'The Central Park Five' Examines Race and Social Injustice
Meet Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Korey Wise, Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana, Jr. Like Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin and the Jena Six, the five...
South Africa: Malema to Appear in Court This Week
News 24 is reporting that former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema will appear in court this Tuesday in South Africa to face charges...
Somalia’s First Formal Musical Event in 25 Years
Phil Moore of Al Jazeera is reporting that Somalia held its first formal musical performances in more than 25 years last week. The festival, held...
Somalia's First Formal Musical Event in 25 Years
Phil Moore of Al Jazeera is reporting that Somalia held its first formal musical performances in more than 25 years last week. The festival, held...
Akosua Report: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
“What with the range of ideology, religious belief, political commitment and background, age, and experience, something interesting was always going on. Because no matter...
Towson Univ Prof Talks Student Response to Threat of White ‘Patrol’
I teach African American literature at Towson University. Every semester, I try to make relevant the varied stories—fiction and nonfiction—of our recent and distant...
Towson Univ Prof Talks Student Response to Threat of White 'Patrol'
I teach African American literature at Towson University. Every semester, I try to make relevant the varied stories—fiction and nonfiction—of our recent and distant...
UN Votes on Landmark Arms Trade Regulation Treaty
Colum Lynch of The Washington Post is reporting that the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday voted in favor of a new and landmark...
Akosua Report: Wangari Muta Maathai
I kept stumbling and falling and stumbling and falling as I searched for the good. 'Why?' I asked myself. Now I believe that I...
U.S.: American Tennis Association at Forefront of African-American Tennis
With Serena and Venus Williams, Sloane Stephens and a number of other black tennis players currently fighting for titles on both the WTA and...
