Until she became a teenager, Mamie Smith had to pick cotton, pecans and peaches before and after school in Griffin, Georgia. She was a sharecropper’s daughter....
The busing blow Senator Kamala Harris landed on Joe Biden’s racial sensitivity scorecard made headlines and boosted her campaign coffers according to her campaign. Politico reported...
In yet another example of Pine Bluff’s renaissance, the city opened a new state-of-the-art aquatic center today with a ribbon cutting and family fun day attended...
The air hits different at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis where the balcony of the Lorraine Motel looks pretty much like it did 51...
Mark your calendars. The first night of the debates for the 2020 Democratic Presidential candidates was a bad night for white men. Former Maryland Congressman John...
Given the opportunity, the sisterhood would open the first 2020 Democratic presidential debate season by yelling: “Introducing the 46th President of the United States” as candidates walk...
First, let me say it plainly and then attempt to make you feel all the pain of Joe Biden’s “segregationist” comment. The lack of outrage from...
In what many viewed as a nod to the significant role African Americans have played in the nation’s history, the House of Representatives held its first...
A slight breeze lifted tablecloths and spirits as it blew through the small crowd gathered in Pine Bluff, Arkansas for a Juneteenth celebration. Not far from...
It’s the year of the Drum, and the sound of African drums in Pine Bluff and around the country next week will designate the significance of...