By Ralph E. Moore Jr. In this week between the holidaze of Christmas and New Year (Kwanzaa week), I find myself thinking about things a little more deeply. For example: Otherworldliness and hitting that number Earlier last week, a member of our St. Ann Committee for the first Black saints from the United States, told […]
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Conversations with Dr. Kaye: It’s mourning in America: The incredible loss of bell hooks
By Dr. Kaye Whitehead As the president of the National Women’s Studies Association, I sent out a letter to our members mourning the passing of Dr. Gloria Jean Watkins, Ph.D./bell hooks: genius, scholar, cultural critic, author, professor, truth speaker, a lover of words and of us. She challenged us, taught us, spoke to and sometimes […]
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In 2021, organized labor is again flexing its muscles
By Ray Curry, UAW President These issues, front and center in the minds of millions of Americans for years, were deeply intensified by the pandemic of 2020 and 2021. As the pandemic took full effect, devastating job losses hit minority workers and their families especially hard and the critical role of health and safety protections […]
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Letter to the Editor
To The Editor: Relative to the pandemic and why the USA has something like the 70th highest rate of vaccination in the world and is lagging behind our allies is what I see as the incredible growth of anti-government ideology and propaganda. It began to grow around 1980 when Ronald Reagan would say things like […]
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Black cowboys: Homeboys on the range?
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Despite the country-western style warning sung by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, “Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” many Black mothers in American history had cowboys for sons. There was plenty more than we’ve realized from watching TV and the movies. For example, some might remember […]
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We’ve got the blues: Black dominated-genres are the basis for music today
By Marnita Coleman Special to the AFRO Black lives do matter. As heart-wrenching as it was, slavery built this country into the economic power known today. Over the years, numerous contributions were made from African American ingenuity that impacted lives on this planet. Such as, inventions from George Washington Carver’s discovery of the many uses […]
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The Hidden Figures blazed a trail for greater representation of Black women in STEM
By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer I can remember the day I went to see “Hidden Figures” in theaters. I was a part of the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program at my high school, and one of my teachers offered us extra credit to go see the film. I was never one to […]
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Letter to the Editor: This Christmas
Dear Letter to the Editor: Let Us Not Forget the True Meaning of Christmas© (Please hum these words.) This is the most wonderful time of the year. It’s a time when we tend to hum and smile a little more. The feelings of Thanksgiving are still with us, as we count our blessings of this year. As Americans, we are […]
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65 Years Later – Reflections on the Montgomery Bus Boycott
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume On December 5, 1955, one woman’s act of courage in the face of immoral, systemic law, prompted a stand against a country that refused to see her as an equal. This woman was Ms. Rosa Parks – she said no when asked to give up her seat on the Montgomery, Alabama […]
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Adams Op-Ed highlights White House Maternal Health Day of Action
QCity Metro published an editorial by Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) that highlights the issues addressed by the White House’s Maternal Health Day of Action Summit. In the editorial, Rep. Adams outlines how the Black Maternal Health Momnibus provisions included in the Build Back Better Act will save lives and improve outcomes across the country, as […]
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Op-ed: Remembering Rep. Carrie Meeks
By Arise Rejoice News Service The nation lost one of its leading legislative minds and a formidable public servant with the passing of former Congresswoman Carrie P. Meeks who died recently in Miami, Florida. A former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, she served the people of South Florida, including the area known as […]
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TBE#48 – The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 66 years ago this week, roused people across the nation to demand equal rights
To Be Equal #48 Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “There comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression. There comes a time, my friends, when people get tired of being plunged across the abyss of humiliation, where they experience the bleakness of […]