When I’m traveling on the road, speaking at colleges and universities around the country, I get several questions over and over again, no matter where I am in the country. The one question I might get more than any other goes a little something like this, “Shaun, I am bothered by injustice, I am bothered […]
WASHINGTON, DC — I stood on the National Mall Saturday with tens of thousands of African-American men and women and witnessed the evolution of a movement. On the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, the mantra that echoed across the Mall had changed dramatically since the original rally in 1995. Gone were the passionate […]
Michael Brown ‘s mother, Lesley McSpadden, is still grieving but has found a way to turn her grief into something positive. She has founded The Michael O.D. Brown “We Love Our Sons & Daughters Foundation” and the Rainbow of Mother’s initiative to help young people and mothers who have lost children to violence. “We had our […]
Dear Rachel Dolezar: Here’s why I’m not going to let you and the media distract me from all the important issues Black America is facing right now. Because the story of you “passing” for black, no matter how twisted it is, has turned the national discussion away from matters of education, police brutality, health concerns, […]
Seems like everyone wants to be Black these days, except of course, when facing the actual consequences that come along with it. The President of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP is under fire for lying about her racial background and misrepresenting herself as a biracial African-American. KLXY.com reports: The City of Spokane announced Thursday […]
I believed that Ferguson was all but forgotten. After all, Darren Wilson, the police offer who executed Michael Brown has still not been arrested. I figured he wouldn’t be. I thought that the rise in rage, drive, and hunger for justice in Ferguson, Missouri had reached its crescendo. This weekend renewed my hope for justice, […]
