Hangin’ out with the AMEs

Being totally immersed in AME space last weekend took me back to my first substantive encounter with the African Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. C. Garnett Hennings. Rev. Hennings was a dominant figure in the faith community during the 1980s as well as in the broader social justice movement. He was involved in many community issues […]

Hosted by the Black Archives

I was back in Kansas City for a second book signing, this one hosted by the Black Archives of Mid-America. The Black Archives was the vision of a fellow Central classmate Horace Peterson III who founded it in 1974. BA is now located in the historic 18th & Vine District, a stone’s throw from my […]

A Different Kind of Club

Note: This column has been corrected since it was first published on this blog on March 15, 2016. From the Battlefield-BlackCommentator.com, March 10, 2016 “If you want to hear the truth, you must let the suffering speak.” This was the quote by Cornel West that Cephus Johnson led off with at the “Testimonies of Love, Loss […]