It’s an unprecedented mass ceremony at the White House that will correct decades of racial prejudice. President Barack Obama, perhaps pondering his legacy as America’s…
A friend from Chicago, a black female physician, had a sobering conversation with her three school-age sons days before a Florida jury failed to convict…
Claudia Alves, the principal of Poulsbo Elementary School in Poulsbo, Washington, should be fired for using the N-word to describe African Americans while teaching her…
President Barack Obama is not interested in playing golf with Republicans. But he does want to play hardball. Sitting inside the White House several hours…
RABAT, Morocco — The aroma of Arabic spices hung in the air as we ambled through the winding maze of markets in downtown Rabat. Speaking…
I met Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa on November 14, 1991. We met one year after Mandela was released from serving 27 years in…
I hope Bill Cosby is successful with his new media venture because prime-time television needs a strong family-values program now more than ever. Cosby, 72,…
It’s called the “Knockout Game,” a violent and deadly amusement for teenagers who identify an unsuspecting victim and deliver a cold-hearted sucker punch that is…
Roland Martin talks with BlackAmericaWeb Senior Political Correspondent and co-host of “Keeping it Real with Rev. Al Sharpton”, Michael H. Cottman, about affordable health care…
With the sudden resignation of NAACP president Ben Jealous, the search is on for a new leader. BlackAmericaWeb.com’s Senior Political Correspondent, Michael H. Cottman, recently…
Eight-year-old Donald Maiden Jr. is lying in a Dallas hospital with a gunshot wound to his face. Donald, who is black, had just celebrated his…
President Barack Obama met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus Monday in a critical effort to gain their support for his plan to attack…
