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America’s Greatest Mental Illness

Thursday, June 18, 2015 is a day Charleston and the nation will never forget. While hosting bible study, Reverend Clementa Pinckney and eight parishioners were gruesomely murdered at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

On Charleston…a Petition for a Remedy of Apathy

To those who live in counties and cities all across the nation: I have a literal question. How many more of these types of incidents whether racial, gun violence related, or acts of terrorism?

The Disoriented Trilogy for the Black Male Manhood ~ Masculinity ~ Manliness

Imagine the total number of younger and older black males who lack awareness that the trilogy of manhood, masculinity and manliness even exist.

“CBCF Perspectives” OPINION: Remove the Confederate Flag from the South Carolina Statehouse

As a South Carolina native, this week’s shooting at Emanuel AME Church affected me profoundly and personally.

Dear Sister Rachel Dolezal

After watching your interview recently on the Today Show; I wanted to reach out to you in sisterly love; not sisterly love because you identify as “black”, but sisterly love; woman to woman; as an African woman.

Who Will Save our Boys? Public Policy or Personal Ownership?

I recently had the amazing opportunity to attend my first Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit in Atlanta, GA, a three-day business event tailored to both established business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.

“CBCF Perspectives” OPINION: CBCF Remembers the 61st Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

In May, the CBCF takes a moment to acknowledge the historic Brown v. Board ruling that ended the legal foundation for discrimination on May 17, 1954.

“CBCF Perspectives” OPINION: The Issue is Police Brutality, Not Rioting

The African-American body is undervalued and unappreciated in America. Even more so, the life of the African-American man, as precious as it is, is in constant danger of being eradicated. As I organized my thoughts to write this piece, I had to ask myself: Why exactly are you mad?

“CBCF Perspectives” OPINION: Law Enforcement and Communities of Color: Why Loretta Lynch Needs to be Confirmed

Every 28 hours a black man, woman, or child is killed by police or vigilante law enforcement. News accounts about this startling statistic have forced a national dialogue on the ongoing tension between law enforcement and communities of color.

A Reflection on Ferguson’s Shame

I've reviewed the detailed report by the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that was released on March 4, 2015.