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Autumn of Discontent

In his welcome and inspiring maiden statement to the General Assembly, President Barack Obama correctly identified the challenges to our multilateral unity as “rooted in a discontent with the status

BY H.E. Camillo M. Gonsalves

History Is Race

Those who say that “race is history” have it exactly backward — history is race. America, scrambled, after all, spells “I am race.” And America is race — from its symbolism to its substanc

BY Julian Bond

The Beauty Context

One doesn’t have to be a professional musician to have a deep connection to music. Music is everywhere. It is an inherent part of the human experience. Music is inside all of us with the rhythm of

BY Ramsey Lewis

The Surest Route

Despite years of effort, minority-owned businesses are still drastically underrepresented in the U.S. economy. Blacks made up 11.8 percent of the population and owned 5 percent of all privately held b

BY Ernesta G. Procope

The Sword and the Robe

This ideal of neutrality is particularly hard to maintain in times such as these, when our society faces major unsolved problems. Indeed, we judges are frequently criticized these days for our neutral

BY Thurgood Marshall

Why African History

Africa and its people are the most written about and the least understood of all the world’s people. This condition started in the 15th and 16th centuries with the beginning of the slave trade and t

BY John Henrik Clarke

Not Yet a Flower - Where do we go from here?

The deep rumbling of discontent in our cities is indicative of the fact that the plant of freedom has grown only a bud and not yet a flower. Where do we go from here? First, we must massively assert o

BY Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

After Election Day - Increasing minorities’ access to health care

By the time you read this, our nation’s historic presidential election will have taken place and we will have a new president and administration in Washington, D.C. Regardless of which party is lead

BY Charlisa R. Watson

The Commerce Imperative

A ship lost at sea for many days suddenly sighted a friendly vessel. From the mast of the unfortunate vessel was seen a signal, “Water, water; we die of thirst!” The answer from the friendly vesse

BY Booker T. Washington

The True Prosperity Drivers

Oil has made us billions and fueled our economic stability, but oil has also become the bane of our existence. For some, it is a curse that has caused poverty and corruption; for others it is an essen

BY Philip Emeagwali

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