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COMMENTARY: Black No More

Miles Jaye, Texas Metro News Contributor April 21, 2022

It is worth noting that recounting the horrors of slavery, remembering heroes of the civil rights movement, along with a few 19th and 20th century inventors, athletes and entertainers, in no way sufficiently pays proper tribute to the totality of our past. Only by passing down our complete stories and sharing the fullness of our heritage do we properly honor our ancestors and history, a history that long predates the 17th century in North, South and Central America and the Caribbean. We were Africans long before becoming New Yorkers, Jamaicans, Brazilians, Haitians, Cubans or Puerto Ricans.

Julianne Malveaux

What A Difference A Day Makes

Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire ContributorFebruary 18, 2021

The symbolism was stunning, but it was far more critical that President Biden hit the ground running, and he did. He signed 17 executive orders, reversing some of the most onerous declarations of his predecessor. He dissolved the 1776 Commission, an odious truth-erasing propaganda body charged with developing “patriotic education.” Replete with lies, peppered with quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln, neither of whom would have cosigned the report, the previous administration had the utter audacity to release this madness on Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday holiday. One of the final slaps in the face from the deranged “leader.”

Op-Ed Opinion

Let’s Talk About Depression in the Black Community

Lekeisha A. Sumner, PhD, ABPPSeptember 20, 2018

African Americans experience high levels of stress and may be especially likely to experience serious depression