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  • Slavery Reparations: Past Overdue

     The annals of history are stained by an undeniable era of darkness; though the genocide remains unspoken, trivialized and sanitized – Africans and persons of color were the victims of an unimaginable holocaust that spanned 400 years costing between 50 and 100 million lives.Cities and villages were burned and razed, cultural treasures and technological contributions were ravaged and destroyed; a continent was raped – her youth and potential stolen, her resources exploited, a history was erased and a people denied their purpose and worth.Born royalty, princes and princesses were stripped of their birthright, and they with their people robbed of God’s priceless gifts of freedom, dreams and aspirations.More

  • Della Griffin: Jazz and R&B Pioneer (Part 2)

     ~Continued from Part 1~There was also another story behind Della Griffin’s longevity at the Blue Book club. For some reason her integrity was tested when a sizeable sum of cash was left in the women’s bathroom that she used before and/or after performances. She did not take it.More

  • Della Griffin: Jazz and R&B Pioneer (Part 1)

     Della Griffin, a legendary jazz singer and one of the first female drummers, was born the 19th child out of 20 on June 12, 1925 in Newbury, South Carolina to William and Mary Gilliam. Though born in the south, Della Griffin grew up in Jamaica, Queens, NY.As a child, Della Griffin took an early interest in entertainment.More

  • The Color Stigma: Still a Reality in 21st Century America

     “I have low self-esteem cuz I’m dark skinned [and] that’s not accepted in the black community. I mean I’m not bad lookin’. I have hair past my shoulders [and] I can dress my tail off!More

  • Selena: A Life Remembered (Part 1)

     Selena Quintanilla-Perez, now an icon in Tejano and mainstream Latino, Texas and pop culture, was born on April 16, 1971 to Abraham (II) and Marcella Quintanilla at Freeport Community Hospital, just outside their hometown of Lake Jackson, a small Texas community of 23,000, 75 miles from Houston. At the time of Selena's birth, the Quintanillas had two other children, Abraham (A.B.More

  • Selena: A Life Remembered (Part 2)

     ~Continued from Part 1~As Selena's popularity grew placing additional demands on the band (e.g. travel), Abraham removed Selena from the 8th grade, drawing immediate unwarranted criticism.More

  • The Time for Hydrogen Cars is Now

     A serious effort to reduce dependency on oil requires a rapid conversion to the use of hydrogen to power vehicles. While the fuel cell concept in which water is split into hydrogen and oxygen and then passes through a fuel cell to create electricity to run an electric motor remains distant and cost prohibitive, a simpler solution based on existing technology already exists.Furthermore, until advances are made using water and solar energy (and why not also wind turbines beneath the hood to harness the energy created by moving vehicles?More

  • My 7-Point Peace Plan for the Middle East

     With the Middle East gripped by another war in which the direct combatants are deliberately targeting each other's civilians and civilian infrastructure resulting in mounting casualties, it is imperative that the violence be halted as soon as possible. Accordingly the United States must rediscover impartiality and join with the international community in demanding an immediate end to the violence especially since with each hour it continues, more people fall victim and the risks of economic disruption and recession including to the global economy (from rising oil prices and the increasing cost of rebuilding), disease and famine grow along with hardened emotions of hate.At the same time, the United Nations (UN), which has remained powerless to date, must enact immediate constructive reforms to end its paralysis.More

  • Rwanda Rises from the Ashes

     Despite the carnage and bloodshed during the 1994 Hutu-led genocidal frenzy, Rwanda, is now a peaceful country of 8 million that has made remarkable strides. In doing so, the country has overcome great odds and become a model of good governance, democracy, reconciliation, and hope.The horrible events, though “well-planned, over a long period”[1] and waiting to be implemented as state-run radio urged, began on April 6, 1994 when the plane carrying Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu and Burundi’s President Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down just outside of Kigali.More

  • 2006 Elections: Democratic Republic of Congo's Best and Last Hope?

     With democratic and free elections, the first since 1965, only weeks away, it is imperative that the citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) exercise courage and determination to ensure the vote’s success. A grassroots government with a strong mandate is the only realistic hope of bringing peace, reconciliation, economic success, and improved standards of life to the citizens of the DRC.Under the auspices of an interim government led by pragmatic President Joseph Kabila, violence that had racked the nation from 1996-2002 known as “Africa’s first world war” that saw the direct military involvement of Uganda, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, Chad, and Sudan at one time or another, has more or less subsided.More