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A Warrior for Freedom

By Connie F. Smith-Lindsey, Guest Contributor, Oh Freedom, Oh Freedom And before I’ll be a slave I’d be buried in my grave  And go home to my lord and be free From Brown Chapel A.M.E. […]

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Rep. John Lewis

By Edelia Dr. Jay Carthan, Contributing Writer, John Lewis was only 21 years-old in the famous mugshot seen around the world when he was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for using a restroom labeled “whites only.” […]

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Commentary: The Boy from Troy

By Emmitt Hayes Jr., Guest Contributor, ‘The boy from Troy’ are words of Martin Luther King Jr.; a playful set of words, loaded with pride. John Lewis was such a regular looking fellow, so unassuming […]

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A coast-to-coast protest

Amid a season of peaceful protests and angry riots erupting across the country and globe in response to the death of George Floyd, one man was quietly taking action for different cause in a different […]