Hello everyone,

My last post announced my first grandchild, a boy. He is absolutely awesome and a joy to have. Today I am announcing the arrival of my first granddaughter. She is so beautiful. I am so grateful for my grandchildren and a legacy that I could not wait to share. I know I've been inactive for a while, but trust me when I say, it was well worth the absense. Blessings to you all.

Dreams - by Angenita Williams

I stood at the copy machine, pressed the printer code, and put the pages in the feeder. I punched in the quantity and pressed start. I watched the feeder snatch the paper…

By Scotty Reid

In the Fall of 2009 in Caswell County, North Carolina, two African American elementary school aged children were walking down a road with another child when they were allegedly fired upon with a shotgun by John Fugua, a white male who neighbors say yelled racial slurs at the children.…

Funding Our Children’s Future

For several years now, I have been greatly disturbed by the apparent economic stagnation that continues to inflict our communities.  The economic indicators of unemployment, homelessness, illiteracy, etc. are all staggering as they relate to African Americans compared to other races and ethnic groups.

Education is touted as the propulsion to success.  Yet, hundreds of African American men and women graduate each year with college degrees…

Who decides what is and what is not Black History? Who has given us our guidance on what to celebrate and who deserves to be celebrated? It seems to me that pages have been ripped from the volumes of Black History that are of significant relevance. Many African Americans and the rest of America continue to ignore, mismanage and misunderstand their history. In doing so they deprive future generations.…

Can you be a Social Conservative, actually understand and believe in the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights? It’s not imaginable nor is it practically realistic from my vantage point. Social Conservatism by definition addresses social behavior as encouraged or dictated by the people and the government. This is absolutely and completely contrary to what America’s founding ideals require of us. Social Conservatism in America is an…

In spite of what the nation may be repeatedly told by revisionist historians, former president Ronald Reagan was not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. In fact, some (like me) would characterize him as a terrible president! In truth, I remember him to be somewhat of a dunce. The greatest difference between Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Ronald Reagan is that Governor Walker is both a bully and a dunce! Governor Walker is fixated on…