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BC Editorial Board Member Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD (JulianneMalveaux.com) is former dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at Cal State, the Honorary Co- Chair of the Social Action Commission of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and serves on the boards of the Economic Policy Institute as well as The Recreation Wish List Committee of Washington, DC. Her latest book is Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy. A native San Franciscan, she is the President and owner of Economic Education a 501 c-3 non-profit headquartered in Washington, D.C. During her time as the 15th President of Bennett College for Women, Dr. Malveaux was the architect of exciting and innovative transformation at America’s oldest historically black college for women. Contact Dr. Malveaux and BC.
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Brittany Martin was harshly treated and given an unfairly lengthy sentence because she was a Black woman who chose to stand up for her rights, including her right to protest.
The 45th President is in the news again, facing indictments in New York and Georgia for criminal behavior regarding illegally paying a porn star (New York)…
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In our very divided nation, volunteers remind us that we can come together for the common good of our communities. It doesn’t matter if volunteer firefighters are Democrats or Republicans. It matters that they’ve stepped up to serve.
The recent disgraceful derailment of the Norfolk Southern train in Palestine, Ohio, resulted from predatory capitalism on steroids. Railroads, given free land, have exploited the communities…
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The Superbowl was, in some ways, a celebration of African American History. But Black folks can’t celebrate our history with others offering resistance and backlash.
African American history was celebrated at this year’s Super Bowl. It was the first time that two Black quarterbacks faced off against each other. Jalen Hurts…
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White resistance to Black progress must be met by Black resistance to ignorance. That is our challenge this Black History Month.
Each year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) sets a theme for Black History Month. This year the theme is…
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One of the ways we continue the struggle is to ensure that everyone who sings “the Black Birthday song” realizes that the song is a tribute to Dr. King and was part of the struggle that was waged to make his birthday a national holiday.
Just four days after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the inveterate warrior, Congressman John Conyers Jr. (D-MI), introduced legislation to…
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It’s easy to do the Monday-morning quarterbacking about the midterm election. The process of making the Democratic Party more responsive to Black people is more challenging.
To let the pollsters tell it, Democrats were going to get a “drubbing” or a “shellacking” just like the one President Barack Obama experienced in 2010…
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It’s too much for some to discuss in “polite society” but not too much to practice.
In Los Angeles, City Council President Nury Martinez resigned both her Council Presidency and later her seat after someone leaked vile racist sentiments that she shared…
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The issue of Black maternal health care is tackled in the film, Aftershock,
Did you know that Black women are three or four times more likely to die from childbirth complications than white women? Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL), who…
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How long will it take for you to get colonialism out of you?
I had the privilege of attending and addressing the All African Diaspora Summit at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. Convened by Dr. Edward Bush,…
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