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Collins’ Announcement No Jackie Robinson Moment
Posted on 15 May, 2013 | 1 CommentJackie Robinson didn’t have the option of playing it safe. Jason Collins did. Robinson could not go into his closet... -
Why the New Minorities are Joining the Democratic Party
Posted on 21 December, 2012 | No CommentsThe Republican Party today has a race neutral and culturally accommodating philosophy. What that means is that they pretend that... -
Blacks Can’t Lose Sight of Social Justice
Posted on 16 October, 2012 | No CommentsCommentary By M. Starita Boyce Ansari, Ph.D. (Black News)-Fifty years ago, Americans from community after community came together and committed... -
Film Revisits Black Power Movement
Posted on 23 September, 2011 | 1 CommentThe Black Power era in America has been sliced and diced by so many people and in so many ways.... -
Widespread Bias Continues in America
Posted on 20 September, 2011 | No CommentsCredit: Free images from acobox.com By Marjorie Valbrun America’s Wire WASHINGTON—Recent public opinion polls show that more whites than African-Americans... -
MLK: The Spirit of a Lion
Posted on 26 August, 2011 | No CommentsI don’t see the timidity of a lamb when I think about slain civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King... -
NAACP: Relevant Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Posted on 29 July, 2011 | No CommentsBy Dennis J. Freeman There are a lot of haters. More than a few doubters have bashed the nation’s oldest... -
The Republican Party and its Cast of Clowns
Posted on 21 April, 2011 | No CommentsBy Dennis J. Freeman Commentary Business and real estate mogul Donald Trump says he has “a great relationship with the... -
Dazzle of Curly Neal and Harlem Globetrotters not Forgotten
Posted on 10 February, 2011 | 1 CommentBy Dennis J. Freeman news4usonline.com Black History Month Feature The NBA would not be where it is today without the contributions to... -
Remembering the Life and Murder of Emmett Till
Posted on 3 February, 2011 | 1 CommentBy Dennis J. Freeman news4usonline.com Black History Month Feature We can never forget of the anguish and terror Mamie Till... -
Black Voters Must Rise up Against Apathy and Arrogance
Posted on 21 October, 2010 | No CommentsBy Dennis J. Freeman We have been silent for too long. It is now the time to act. African Americans... -
Dr. Laura, Mel Gibson, Race and the N-Word
Posted on 30 August, 2010 | No CommentsBy Dennis J. Freeman We knew it would come sooner or later. Black folks knew it had been hiding. It...