Gavin Newsom Yanks Support for Harold Ford, Jr. Over Gay Marriage Flack

Last week, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom withdrew his support of a S.F. fundraiser for Congressman Harold Ford Jr., who is running for Senate in Tennessee.
“San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who has become one of the nation’s most visible champions of gay marriage, has withdrawn his support as honorary co-chair of a campaign fundraiser for [...]

Nikki G Pens Childrens Book About Rosa Parks

Grade 3-5–Rosa Parks’s personal story moves quickly into a summary of the Civil Rights movement in this striking picture book. Parks is introduced in idealized terms. She cares for her ill mother and is married to one of the best barbers in the county. Sewing in an alterations department, Rosa Parks was the best seamstress. [...]

"The Gender Politics of Interracial Relationships: Black Women and Family Approval"

BlackProf.com, a site operated by three black professors, looks at the dynamic of black women in interracial relationships. BP analyzes the particular inner and outer pressures that black women in interracial relationships face.
“Many Black women married to White men worried that the stereotypes of Black men as sexually promiscuous would affect how their White partners’ [...]