Charles J. Evans

As another February drifts further and further away from the memory of our people, as the reflections on Dr. King and Malcolm X begin to fade away, as we move forward from our moments of marvel at the journey up from the plantations of slavery to the oval office of the White House, I for…

For a few years now, I have been debating many of my friends who attend or attended HBCUs on whether or not consolidation of these schools was a realistic option in the future. Overwhelmingly, the response was a resounding, “NO”. Brothers and sisters cited several strong reasons, the loss of heritage, the blow to alumni,…

Friday, June 27th, marks the 67th birthday of Kwame Ture (formerly known as Stokely Carmichael), who joined our ancestors on November 15th, 1998 following complications related to prostate cancer. Ture was an organizer, an activist, a leader, and a Pan Africanist in the truest sense of the words. At a time when our people were…