By Elijah Cummings On April 4, America will mark the 50th anniversary of one of the darkest hours in our national history. We will pause to recall that heartbreaking moment […]
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AFRO Archives Jan. 31, 2015: Advancing Dr. Martin Luther King’s Dream
By Elijah Cummings This year, we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King amid a nationwide discussion about the work that remains to be done. Five decades after […]
AFRO Archives Jan. 21, 2012: We are still marching
By Elijah Cummings This month, as we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we also should be asking ourselves this question: “What message does Dr. King’s legacy […]
Taking Action on Nelson Mandela’s Message
Originally Published December 5, 2007 By Congressman Elijah Cummings December 1st was World AIDS Day – a time each year when committed people around the globe join to raise public awareness about […]
The Wisdom of John Wright
Originally Published February 22, 2010 By Congressman Elijah Cummings Those who wonder how best to sustain the coalition for positive change that elected Barack Obama could gain by considering the life of a […]
Standing Up to Terrorism on our Streets
Originally Posted December 5, 2011 By Congressman Elijah Cummings It was only when my nephew, Christopher Cummings, an honor student at Old Dominion University, was killed in a home invasion […]
Speaking Truth to Power About the Cost of Our Medicines
By Congressman Elijah Cummings Even as Washington remains captivated by the deeply troubling actions of the President of the United States, we must never forget the plea of a wonderful […]
Our Movement to Protect Our Planet
By Congressman Elijah Cummings When necessary social change occurs, it is our young, more often than not, who are in the lead. So it was during the civil rights movement […]
In A Truly Fair America, Every Day Would Be Labor Day
By Congressman Elijah Cummings On our national Labor Day just passed, I paused to recall how, for my family, like so many others, our struggles for civil rights and economic […]
Standing Up for Those Struggling to Survive
By Congressman Elijah Cummings I was hungry; You gave me something to eat Here in Maryland, one of America’s wealthiest States, one in every eight households faces a constant struggle […]
It’s Time for Some Political Courage
By Congressman Elijah Cummings People in El Paso go shopping on a weekend and become the victims of yet another mass shooting. Others go out for a pleasant evening in […]
The Thing I Love About Baltimore
By Congressman Elijah Cummings The Thing I Love About Baltimore Recently, the AFRO American newspaper decided to celebrate the anniversary of its first 1892 publication in a way that is unusual […]