Spotlight ‘Lady Sings the Blues’ still resonates todayBy Lloyd BravoMarch 11, 20220 (News4usonline) – Audiences have always been enamored with tragedy and heartbreak. The essence of melancholy that exudes out of celebrities…
Focus When a Black boxing champion beat the ‘Great White Hope,’ all hell broke looseBy The ConversationJuly 6, 20210 Photo credit: Black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, right, beat James Jeffries in 1910, sparking racial violence. George Haley, San Francisco Call,…
Commentary Does Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier matter?By Dennis J. FreemanApril 15, 20210 Progress. That’s a matter of interpretation. For Black Americans in the United States, progress often comes with a caveat. It…