
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this Black History Month II: Women Focus, I reach back to retrieve and share a hallowed homage to my mother, our mother, righteous representative…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this Black History Month II: Women Focus, I reach back to retrieve and share a hallowed homage to my mother, our mother, righteous representative…
When the President asks you a question, either say what people want to hear or you speak the truth. By David Love, The Black Commentator — Long before Alicia Keys,…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 1. As we move from February, the month of the martyrdom of Nana Haji Malcolm X and into the month of March, I want…
March 10, 2025 Women’s History Month Edition of Vantage Point An open forum with commentary by The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels. Focus: “The Blood on the Bridge – Remembering Amelia…
Overview: Originally published on Feb. 3, 2019 in The Haitian Times, this article explores the life of Mary Ellen Pleasant, a Haitian-descended entrepreneur and abolitionist who used her wealth and…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — November 30 is Shirley Chisholm Day in New York, and it’s about time New York the nation, and indeed the world celebrates this Black woman,…
By Glynda C. Carr — As we approach this critical election season, a remarkable story unfolds across America. Young Black women are not just registering to vote at unprecedented rates…
Vantage Point Vignettes Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Back in the day in Youngstown, Ohio, as a young aspiring Black Power, Black Nationalist, Pan Africanist, Internationalist organizer, advocate…
By Sean Gallagher, AAIHS — In the past decade, scholars of Early America have produced a series of subaltern studies on enslaved women before the law. Books by Jessica Millward and Martha Jones have…
By Dr. Hermene Hartman, N’DIGO — The dust has settled. The surprise is over. Vice President Kamala Harris has raised more money than any political campaign ever in a short time. In…
By Terri Givens, University of British Columbia — Shirley Chisholm, a Democratic congresswoman, was the first African American woman to run for president of the United States. Sixty years later,…
The San Diego Democrat has long been a force in politics, including in the Assembly. But she has achieved near-rock-star status as the godmother of reparations. By Erika D. Smith,…