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A New Hope

Forgive me for borrowing the title of one of the most profitable films in history, “Star Wars: A New Hope.” I’ve always been enamored by space. I’m a child of the 1960s and I remember playing with my Major Matt Mason action figure (not a doll!) as my family and I watched Neil Armstrong [...]

2020-10-28T15:33:34-05:00October 28, 2020|Goodwin|

Tell me the truth

Democracy – a) government by the people, b) a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them, directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. Merriam-Webster Dictionary There were many things I learned from my father. He taught me how to [...]

2020-09-30T11:17:02-05:00September 30, 2020|Goodwin|

Monday Morning Quarterback

Leadership – the action of leading a group of people or an organization. Oxford Languages Let’s face it. It’s not easy being a “leader.” It requires a certain fearlessness to not be afraid of making difficult decisions and charisma to get others to support those decisions. Not everyone has the fearlessness and charisma to [...]

2020-09-09T18:17:42-05:00September 9, 2020|Goodwin|

Protect and Serve (Control)

The black community’s relationship with law and order has been tenuous, at best, for generations. Sadly, I believe our society has lost sight of the original purpose of law enforcement and how that purpose has been altered in our current societal and global environments. What’s even worse, if that’s possible, is that some groups [...]

2020-07-15T12:37:58-05:00July 15, 2020|African American Texas History, Goodwin|

More Uncomfortable Truths

In February 2020, I was asked to contribute an opinion piece for the PVAMU website. I submitted an essay describing what I called an Uncomfortable Truth of Black History Month. That “truth” focused on the black community’s continual efforts to prove it is worthy of recognition as contributors to American society. Even more so, [...]

2020-06-24T13:50:16-05:00June 24, 2020|2020 Spring, African American Texas History, Goodwin|

It’s OK now

Hopefully, this COVID-19 pandemic will end soon, and life can get back to normal. At the very least, as a society, I hope we’ll learn how to live with it. But one day, our intelligentsias will analyze every governmental action since February and March of 2020, especially those of the President. Recent policies have [...]

2020-04-29T13:51:42-05:00April 29, 2020|Goodwin|

WWJD

Several years ago, these letters, “WWJD?” seemed to be everywhere. We all know they represent “What Would Jesus Do?” I think these letters and the question were meant to challenge society to consider the moral implications of their everyday decisions. Now in this new COVID-19 reality, WWJD may have new meaning. Since my father [...]

2020-04-15T18:37:06-05:00April 15, 2020|Goodwin|

For every beginning there’s an end

To live is to die. Every beginning has an end. That’s not a very pleasant way to begin, but as Believers we are on a journey that ends with the grave. As a child I watched my mother deal with her mother as she entered the last chapters of her life. I didn’t fully [...]

2020-03-24T14:05:31-05:00March 24, 2020|Goodwin|

Lessons from Saturday Morning

One of my fondest memories from childhood is Saturday morning cartoons. That was the only time of the week I gladly woke up at 7 a.m. I remember rushing in my pajamas to that big(?) 19” TV to watch Bugs Bunny and Super Friends. Sometimes my mother would sit with me. But I remember [...]

2020-03-10T09:30:08-05:00March 10, 2020|African American Texas History, Goodwin|

Contents

-- The Troubling History of Big Tobacco’s Cozy Ties With Black Leaders

-- African-American books of Interest, 2015-2016

-- Black Artists and the March Into the Museum

-- As it nears its 50th year, Kwanzaa strives for relevance

-- TBHPP Bookshelf: "No Color Is My Kind, The Life of Eldrewey Stearns and the Integration of Houston"

-- This Week In Texas Black History, Dec. 20-26

-- Ron Goodwin Blog

-- Submissions wanted

Contents

-- A brief history of Islam in America

-- New book chronicles African-American characters in "The Little Rascals"

-- Study: Black athletes and “The height of hypocrisy in higher education”

-- TBHPP Bookshelf: "Disney's Most Notorious Film: Race, Convergence, and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South"

-- This Week In Texas Black History, Dec. 27-Jan. 2

-- Ron Goodwin Blog

-- Submissions wanted