It all began innocently enough. Joan Marie Ledgerwood was born to Mary (Creel) and Howard Ledgerwood at the University ...

There is nothing more dangerous to the dominant status quo than solidarity. Yet solidarity appears to be almost impossible to ...

It would be remiss to survey grievance narratives without reference to Donald Trump precisely because his grand claims of ...

With his furious docu-essay I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck caused a stir in 2016. The film about African-American writer James Baldwin and the Civil Rights Movement not only put the Haitian-born Peck ...

In the US, a beard was often seen as a symbol of the Abolitionist movement. John Brown sported one. So did John C. Frémont, the anti-slavery Republican who lost the 1856 presidential election. Abraham ...

This documentary relocates its subject at the nexus of ANC truth-and-reconciliation hearings, Jim Crow laws and New York ...

Life has become exponentially nuanced and complex, navigated now in the shadows between light and dark, not the extremes of black and white. The US still moves the pieces, but no longer alone.

Promise. There's a plethora of talent and ingenuity that comes out of the Black community, so if you want your wardrobe (or beauty routine!) to look fresh and trend-setting, these are the ...

The co-founder of Apple empire, Steve Jobs, according to his biographer Walter Isaacson, is reported to have been chanting ...

A new biography of Laurence Gronlund, a long-forgotten yet pivotal Marxian propagandist, sheds light on the rich complexities ...

Anyone aiming to understand folk musician Pete Seeger and his undying belief that music can make the world a better place should read this Inquirer essay from 1998.

The face of Miss Liberty is changing. On her radiant visage, the world is beginning to see the scowl of a John Rambo.