Tag: African-American

There is a painting called Intent off the main lobby of Chicago's Union League Club, which I like a great deal. It's by Rene Romero Schuler, and it features a ...

"...The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there." ~Viola Davis after becoming the ...

My grade school teachers often told me, “Success is where preparation meets opportunity.” Over the years, I have shared this same mantra with my children, including my daughter.  My husband ...

Those who believe in the Law of Attraction say the more attention you give a subject, the larger it gets.  In one of his many programs on public television, Dr. ...

On August 21, 2015, two apologies appeared in the New York Times, which at first glance do not seem related, but in fact are. The first was from the Times’ ...

This is the photograph of Julian Bond I like best.  It is January 10, 1966.  Everyone but Julian is standing, their right hands raised as they take the oath of ...

There will be a feeding frenzy now.  The Big Fish has begun to bleed.  When the sharks have finished anything once thought good and honorable and right will be interred ...

Every Fourth of July weekend, millions of people make plans to go to the beach, barbeques, picnics and pop fire crackers, but here in New Orleans it’s all about the ...

As I write this, the pillorying of Rachel Dolezal has been wiped from the front pages by the tragic murder of nine innocents at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, ...

There is a pancake house in my area that has the brightest sign on the street. Electric blues, yellows and pinks flash across the screen advertising specials and hours of operation. ...