OLUALE KOSSOLO Reading Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon is a life altering experience. I do not know if you can read this cultural diamond and not be both wounded and wrapped in a healing salve at the same time. The narrative of Oluale Kossolo’s life known by the American Tongue as […]
Nigger 360
If you google the word “nigger” these are the first three items to pop up: a contemptuous term for a black or dark-skinned person. The word was first included in a Merriam-Webster dictionary in 1864, at which time it was […]
The American Presidency and The Negro – Part 1
“First, it appears that the family which evolved within the isolated world of the Negro folk will become increasingly disorganized. Modern means of communication will break down the isolation of the world of black folk, and, as long as the bankrupt system of Southern agriculture exists, Negro families will […]
Where is the Legislation to Protect the American Black?
By 1947 employment in the steel industry had declined by 80 % since 1887. I heard this @NPR story on the radio and I had to give a quick snapshot of what I heard. When you compare steel industry to slavery, more specifically the business of American Blacks as a […]