Black Leaders

Jackson: Black Leaders Want To Engage More With Obama

CNN Political Ticker | Mark Isaacson | Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics


A longtime civil rights leader called Sunday for the nation's first African-American president to be more engaged with the black community and for gr...

Can the NAACP Survive President Obama?

John Ridley | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics


John Ridley

The election of Obama as president is something of a "careful what you wish for" situation for one of America's oldest civil rights organizations.

Blacks At Odds Over Scrutiny Of Obama

Washington Post | Krissah Thompson | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics


Jeff Johnson knows how to make his audiences squirm. The young, black radio and TV political commentator waits for the discussion to turn to the topic...

Chris Brown And Now BeBe Winans! Black America Where Is the Outrage?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics


Yvonne R. Davis

How come the majority of people vocal about violence against Rihanna have been white women? How come black women as have not come together as a collective to say enough is enough?

Forget Apologizing to Obama, Jackson Should Apologize to Blacks for His N Word Hypocrisy

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Jackson should immediately apologize to blacks for not only trashing them, but also apologize for his hypocrisy. But that's not all.

Time for New Black Leaders

Kevin Powell | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Kevin Powell

I acknowledge what the Civil Righters have done, but younger African Americans are saying now, the jig is up and it is time for you to go, especially if you have not created hope for our communities.

Black Leaders Feeling Eclipsed In Obama Era

Newsweek | Allison Samuels | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Jesse Jackson can still get a crowd going--when he can find one. He appeared at a Los Angeles restaurant this fall, primed to discuss school dropout r...