WASHINGTON, DC (July 20, 2015) – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is pleased to announce its 2015-2016 Hall of Fame Inductees, recipients of the highest recognition given by the organization. The induction ceremony will take place at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC on December 16, 2015 as part of NABJ’s 40th Anniversary…
On or shortly after June 30, 2015, the American government is expected to announce a pact with Iran (formerly called Aryan to conform with a Caucasian self-designation for a Persian civilization and currently the leading sponsor of international terrorism which is aimed primarily at the U. S. and Israel). To this terrorist regime, the U….
Now might be a good time for African-American parents to show the nation just how smart they are by producing (not just giving birth to) America’s most productive citizens. Instead, the American Black population is largely perceived as being a bunch of innate losers who refuse to help themselves while surrounded by opportunity and plenty….
Lazone Grays Jr wrote the following comment on my Facebook Page: “It is hard to teach self-empowerment to our youth if the parents have yet to figure out how to do it themselves? I find too many parents want to support ‘their’ children for sports or to entertain, but not encourage or get them involved…
America’s mainstream media has officially, even historically, redefined the civil rights movement, but with White protesters increasingly replacing Black ones, even its leadership. (Tribune Newspapers, March 6, 2015) If true, what are the economic consequences of the official loss of the Black protest movement in America? My response, on the last day of Black History…
In his first public appearance in several years, the 81-year-old nationally-renowned icon, who was dubbed “TV’s Civil Rights Crusader” by Black Enterprise magazine in 1979, and host and producer of the longest-running and only Black-affairs TV series on PBS for 40 years, was also the coordinator of the largest civil rights march in U. S. history…
The recent riots in Ferguson, Missouri were a repetition of the same pathology among Blacks that I experienced as a young man in Detroit in the 60s. Blacks destroyed their own neighborhoods. The infamous 1968 Detroit riots and the mostly young angry Blacks who burned their own homes, businesses and neighborhoods was a big factor…
I don’t love him, Imam W. Deen Mohammed, just because he saved my life. I love him, most and foremost, because of his values, integrity, character and manly deeds on behalf of all people in all countries of the world to secure a peaceful planet. To him, I say, “Blessings Be Unto You.” And anyone…
This blog originated as the result of a Facebook response to a comment to Tony Brown by Habeed Love who responded to Natalie E. Spooner Ferguson: “You sound like you are influenced by Imam WDM,” he wrote. I certainly am, and with good reason. He was one of my dearest friends and one of the…
I am a child of the Creator of us all and a part of the ALL, the ultimate force that represents the intelligence of everything that exists as the composite force in the universe. Our ancestors in ancient Egypt who were often Ancient Masters of specialized spiritual wisdom, very unlike the religious nut jobs of…
