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Some weeks back during one of her national workshops, L.A.-based communications, public and 'authentic voice' speaking guru Norma Hollis asked me, "How should Black Americans relate to the rest of the African diaspora?" That's a heck of a good, hundred-dollar...

It's 2007; not 1970 or '80 or even 1990. I've just watched the Democratic candidates debate each other on the campus of Drexel, one of two private universities (the other being Penn) which have been allowed to colonize my old...

Whatever else Martin King III may need for his new venture, you have to give him credit him for excellent timing. King has announced he is ready to take up his father's fight against poverty. No one else with a...

On the Web I found a photo taken in Washington, at Richard Nixon's January 1969 inauguration. A notation says ten thousand people came out in the cold for this event. Two thousand were protesters. In the foreground, above the crowd,...

Friday, 22 May 1964 ... the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches...

I should've posted this weeks ago but here goes. If anyone believes there's a level playing field in competing for leadership in the US, you need to remove your head from whatever hole in which it's stuck. Just because it's...

My friend Mel ('a girl') is doing Team in Training to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She and I (and a bunch of other civilian folks we know) have been together through thin and thick, doing human...

Here’s my saga of MORE mag’s third annual marathon half-mara for women over 40. It was also an official race co-sponsored by New York Road Runners and a qualifier for the NY Marathon. In 2003 I ran Nairobi’s first women’s...

Now for a history moment. What's the difference between George Bush and Richard Nixon? In my book - Nixon was impeached. In November 1973 Nixon spoke to a large group of Associated Press editors in Florida, stating, People have got...

As we write the 20th century what is the role of the Beatles - four white guys from Liverpool UK - in modern Black Atlantic history? I feel a sense of betrayal when I recall that in the 1960s and...