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George Curry

Can March on Washington’s Unity be Duplicated?

In five months, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. In 1963, the March was jointly called by the Civil...

A Southern Governor Breaks With the Past

There are some painful things from my childhood in segregated Tuscaloosa, Ala., that I will never forget. At the top of the list is...

Sequester Shows How the Rich are Treated Differently

F. Scott Fitzgerald got it right when he said the rich are different. We are witnessing that in the sequester fiasco and we heard...

Republicans Advance Discredited ‘Entitlement’ Lies

Even after the White House and Congress stagger to reach a last-minute deal to avert yet another budget crisis, there is a fundamental difference...

Lessons from Mark Essex and Christopher Dorner

Over a 43-year career in journalism, I have been blessed with some memorable experiences: I have covered presidential and vice presidential campaigns, I have...

Lil Wayne Insults the Memory of Emmett Till

The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 was a watershed moment, marking the beginning of the modern Civil Rights Movement. While visiting relatives...

Killing Black Teens – Literally

The death of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old honor student at King College Prep High School on Chicago’s South Side is finally receiving the national...

Black History Month by the Numbers

The US Census Bureau has released the following figures about Black America to coincide with African American History Month. I found them interesting enough...

Obama Races Away From the Issue of Race

When Barack Obama accepted his party's presidential nomination in Denver on August 28, 2008 – the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington where...

Hands Off Malia and Sasha Obama

Just when you think leaders of the National Rifle Association can't stoop any lower, they keep managing to plunge even deeper. This time, they...

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