By: Olajumoke Obayanju—Sr. Director, National Racial Equity Initiative for Social Justice, CBCF George Floyd should still be alive. Until we become radically honest with the callousness of policing in the […]
Read More“CBCF Perspectives” OPINION: True Heritage?
As the recent tragedy involving the mass shooting of nine African Americans while attending Bible study in Charleston, South Carolina continues to plague the hearts of millions, the shooter has been in photographs proudly honoring the Confederate Battle Flag.
Read MoreCBCF President Responds to Removal of Confederate Battle Flag from South Carolina Statehouse
A. Shuanise Washington, president and chief executive officer of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF) today released the following statement on the South Carolina legislature’s decision to remove the Confederate battle flag from statehouse grounds.
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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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreCBCF President: Remove Confederate Flag from South Carolina Statehouse
A. Shuanise Washington, president and chief executive officer of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF), today released the following statement about the confederate flag, which hangs at the South Carolina statehouse.
Read More“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.
Read MoreCBCF Releases Statement on the Arrest in the Charleston Church Shooting
A. Shuanise Washington, president and chief executive officer of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF), today released the following statement on the arrest of Dylann Roof, accused of shooting and killing nine parishioners inside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.
Read More“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?
Read MoreCBCF Statement in Response to Charges Filed Against Six Baltimore Police Officers in the Death of Freddie Gray
A. Shuanise Washington, the president and chief executive officer of the Congressional Black Caucus, Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF), today released the following statement after Baltimore’s chief prosecutor charged six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray.
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