by Shirley Franklin BloggingWhileBlue Neighbor Charles Ramsey asked the screaming woman, “Can I help?” The actions of neighbor Charles Ramsey helped police discover three Ohio women who vanished as teenagers about a decade ago. Police have arrested the homeowner Ariel Castro, 52, a former school bus driver and his brothers in connection with the abductions. In another [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com When President Barack Obama speaks Sunday at the 129th commencement of Morehouse College, the president of the school, Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr., will be beaming with pride as the nation’s first Black president addresses the nation’s only college dedicated to educating primarily Black men. But when the speech is done and the [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com When it came to championing media diversity as the right thing to do, Al Neuharth was one of the few white male media executives who “got it.” No, he isn’t like many of the guys today who make broad pronouncements, organize special panels and commissions to tout business-related reasons for [...]
Source: Detroit Free Press O: ________ RE: Commencement Speech Dear ________ Congratulations! We here at ______ University would like to invite you to be our commencement speaker. This, as you know, is a great honor. You would join the ranks of ______ last year and ______ the year before and also _______, who was going [...]
by Roland S. Martin Special to TheShadowLeague.com I used to love baseball. No, not “like,” really, really love it. As a kid I was a star pitcher and first baseman for a Little League team called the Padres. My brother played in the older division for the Pirates. We used to play countless games of catch in [...]
by Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com It is always important to look back on historical moments in history and remember how it was and reflect on those who made it possible. But it is also vital to continue having a forward-looking vision that connects the past with the present. When veterans of the civil rights [...]
by Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com If you listen to the groupthink echo-chamber know-it-alls in Washington, the Republican Party has been decimated, destroyed, discombobulated and utterly distressed to the point of putting a “going out of business” sign out front and closing up shop for good. Reality says that’s ridiculous. On the national level, the [...]
by Dedrick Muhammad Economic Department of the NAACP Last week, Bloomberg Businessweek magazine released its latest issue to much-deserved uproar and outrage. On its cover, the magazine featured Jim Crow-esque caricatures that portrayed people of color as money hungry and implicitly suggested that they will cause a future housing bubble. Unfortunately, this offensive image is [...]
by Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com In the age of rapidly shortening attention spans and the mass media hopping from one story to the next, it is fairly remarkable that the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, one year ago Tuesday, continues to resonate in the consciousness of many Americans. Most of this is because of [...]
by Jesse Williams Special to CNN Films such as “Django Unchained” carry with them an uncommonly high concentration of influence and opportunity. Due to the scarcity of diverse and inspiring representations on screen, Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie casts a longer shadow than many are willing to acknowledge. In a recent interview with UK Channel 4, Tarantino stated [...]
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