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May 8, 2008

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Marriage Equality Movement Mother Dies – In Struggle Spotlight

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Rev. Irene Monroe is Mark’s guest Thursday, April 8, 2008 As the nation celebrates Mother’s Day this Sunday, let us as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans not forgot our mother of the marriage equality movement who died this week – Mildred Jeter Loving. There is no greater challenge before us than the issue…

Rev. Irene Monroe is Mark's guest Thursday, April 8, 2008 As the nation celebrates Mother’s Day this Sunday, let us as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and…

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Have You Seen Her? – Poetic Black Fusion

By Poet Blackman Preach Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)

next to God these women whom I credit will never let me fail. BlackCommentator.com Spoken Word Columnist, Poet Blackman Preach (Cedric T. Bolton), is a poet (spoken word artist) and producer, born in Pascagoula, Mississippi and raised in Paterson, New Jersey. Cedric received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Washington University and currently resides,…

next to God these women whom I credit will never let me fail. BlackCommentator.com Spoken Word Columnist, Poet Blackman Preach (Cedric T. Bolton), is a poet…

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I Get It from My Momma(s) – From the Fringe

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

BlackCommentator.com Columnist K. Danielle Edwards, a Nashville-based writer, poet and communications professional, seeks to make the world a better place, one decision and one action at a time. To her, parenting is a protest against the odds, and marriage is a living mantra for forward movement. Her work has appeared in MotherVerse Literary Journal, ParentingExpress,…

BlackCommentator.com Columnist K. Danielle Edwards, a Nashville-based writer, poet and communications professional, seeks to make the world a better place, one decision and one action at…

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A Tribute to My Mother on Mother’s Day – Worrill’s World

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

On this Mother’s Day, I will miss the physical presence of my mother. One of the revelations of which I am now firmly aware, is that although I physically look like may father, the major attributes of my personality, disposition, and attitude reflect the profound personality of my mother, Anna Belle. Therefore, on this Mother’s…

On this Mother’s Day, I will miss the physical presence of my mother. One of the revelations of which I am now firmly aware, is that…

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The Re-Education of Jay Leno: A Mother’s Day Reminder to Respect Black Women (and all Women) – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

In the context of comedy, we understand that comedy, like tragedy, has no limits. But as he found out a couple weeks ago, all Blacks aren’t like Kevin Eubanks – we don’t laugh at everything. So, here is where we begin the re-education of Jay Leno about black people, in general, and black women, in…

In the context of comedy, we understand that comedy, like tragedy, has no limits. But as he found out a couple weeks ago, all Blacks aren’t…

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Women, Race and Economic Security

By Shirley J. Wilcher

It will not come as a surprise to many African Americans that, as a group, we are less secure economically than our white counterparts. What few may know, however, is that African American women are hit harder by poverty in their senior years than most other groups, including African American men. In fact, elderly women…

It will not come as a surprise to many African Americans that, as a group, we are less secure economically than our white counterparts. What few…

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Ms. Burneice Avery: An Eight Mile Struggle – Smoke and Mirrors

By Lloyd Wynn Columnist

I would like to pay tribute to a woman who had a profound impact upon Blacks securing adequate housing in post-depression era Detroit. Burneice Avery’s name is probably not recognizable to those outside of Detroit or a majority of Motor City residents unless they have read historian, Thomas Sugrue’s “The Origin of the Urban Crisis”.…

I would like to pay tribute to a woman who had a profound impact upon Blacks securing adequate housing in post-depression era Detroit. Burneice Avery’s name…

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Rev. “Icarus”, the Obama Campaign & the Left – Think Piece

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The Greek myth is both simple and compelling. Daedalus, imprisoned on the island of Crete with his son (Icarus), fashioned wings made of feathers and wax in order for the two of them to fly to freedom. Daedalus warned Icarus, however, not to fly too close to the Sun because the wax would melt and…

The Greek myth is both simple and compelling. Daedalus, imprisoned on the island of Crete with his son (Icarus), fashioned wings made of feathers and wax…

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The Republicrats: A Plague on Both Their Houses – Keeping it Real

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member, Larry Pinkney, is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a former political prisoner and the only American to have successfully self-authored his civil/political rights case to the United Nations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In…

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member, Larry Pinkney, is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a…

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