Is there no place in this country with more than 10,000 people 2 of them black that the NAACP doesn’t want to screw up by having a chapter there?  Not only does Paducah have an NAACP chapter, it’s evidently strong enough and the city government pandering enough such that it has influenc...

Yeah Don Imus, the dude has come back sharper than ever and you can listen on WABC's website from 6-10 weekday mornings. Dick Gregory a man I have always admired is interviewed and you can listen to it at his site. He says meaningful things with humor and that way we all might listen and act. From h...

By Jeffery A. Faulkerson, MSSW   During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ‘60s, the Black Panther Party encouraged black Americans to take up arms against White America.  Nation of Islam leader Malcolm X even made a promise to white Americans that black Americans would obtain eq...

This just in from AP: Mildred Jeter Loving, of Loving v. Virginia, passed away on Friday 5/2. A longer obit from the NYT. “Mildred’s mother was part Rappahannock Indian, and her father was part Cherokee. She preferred to think of herself as Indian rather than black.” I can’t tell...

Race in US politics has always determined the heights of possible ambition. Is this about to change at the highest level? Jesse Jackson succeeded to the Democratic Party nomination. Will Senator Barack Obama first take the nomination and then the Presidency? That brings up very exciting possibilitie...

By Walter Naegle For more than 50 years, Bayard Rustin was a strategist and activist in the struggle for human rights and economic justice. Born in 1912, he grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he excelled as a student, athlete and musician. While he never received his B.A., Rustin attended ...

"I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble" For more than 50 years, Bayard Rustin was a strategist and activist in the struggle for human rights and economic justice. Born in 1912, he grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he excelled as a student, athlete and musician. While he nev...