"Fisher of Men:" Can The Church "Catch" Black Men?

“The alienation of African-American men from the churches of their communities is perhaps the single greatest tragedy facing black America. “While 75 percent of the mosque is male, 75 percent of the black church is female,” laments Jawanza Kunjufu, author of Adam Where Are You?: Why Most Black Men Don’t Go to Church. It wasn’t [...]

Stokely Carmichael AKA Kwame Ture

One of the most enigmatic leaders of the Civil Rights Movement was Howard University student and SNCC leader Stokely Carmichael. Born in the Carribean and raised in New York, Carmichael, a gifted speaker, first came to prominence during the extremely dangerous Freedom Rides. Carmichael worked closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders, but [...]

Sorrow Songs: The African American Spiritual

“The spiritual is celebrated in American culture and beyond. It is the source from which gospel, jazz, blues, and hip-hop evolved. It was born in the American South, created by slaves, bards whose names history never recorded. The organizing concept of this music is not the melody of Europe, but the rhythm of Africa. And [...]