Peter Bailey is a man of note and distinction. The Black writer contends that: “Despite strong evidence to the contrary, many Blacks believe with all our hearts and souls that the path to equal rights, equal justice and equal opportunity…
Editorials
Opinion pieces, issue discussions, and discourse
Civil Rights Museum should be priority in Nashville
by William T. Robinson, Jr. •
The movie The Butler raised this question among a multitude of Nashvillians: Why doesn’t Nashville have a museum recognizing and honoring the contributions of Nashville in the Civil Rights Movement? Why do you have to go to other cities like…
Gloucester’s Rebellion — another lesson about our character
by Benjamin Todd Jealous •
Three hundred years before a multiracial coalition stormed Washington’s National Mall to demand equal rights and economic justice, the workingmen of Gloucester County, Va., made a stand of their own based on class, not race. We often ask whether Martin…
Let’s pray for our president
by William T. Robinson, Jr. •
We are living in turbulent times and decisions made by many nations may be detrimental to our well being or even our national security. Many decisions especially pertaining to the humanitarian treatment of innocent victims within some of these war…
50th anniversary of March on Washington — a farmer’s viewpoint
by John Boyd •
So much has been said on the anniversary of the March on Washington, an event made historic by the attendance of 250,000 hopeful Americans and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s poetic, immortal words that changed this country and the world. Yet,…
Getting ready for the third Reconstruction
by Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Columnist •
On August 27, 1963, the day before the historic March on Washington, one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century passed away in his exile home of Ghana. Having been driven out of the U.S.A. through the endless harassment…