On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union shocked America with the successful launch of Sputnik I, the first man-made object launched into Earth orbit. The 20th century quickly became passé.
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Restoring the relevancy of National Conference of Black Mayors
In May 2013, I was honored to be elected president of the National Conference of Black Mayors (NCBM), an organization that has a strong and storied history.
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Zimmerman’s murder trial should be a slamdunk for the prosecution
If you can imagine a scene in Sanford, Fla., on the rainy night of Feb. 26, 2012, when the Sanford police were called to a scene where a young Black man was standing with his hands up with a holstered gun and a young White man lay dead on the ground, do you think the immediate outcome would have been the same?
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Black graduates with STEM degrees being undercut by U.S.
Over last weekend, young people watched or read about President Obama speaking at Morehouse College and first lady Michelle Obama addressing the graduates of Bowie State University. Hopefully, they were inspired by seeing so many young and gifted people finishing the course they chose to follow. Well, here is a little known set of facts.