Today marked the opening of the Equal Justice Initiative’s (EJI) Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice. The 11,000-square-foot Legacy Museum is built on the site of a former warehouse where enslaved black...
Category - Race
Racist Starbucks Incident Was Wrong, Even If It Was Legal
A recent incident at a Philadelphia Starbucks is being defended because the behavior–while...
From Dr. King to Stephon Clark: Coming to Terms with My Own...
As we spend the month of April observing the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Dr...
#TimesUp For What?
As I watched the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards last night, I was struck by something. While so...
Black Alabama Voters Reject Trump’s “Make America Great...
Ever since Donald Trump introduced the phrase, “Make America Great Again,” I and many others have...
A War on Racism?
When will we as a nation develop the social, moral, or political resolve to declare a “war on...
Charleston Shootings: Reflections of an AME Minister – 2.0
After posting a previous blog on the Charleston shootings, I decided to offer another set of...
Charleston Shootings: Reflections of an AME Minister
Just one week after the Charleston shootings of the “Emanuel Nine,” worshippers gathered again for...
Inaugural Speech in Honor of a King
On the day in which America honors the memory and vision of the slain civil rights leader, Martin...