“It’s the very first night in Cleveland, at an amphitheater. We’re talking about 7,000 brothers and sisters, and I was the only cracker there,”
Author Archives: Gregg Reese
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Saxophone titan Wayne Shorter transitions at 89
Wayne Shorter, the reed man whose fiery improvisations on soprano and tenor blazed original pathways
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Saxophone titan Wayne Shorter transitions at 89
Wayne Shorter, the reed man whose fiery improvisations on soprano and tenor blazed original pathways
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The mantra of Black empowerment
“I am in a deep love affair with my Blackness. I carry my Blackness with me everywhere I go, boldly, proudly, audaciously… unapologetically.” —from the opening of “BET ON BLACK: […]
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Mass murder and King Day —What does it all mean?
“Violence is a part of America’s culture. It is as American as cherry pie.” — Black separatist and civil rights activist Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, AKA H. “Rap” Brown in a […]
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Re-examining the Dream
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” — Inscription on the pedestal at the base of the Statue of Liberty, extracted from “The New […]
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Convergence
International basketball star and double Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner was arrested on Feb. 17 for possession of cannabis oil at the Moscow Airport. She was on her way to […]
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Random upsurge in right-wing insurgency proves there’s nothing new under the sun
America’s ongoing struggle with race added another, grisly episode this past weekend when 18-year-old Payton Gendron sprayed the parking lot and interior of a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, N.Y. […]
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History in the making
Our 46th President, Joseph R. Biden, has just passed his first anniversary in office, and with the retirement of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and the opportunity to appoint his successor, […]
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Convergence
International basketball star and double Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner was arrested on Feb. 17 for possession of cannabis oil at the Moscow Airport. She was on her way to […]
