Nearly a half century after the Supreme Court knocked out school segregation in its Brown vs. Board of Education ruling, black and…

For decades federal prisons were repositories for a relatively small number of mostly white, white-collar embezzlers, tax cheats, racketeers, and swindlers. But…

In his stage days, comedian turned political activist Dick Gregory liked to crack that whites kill themselves by leaping from a tall…

If nothing else George Bush Jr.’s recess appointment of Gerald Reynolds as assistant secretary of education for civil rights proved that he…

Film critics, industry flaks, and even some black entertainers have tumbled over themselves shouting the praises of Hollywood for picking three blacks…

This should have ended the issue. But it hasn’t. The NAACP now says it will rev-up the boycott again until state officials…

Two years ago, the NAACP galvanized a horde of politicians, college and professional athletes, black frats and sororities, hip-hop, rock and movie…

In his recent weekly radio address commemorating Black History Month, President Bush promised major hikes in funding for historically black colleges. The…

In a January feature story on big shot corporate black executives, Newsweek strongly hints that more blacks than ever have cracked the…

When I saw the title of Randall Kennedy’s book, Nigger, I immediately thought of a conversation I had with my son some…