Joan Johnson: An Admirable Woman
byJoan Johnson was quite a lady. Chaka and Whitney might have really been singing her life as they sang I’m Every Woman. A hard…
Black America
“Just Mercy” A Poignant Film On Black Incarceration
byIt was slavery that gave America an abiding fear of Black people and a taste for violent punishment – a twisted inheritance that continues…
Tips On How To Share Your History
byThe National Museum of African-American History is in Chicago looking for stuff from your attic and your basement; they’re looking for history. They are…
Supt. Johnson Not To Blame For Chicago Crime
byCrime in Chicago is a problem. We have one of the highest crime rates in the country. No neighborhood is safe and sound. Crime…
At Last: The Hideous Truth About Slavery
byAfter my third visit to the slavery exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in D.C. recently, I was reminded…
The 1619 Project
byThe August 18th issue of the New York Times Magazine dedicates itself to slavery with The 1619 Project, featuring profound, investigative reporting style articles…
Mood N’DIGO – Putting Our Paper To Bed
byOne day Julieanna Richardson, who created the HistoryMakers, called me and asked what was I doing with my almost 30 years worth of N’DIGO…
America Is In A Dangerous Place
byFirst they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the…
Democrats Dilemma
byBlues legend Bobby Bland often played a tune called Keep it a Secret. It has to do with a married man and his outside…
Reparations
byAfricans were stolen from African shores to arrive in America in 1619. For hundred years later we still fight for citizenship rights. In the…
Why Juneteenth? – By Delmarie Cobb
byEvery so often I go looking through my files for an old article to see if it’s still relevant. The following column appeared in…
Manhandling
byIt is unbelievable that old white southern men are passing restrictive legislation on abortion. Why, you’d think? The white population is shrinking. Women are…