Before Barack Obama ascended to the Executive Branch of our government, my favorite Black historical figure was not the one most would expect, say Frederick Douglass or George Washington Carver. It wasn't even Harriet Tubman, Booker T. Washington, or even Jackie Robinson. And no, it wasn't even Martin Luther King, the one who everyone these …
Mourn Through Action, Not Malaise
Yes, I do mourn for Jordan Davis. I mourn for the fact that yesterday would have been his 19th birthday. I mourn that Jordan Davis will never again walk this plane of existence, or be anything more than another dead body in a steadily rising count of victims in the wasteland that Florida has become …