Who Invented Memorial Day?
As America recognizes the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, we would do well to revisit the origins of Memorial Day among freedpeople in Charleston.
As America recognizes the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, we would do well to revisit the origins of Memorial Day among freedpeople in Charleston.
Rev. Dr. Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder | Posted 05.28.2012
If there is this 'movement' to put African American males behind bars, what is the point? What will such achieve?" Is it just a matter of supposedly keeping our streets safer? No.
Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.14.2012
Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. Hope you don't take offen...
Brigitte Sesu Tilley-Gyado | Posted 05.02.2012
I care about this notion that a young woman is primarily a passive, dependent object. And I will stand up and be counted as a full, complete and powerful individual.
AP | By JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 04.06.2012
-- The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are re...
Gerry Hudson | Posted 03.17.2012
As we honor Dr. King's legacy this year, we must remember that working families deserve economic justice, including America's 13 million unemployed, the long-term unemployed and the 24 million people looking for work.
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 03.13.2012
I recently visited an art exhibit chronicling the legacy of art in Black Los Angeles. The show is called "Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980, " and I sat down to speak with the curator of the exhibit, Kellie Jones. Here's the second part of that conversation.
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 03.10.2012
I recently visited an art exhibit chronicling the legacy of art in Black Los Angeles. The show is at the UCLA Hammer Museum and is called "Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980." I sat down to speak with the curator of the exhibit, Kellie Jones.
Lamar Tyler | Posted 03.06.2012
In a time when Fatherhood is a hot button issue in the African American community actor/rapper Tray Chaney releases a music video for his new song titled Fatherhood that hits the mark. Many will recognize Chaney from his role as Poot Carr on HBO's hit show The Wire.
Aaron Anson | Posted 01.31.2012
If we conclude that gays are overly sensitive to these jokes, then clearly the African-American community is overly sensitive about racism. Imagine the backlash if a public figure made a joke about killing a person because they were black.
Irene Monroe | Posted 01.07.2012
It's not easy for any person of African descent to be LGBTQ in our black communities, but our transgender brothers and sisters might feel the most discrimination. Transphobia in black communities has left these members of our community especially vulnerable.
Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. | Posted 12.25.2011
Though the state of black entrepreneurship has progressed significantly in the past decade, successful entrepreneurs with businesses in urban environm...
Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. | Posted 12.19.2011
The selfless "by any means necessary" valor, that once ignited our passion to unite and conquer, has seemingly been eradicated by egotistic attempts to acquire a portion of the American "dream."
Leonce Gaiter | Posted 11.07.2011
It appears that shame -- black and white -- can shrink us. In literature we've been historically reduced to a slither of a people. Writers like me self-censor for fear of offending, for fear of not finding an audience. We don't tell our stories in the context of this nation.
Algernon Austin | Posted 10.08.2011
A healthy economy and smart financial regulations are necessary for rebuilding the dream of homeownership for African American and Latinos. We know what steps are needed to get there. The question is: will our political leaders take them?
Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.04.2011
I often feel that we are living in a split-screen world, where what part of the screen you are looking at will determine your perception of where things stand. And nowhere is this more pronounced than in the African-American community.
Issa Rae | Posted 10.04.2011
It's one thing when other African-Americans try to threaten my race card, but when people outside of my ethnicity have the audacity to question how "down" I am because of the bleak, stereotypical picture pop culture has painted for me, as a Black woman? Unacceptable.
Laphonza Butler | Posted 09.26.2011
The real ceiling is in South Los Angeles, where the lack of jobs continues to hurt our communities with the continued overall rise in unemployment.
HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 09.25.2011
Amidst new research showing historic disparity in wealth between whites and minorities, President Obama is facing plummeting approval over his jobs ag...
Irene Monroe | Posted 09.05.2011
As LGBTQ Americans, we're not in slavery, but we certainly will be in a civil war as each state battles this issue. Whereas President Lincoln acted on behalf of my ancestor's civil rights, we need to call on Obama to move on ours.
Irene Monroe | Posted 09.04.2011
Morgan's homophobic rant is not about LGBTQ people, but rather it's about the tightly constructed hyper-masculinity of black manhood.
Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 08.23.2011
Hallmark's decision to create a Father's Day card for black women engages in the act of celebrating a dysfunction, increasing the likelihood that the dysfunction eventually becomes as acceptable as the normal state of affairs.
Irene Monroe | Posted 07.04.2011
African American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities have always existed in Harlem, residing here since this former Dutch enclave became America's Black Mecca in the 1920s.
Irene Monroe | Posted 06.07.2011
We need to closely examine the recent revelation that for a period in his life Malcolm X engaged in same-sex relationships.
Rebecca Carroll | Posted 11.17.2011
Despite the hope, as a parent raising a black son in a country very presently immersed in the horrific beauty of racial change and evolution, I am careful to remind him that there are still fences.
Jim Downs | Posted 05.25.2012