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 […]
Ferguson still living in the past
Posted at ST. Louis American on February 25, 2016 Loretta Lynch, head of the Department of Justice, responded to Ferguson city officials with a law suit and a provocative statement. Claiming the DOJ changes would be too costly to the city, Ferguson city officials chose to spend millions of taxpayers’ dollars to fight the […]