her own firm. I'm amazed at what she's accomplished and I care for her very much.

Since we met, she has...

A recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll showed President Obama had the support of 94%, of African Americans, while Mitt Romney had the backing of 0%. When I saw those results, I first asked "How the heck does Mitt Romney get no support from African Americans in a...

Recently, America celebrated its 236th birthday. But for the first time in decades, I was unable to be a part of any of the picnics, parades, or firework displays that signal to the world the country I love has turned one year older. I could only watch through an Internet...

John Arthur Johnson was born March 31, 1878, in Galveston, Texas. Both of his parents were born into and existed in the dehumanizing cruelty of slavery. Johnson lived in the system of Jim Crow. But he would rise from the boundaries that had held other African Americans down and forever...

In the 1970s, two young mothers found themselves with children, struggling to make ends meet. They had known each other for over a decade and they decided to do the one thing that would allow them to survive until times got better. They decided to share a small apartment, pool...

"Pretend it's Obama," shouted a woman from the sidelines just as former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum fired his pistol. That happened on a Louisiana firing range in March of this year, one of many stops during Sen. Santorum's campaign fight for the Republican Party's Presidential nomination. He took...

Finally, George Zimmerman has been charged with the 2nd Degree Murder for the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Everyone can all take a breath and release the stress from our bodies, right?

I hope so.

Of course, social media has reached every point of the globe with the cries of justice...

"Brute fact is though, Mr. Jones, about 150 black men are killed every week and 94 per cent by other black men."

These words were spoken by George F. Will, a Washington Post columnist and political commentator, on the April 1 episode of ABC's This Week, hosted by...

It's been over four hundred years since the first African slaves landed on the shores of what is now North America. Together, they walked into what would eventually be generations of slavery.

Today, African Americans are still connected by chains. They're not made of iron, as our...