Apr 8 2020
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There are five stages of grief, political or otherwise.
Lawrence Ross
alpha1906
Dec 26 2019
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In the Age of Trump, you can’t help be pessimistic about the future. There’s something nasty about this new age. A…
Jul 4 2019
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The Fourth of July, or the Fourth of You Lie as we black folks like to call it, is here again. And we’ll be…
Apr 1 2019
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It’s important for people to understand why it’s OK for Nipsey Hussle to be seen as a hero in South Los Angeles.…
Dec 26 2018
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When it comes to predicting the future, I tend to listen to the wisdom of the black women in my family. Grandmamas,…
Nov 28 2018
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“I write things for money.”
Jul 17 2018
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My grandfather, nicknamed Popeye because of his huge forearms, was a wheeler dealer decades before Mike ran off Edd (…
May 18 2018
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Back in 1999, right after our son Langston was born, something amazing happened. No, it wasn’t us realizing that…
Apr 3 2018
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Back in 1976, I used to beg my mom each morning to get me to school early, just so I could play an insane inner-city…
Feb 9 2018
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Why the hell do people buy old-ass cars from the 1960s? They cost too much, for one thing. They’re unreliable to…
Jan 15 2018
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My first real experience with the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. happened in 1980, just 12 years after his tragic…
Jun 20 2017
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Willie Wardell owns the Mighty Midget Mart Shell gas station, located at 4936 Albemarle Road in Charlotte, N.C., and…
Jun 20 2017
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I wanna make this clear: Iwi Fresh Garden Day Spa at 341 Nelson St. SW in Atlanta is one of the best black-owned…
Jun 18 2017
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Yeah, so lemme tell you about my trip to Greenville, S.C. My task was to find the Dr. Gibbs Tourist Home, located at…
Jun 18 2017
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In the 1957 Negro Motorist Green Book, the Connally Tourist Home is located just a block away from Morris Brown…
Jun 18 2017
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In the short time that I have to research these Green Book spots, the hardest ones tend to be those that were owned…
Jun 18 2017
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Another night on the road, another black-owned hotel stay. This time it was the Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta…
Jun 17 2017
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More chillin’ at a black-owned hotel! This one is the Residence Inn by Marriott Birmingham Downtown at the…
Jun 17 2017
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As I’ve noted over and over, I don’t know what I’ll find when I go to a Green Book location. Thousands of miles, a…