1045 – Black Commentator

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Silencing Stigma With Awareness – Video of speech

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member and Columnist, The Reverend Irene Monroe is an ordained minister, motivational speaker and she speaks for a sector of society that is frequently invisible. Rev. Monroe does a weekly Monday segment, “All Revved Up!” on WGBH (89.7 FM), on Boston Public Radio and a weekly Friday segment “The Take” on New…

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member and Columnist, The Reverend Irene Monroe is an ordained minister, motivational speaker and she speaks for a sector of society that is…

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Cartoon

Trump’s Tanks

By Mark Hurwitt

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Color of Law

States Are Underfunding Land-Grant HBCUs, but What Can We Do About It?

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

States consistently meet the one-to-one funding requirements for predominantly white 1862 land-grant colleges and often exceed them, even as they defund 1890 HBCUs in the same state.

Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are severely underfunded and lacking in resources compared to their white counterparts. HBCUs find themselves in a paradox as they…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

United States of White People: Just Give Them the Damn Country Already

By Desi Cortez Columnist

America talks of liberty and justice, but most of its history is one long, vicious walk in the other direction.

Please recognize this commentary is penned by a Weary Witness to White Fragility who is sick n’ tired of being sick n’ tired of White folks’…

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Commentary

We Need the Joy of Black Music Month

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

African American Music Appreciation Month ought to remind us of those early musicians who took spoons to pots to create a beat, or those gospel singers who invoked the sweet chariot coming forth to carry me home. It ought to lift subterfuge, how we used hidden meaning in songs to communicate.

Dyana Williams, Kenny Gamble and Ed Wright founded Black Music Month in June 1979. Also known as African American music Appreciation Month, it was first officially…

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Commentary

Right Wing Stops Santa Ono’s Bid for President of the University of Florida

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

They are attacking higher education with a viciousness not seen since the McCarthy era.

Santa J. Ono recently received an opportunity to serve as president of the University of Florida. It was a position for which the university’s board of…

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