Frederick Douglass raised the question more than 150 years ago. “What does Independence Day mean to the slave?” the famous abolitionist asked. There are many descendants...
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is joining Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor on the campaign trail. Pryor is locked in a heated battle to retain his seat...
They say “good news” travels slowly. No one would have agreed more readily than the slaves in Texas. Nearly two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into...
The lead defense attorney in the George Zimmerman trial addressed members of the Arkansas Bar Association at its annual convention in Hot Springs. Mark O’Mara joined...
The Little Rock Chapter of Links presented Arkansas Baptist College with a check for $10,000.00 raised from its “Jazzy Jeans & Jewels” fundraiser. There were hundreds...
As I lay suspended somewhere between disbelief and a dream, I try to make sleep the final part of this evening. But my ancestors, those with...
Edward “Monty” Payne hit rock bottom in the mid ‘90s. He and his wife moved to Little Rock from Los Angeles, and he started working for...
Editor’s Note: TheVillage is saddened by the passing of Brenda Cook. Many of you offered your prayers when you read of her courageous wait for a...
Let me get my disclaimer out of the way first … The U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC) is a business organization. Our sole purpose is to...
The justice system of Arkansas recently failed another Black family when the Prosecutor’s requested that charges against former Little Rock Police Officer, Josh Hasting, be dismissed...