Evening everyone. As you can see, a brother has been busy. Finishing up book projects, putting together panels, and keeping people abreast of what is going on. In addition to all this, I have been doing writing over at Madame Noire. Check out two profiles I did this month on women in the Marines. Sheila [...]
There are various approaches to teaching history available to those who wish to impart knowledge. In terms of pedagogy, it may be confined to the classroom, or take on a more visual or interactive form. Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph of Melanin is a documentary that shows African history, weaving in commentary from scholars and thinkers [...]
Editor’s Note: This post comes to us from Dr. Darron Smith- M.P. Its generally dangerous territory to criticize powerful people especially the nations first black President, as Tavis Smiley and Cornel West (http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com) learned in 2011 during their highly visible poverty tour. Cornell West, who supported the President in 2008, has been the most vocal [...]
Editor’s Note: The following is a response to remarks by D.L. Hughley from Dr. Sharon Washington. -M.P. “I’ve never met an angrier group of people. Like Black women are angry just in general. Angry all the time…” D.L. Hughley The stereotype of the “angry black woman” is a product of a historically situated fear coming [...]
A week after President Obama gave a lackluster performance at the first presidential debate, he assesses his own performance. In remarks on the Tom Joyner morning show today, the President said he was “just too polite” in how he dealt with Mitt Romney. I am glad that the president analyzed why the media said he [...]