When black slaves arrived from Africa, they were not Christian. Today, American African-Americans may well be among the most fervent Christians in the United States. The charismatic leaders of Black American Christians- from Frederick Douglass and Thurgood Marshall (who preached but where not ordained ministers) to Martin Luther Kind, Ralph Abernathy and Jesse Jackson, among ...
When I was in college, I joined a civil rights organization called the DuBois Club. The DuBois clubs were widely known to be communist fronts but the plan by my friends and me was to infiltrate it and use it for non-communist civil rights activities. Not much came of any of this but I did ...
Newest Hollywood inductee, Tyler Perry is reaping massive critical acclaim for his recent collection of films. His latest, “Why Did I Get Married?” was the top-grossing film on its opening weekend (October 12th, 2007). But Perry did not start behind the camera. His original work was at first found on the many small stages dotting ...
The Mis-Education of the Negro stands as one of the most essential texts of the African American experience. Within its pages are the lessons of a people “mis-educated” to think they are inferior based solely on the color of their skin. The aftermath is one of confusion in which the African American unsuccessfully mimics the ...
