By Donal Ware, boxtorow.com It’s the same old story when it comes to HBCUs and the NFL Draft. Jackson State cornerback Isaiah Bolden was the only HBCU player taken in this year’s NFL Draft. He was taken in the last round (seventh), 245th overall, by the New England Patriots. That makes a total of seven […]
Lack of HBCU players drafted into NFL is getting old Read More »
Photo caption: US Capitol Building Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) had a tumultuous election to his post as House Speaker in January. It took him 15 votes and innumerable compromises to secure his position tenuously. The deal he agreed to allows any House member to call his leadership into question, voting him out at the drop of
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It has been announced that Red Table Talk (RTT), hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, is being canceled. For some reason, there are people who have garnered a lot of hatred from the Black community; unfortunately, Jada is one of them. As a result, many people were happy about the news. (Note: what they tend to
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Dr. Daniel Black is the esteemed professor of African American Studies and English at historic Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College. Dr. Black stated while speaking with the inimitable Dr. Greg Carr that, “there is a difference between change and transformation.” Change is swapping out one entity like a container for another slightly different container.
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Life is complicated. Rules and practices designed to elevate some, suppress others. Qualifications to attain aspirations and expectations are spelled out in plain terms. But even when complied with to the letter, guidelines won’t always render promised rewards. When Blacks get in the game, rules change; the goal post shifts. It’s frustrating. The last thing
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Despite the rate of inflation slowing from last year’s 40-year high, elevated household costs still plague most families. Findings from recent reports from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the New York Federal Reserve help illuminate the top financial concerns of consumers. Congress requires CFPB to monitor and regularly publish reports on key credit
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Photo caption: The Civil War, African American ‘contrabands’ (escaped slaves), at Foller’s house, Cumberland Landing, Virginia, James F. Gibson, 1862 By Stephanie Gadlin, Special to the Crusader/Inland Foundation Fellow For most Black Americans, the question of reparations isn’t a matter of should the United States pay damages done (structural racism, systemic oppression, and the legacy of
Reparations: Who pays and how much – Part II Read More »
America is apparently changing, and not in a good way! We seem to be going back to the past, to what was known as the wild, wild west, only this time lawlessness is engulfing the whole country instead of a few western states. Americans have been proud to point to our society as a paragon
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“We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late. …This may well be mankind’s last chance to choose between chaos or community.” –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We cringed. At the sight of somebody’s mama—purse slung over one
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The Bible teaches us that life and death lie within the power of the tongue. In the secular vernacular, we learned that the pen is mightier than the sword. It has been true forever and will remain an unmitigated fact that words are the most powerful force of influence in intelligent society. Why was it
The less Blacks are involved in national dialogue, the weaker our influence Read More »
