Don't Forget the Climb to the Mountaintop

January 12, 2012

Youth must know the histories of freedom struggles beyond MLK and Mandela, says a civil rights vet.  

The African National Congress Turns 100

South Africa's ruling party has much to fete and more to consider, says Charlayne Hunter-Gault.

Is South Africa Putting a Gag on Its People?

That's what an ANC-backed national-security bill would do, says writer Charlayne Hunter-Gault.

Revolution in Tunisia and the African Media

Tunisia, the source and inspiration of the Arab Spring, recently witnessed a milestone in the maturity of African media, Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Trevor Ncube of the African Media Initiative blog at All Africa.

Celebrating Nelson Mandela at 93

He set a standard of conduct to which leaders of any age should aspire.

Why Michelle Obama's Africa Trip Matters

For young women emerging from apartheid, a highly successful woman is an inspiration.

In Defense of South Africa

The young democracy has real problems with crime and corruption, but calling it "dysfunctional" is a vast exaggeration.

Arguing About Race in South Africa

A rare public debate between two top government officials puts the spotlight on the relationship between blacks and "coloureds."

The Night I Met Lena Horne

I was coping with being the first black woman at the University of Georgia when my sorority president took me to dinner with "friends."

Haiti: When Words Fail, Let Hope Prevail

A lesson in faith that could help Haiti.

What Iran Can Learn from the Civil Rights Movement

June 25, 2009

I was struck when, in commenting on the unrest in Iran, Barack Obama invoked Martin Luther King, repeating the borrowed line that King made famous: “The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.”  Because already, as I watched the demonstrations in Iran, my mind took me back to the days of King and the students of about the same age as many of those in the streets in Tehran.