Before Barack Obama, Colin Powell, and Martin Luther King, Jr., there was Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. — the most celebrated and controversial black politician of his generation. An astute businessman known as “Mr. Civil Rights,” he represented Harlem for twenty-four years in the House of Representatives. He was a man of the cloth and a … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2013
HBCU Politics™ Histolitics: Kwame Nkrumah’s 1961 I Speak Of Freedom
By Kwame Nkrumah (President of Ghana 1951-66) For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent. The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyedby the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to “civilise”Africa. Under this cloak, the Europeans robbed the continent ofvast riches and inflicted unimaginable suffering on the Africanpeople. All … Continue reading
The Savior Complex – African America’s Addiction To Leaders And Not Leadership
By William A. Foster, IV A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. – Leo Tzu We’ve all heard or debated this question at some point in time or another. Who do you consider the African American leader … Continue reading
US Senators By HBCU State Directory – 113th Congress
BREAKDOWN: 46 Senators 22 Democrats & 24 Republicans 8 states are split Republican/Democrat 8 states are all Republican 7 states are all Democrats The three classes of the Senate were then specified by Article I, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution: Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall … Continue reading
