By Nicole D. Batey Special to the AFRO Black people are constantly berated by negative images and storylines in media that are oftentimes perpetuated within our own families and communities. Positive affirmations can help more of us counter the negative imagery or statements we see and hear for our well-being. According to Positivepsychology.com, positive affirmations […]
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Conversations with Dr. Kaye: For a Black mother: Politics are always local and personal
By Dr. Kaye Whitehead As a Black mother and recent empty-nester, I am in a difficult place at this moment. Both of my sons are dealing with the challenges that come with attending a persistently White university. When they were growing up, I was the shield that protected them from the world. My back was […]
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Scorned, scrutinized, yet media king on the throne
King Al: How Sharpton Took the Throne,” is a biography by Ron Howell, a longtime New York tabloids reporte rand foreign correspondent. (Courtesy photo) By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO This infamous Black pastor agreed to serve as an FBI informant. Worse, he falsely alleged in 1988 that a 15-year-old Black girl was raped […]
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I never stopped fighting
By Brent C. Trammell Special to the AFRO I became ill in Aug. 2013, diagnosed with advanced liver disease that progressed into hepatocellular carcinoma, an inoperable, terminal cancer. Over the following two years my condition worsened, but I never stopped fighting even with a prognosis of a one year life expectancy. On Oct. 17, 2015, […]
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Commentary: I can’t imagine life without literacy
Let’s face it: words are everywhere. Traffic signs, street names, store receipts, contracts and even the apps on your cell phone all involve reading. By Jessica Dortch AFRO News Editor There’s a saying that goes “if you want to hide something from a Black person, put it in a book.” That statement always bothered me […]
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Opinion: Racial bias prevents missing blacks from coming home safely
(Photograph by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona/Unsplash) By Larry Lee President, Publisher The Sacramento Observer The tragic disappearance and death of Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito captured the nation’s attention the last few weeks. Let me first say, as a father of two daughters, I pray for God’s peace to comfort her family and hope that the perpetrator of her […]
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Commentary: Henrietta Lacks was robbed 70 years ago and the robbers made billions from the heist
Henrietta Lacks (Courtesy photo) By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO This article continues the AFRO’s coverage of Henrietta Lacks’ story. Deborah Bailey’s interview of attorney Ben Crump, who’s representing the family, will be on Afro.com for Monday’s #AFRONewsAtNoon. If you’ve recovered from a serious illness within the last 70 years, you probably […]
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Op-ed: Successful Black American-owned business leaders unfairly targeted
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. (NNPA NEWSWIRE) — There is an old African proverb that captures one of the challenges that too many financially successful Black-owned business leaders face today in America. That proverb is “Your earned riches may engender envy and jealous criticism but be not dismayed by […]
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Op-ed: Is Haiti in the Eye of God’s Judgment?
(Stock Photo) By Special to the AFRO Haiti has moved from one catastrophic event to another since winning its independence from France in 1804. It was the first and only independent, self-governed nation of Blacks in the western hemisphere. This posed a major threat to slave holding nations; America was no exception. It seems that […]
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Denying America’s Shame Won’t Heal Us
(By iQoncept_Shutterstock) By Special to the AFRO I watched the Tulsa Massacre documentary last Monday; it was a tragic, shameful page in America’s history. May 31, 1921 was on a Wednesday, the rampage ended on Thursday June 1; these were good, God fearing Christian people, we can presume that they went to church on Sunday. […]
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Déjà vu: We have Been Here Before
By Special to the AFRO I Déjà vu once in a while. I’ll walk into a room, I’ll hear something said or travel down a certain street and I get a sense of familiarity, a sense that I’ve been here before. Those incidents are innocent, harmless, they neither influence nor impact lives, its just a […]
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Op-ed: Survivors’ voices were heard & justice was served
(Graphic/Slide Share) By Carole Bernard Last week, a New York jury found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of sex trafficking, along with separate charges of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child. Survivors’ voices were heard, and the legal victory was theirs. Now they, and all of us, await the sentencing […]
