Chinua Achebe wrote “Things Fall Apart” in 1958 and it is still being deemed one of the most powerful and genuine accounts of our ancestors’ story today. It chronicles the life of a man of the Igbo culture named Okonkwo (oh-con-quo). Running from failure and his past he finds that his...
Read MoreThe Jena six issue, and the unfair way they have been treated, has rattled us down to our souls. September 20, 2007 was supposed to be the day that Mychal Bell, one of the six teenagers charged with beating a white student, was sentenced to 22 years in prison, but the appeals court...
Read MoreSugar Rush: Love’s Liberation written by outstanding author Yolonda D. Coleman is a must-have. She tells a story of love and finding what and who makes you truly happy. In this black fiction novel, the main character, Darlene Hunter affectionately called “Dolly” by family and friends has had her...
Read MoreUnifest is an annual festival in Southeast, Washington, DC meant to bring African Americans together as a people. However on Saturday, June 2, 2007 nothing related to its goal of peace and unity happened. Early in the afternoon a woman came flying down the street in an out-of-control...
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