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Social pundits often consider 1968 a pivotal year in our democracy. Fifty years later, the deaths of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy have many liberals questioning how compassionate our democracy may have been had they lived. There is no doubt they would have made a powerful one-two punch in eradicating many of [...]

During his lifetime Martin Luther King consistently paralleled the experiences of the biblical Children of Israel and the experiences of Africans in America. As a result, he thrust himself into the role of Moses. What I find interesting in these parallels was the ultimate goal of the story. The Children of Israel, after 400 years [...]

The internet records the following regarding the financial success of the Black Panther as of March 25, 2018: Receipts grossed $631.4million in the US and Canada and a worldwide total of $1.239 billion; The film made $370.5million worldwide in its opening weekend (the 15th largest of all time); Thus far, Black Panther is the highest-grossing solo [...]

Historians sometimes disagree as to the motives of the American Revolution and the development of the 1787 Constitution that still guides our broader society. Were the Founding Fathers willing to commit treason to protect their money? Maybe. When they sat down to amend the Articles of Confederation they ended with a new Constitution that presented [...]

Ok, let’s begin by acknowledging that Wakanda is a fictional country in Africa. In the Marvel comics universe, it’s home to the superhero Black Panther. But there is still something about it that has recently struck a nerve in the black community. The Black Panther movie debuted in February to positive reviews and by February [...]

“These are guys with the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty – these types of guys – they come from Connecticut and New York, they come up here, they sell their heroin, they go back home,” (Governor Paul) LePage told a large crowd. “Incidentally, half the time they impregnate a young white girl before they leave, which [...]

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Our country now celebrates the life and enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with parades, speeches and recollections from his civil rights peers. However, we should not forget that the path to this national recognition was not an easy one. King’s struggle to secure equality in life may have been overshadowed by his [...]

In August 1917, members of the all black Twenty-Fourth infantry stationed at Camp Logan armed themselves and marched toward the city of Houston. Students of history know how the story ended: court-martials, executions and dishonorable discharges. However, little attention is given to how the story began. Texas was, and still is, a southern state. That [...]

One hundred years ago, President Woodrow Wilson made the fateful decision to enter the U.S. into the Great War. The decision to “defend democracy” changed this country, and the world, forever. Even though the racist epic “Birth of Nation” enjoyed rave reviews, even from the White House, and publicly revived the Ku Klux Klan, blacks [...]