Seventy two years ago, a determined group of Black educators made a decision that would set the course for 27 predominantly black colleges and universities in the midst of their fight for survival —caught between the vicissitudes of a racist country and a student body predominantly poor and underserved by what passed for “separate but […]
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Epilog: After they “cave,” then what? The Gift is Announced In 2014, UNCF announced the fifth largest gift in its history (the $1.5 billion Gates Foundation gift is undisputed number one and destined to remain that way) — a $25 million gift, $18 million of it scholarship aid. Considering that over 90% of UNCF […]
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What follows is one chapter in an unfinished history of the United Negro College Fund (which now goes by its acronym UNCF) told from the perspective of a young white woman who became the director of the Fund’s direct mail program in 1974. I was that young white woman and fascinated with the story behind […]
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All Hail the Return of the Mighty Gods of Baseball Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville – mighty Casey has struck out. Ernest Lawrence Thayer (Published in […]
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“As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns; the ones we do know we don’t know.” Bush Sec. Def. Donald Rumsfeld 2/12/2002 […]
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2016 promises to be a remarkable year. The election in November, the new president in, the current president out — well not exactly. The “old” president will be preparing the traditional defense of his presidency in the form of a doorstopper (AKA book) dumping fairy dust over his more nefarious policies and generally giving high […]
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Written as a response to the prospect of the White House becoming a Clinton Family outpost, this article uncovers the blueprint Clinton loyalists hope will propel the Diva into the White House. For openers, let’s take a peek at the loyal opposition. As an antidote to the Clinton brand of overweening ambition, phony claims, and […]
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In this short story, we pay homage to an Obama volunteer. No one special, not a heavy roller, not a paid pro, not part of the inner circle, just an ordinary Josephine who was the quintessential pigeon in the Obama shell game. How many tens of thousands of Josephines did Obama use and abuse? Their […]
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HITS AND MYTHS Making of the President 2016 — The Primary Season in Overdrive “If elections were that effective, they’d be illegal” [Emma Goldman who played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy and supported women’s rights and other social causes in the early 20th century. The US deported her to Russia […]
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