If you were a hip-hop head in the late 1980s, chances are you grew up listening to the music of pioneering “gangsta” rap group NW

When hip-hop legend, Nas, began promoting the title of his latest CD, I was one of the many that thought that hip-hop had finally taken it too far I believed Nas was using the N-word as the CD title as a mere publicity stunt to gain more attention for the project

Charles Dickens once wrote in his classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities that, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…” Barack Obama’s historic journey to become the presumptive Democratic nominee for the upcoming presidential election is the culmination of those who struggled throughout slavery and the Civil Rights movement

It is hard to imagine a time when African American students were not fully integrated into collegiate life at mainstream campuses across the country Prior to 1906 and the formation of the first Black fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc

“What happens to a dream deferred Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun,” asked Langston Hughes in his classic poem “A Dream Deferred

The Black family structure is under attack From teenage pregnancies to dead-beat dads, what was once the strength of the Black community is now a glaring weakness

Now that the dust has settled on Barack Obama's historic nomination as the Democratic candidate for the presidency, an equally important challenge presents itself Who should Obama choose as his running mate for the November election

The recent acquittals of the police officers charged with the murder of Sean Bell on the day of his wedding and the uproar that has erupted over the incendiary remarks by Rev Jeremiah Wright are clear indications that race still matters in America

Unfortunately, as time passes society seems to move farther away from the word of God First, we outlawed prayer in the classroom

When Bill Cosby spoke out against the parenting of inner-city youth a few years ago, a firestorm erupted in the Black community Cosby argued that inner-city parents did not spend adequate time enforcing the importance of education in the Black community