Now That We Have Power, What Are We Going To Do With It?
There are some big problems going on in the country right now and we have the power to fix them. Gun violence, police brutality, and high…
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Are School Shootings Killing HBCUs?
College homecomings and encouraging studies about African-Americans graduating from high school being more likely to attend college than other races, was overshadowed recently by more…
Hurricane Katrina, A Personal Memoir
It was so different back then. No Twitter, no Facebook, there weren’t even any smart phones. So when news of the storm hit while we…
Fight The Power!
Protest Plus Policy equals Progress! Last week I received a huge honor, the National Urban League’s “Living Legend” award. The following week, we celebrated the…
Forget About Rachel, The NAACP Has More Important Things Going On
Dear Rachel Dolezar: Here’s why I’m not going to let you and the media distract me from all the important issues Black America is facing…
Whose Problem is the N-Word?
The N-Word is back in the news again. From the video of members of the University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity singing a song that prominently…
Memories of Annie Lee
As thrown as I was when I heard that there would be no indictment in the Ferguson police shooting of Mike Brown and that Mayor…
Ferguson Was Asking for it, But Why?
This no way to spend a Thanksgiving vacation watching the Ferguson community react to the news that Officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted. Instead…
So Hard To Say Goodbye
Life has a way of showing you how bad it can suck sometimes. Coming after two great weeks on the final leg of our Fall…
All In The Family: Spreading Wealth Across Generations
When I was a kid, I would lay around dreaming about being rich. But I quickly realized that unless you were born with a silver…
Floyd Mayweather, Read My Blog!
Floyd Mayweather says he doesn’t care that 50 Cent and Manny Pacquiao call him uneducated. He says if it’s true, ‘It makes my story that…
Fly Jock Blog: Do What the Cops Tell You
The other day a veteran LAPD officer fired a “shot” that was heard around the world. In the midst of the nation watching and waiting…