THE BROOKS BLACKBOARD: Race, Politics & Social Change

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                                   Photo credit: LBJ Library photo by Cecil Stoughton                                    As President B...

The Sixties is well acknowledged as a period of transformative and fundamental change in America, especially as a time when race assumed a m...

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Part II On the national political scene, 2013 opened up with President Obama ready to start his second term while Republicans gathered to d...

As you know by now, the great poet Amiri Baraka has joined the ancestors. In A Nation within a Nation, author Komozi Woodard eloquently wrot...

I just want to take a moment to send Happy New Year wishes to everyone. I want to personally thank everyone who took the time to visit The ...

Although 2013 is behind us now – let’s take a look at some of the more critical issues and developments that occurred during the year. The B...

By Charles Brooks Since Hillary Clinton stepped down as Secretary of State in February 2013, a groundswell of support has emerged enco...

As you know by now, Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95 years old. I want to share links about Madiba that I tweeted out last night. Th...