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Deliverance
For most of us, the routine of our lives centers on our work. Our daily rhythms, how we define ourselves and the commitment of our time and talent are bound to the work that we pursue. Except for the entrepreneurs…
What is Africa to Me?
Title taken from the poem Heritage by Countee Cullen This place is, at once, welcoming and entirely foreign to me. I landed at an unassuming but functional airport, moved effortlessly through customs, gathered my baggage and walked out into a…
A Man Unbound
What occurred at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 shook the nation to its core because it occurred among innocent people in pursuit of the very best in themselves in a sacred…
All Those Hide and Seek Faces Peeling With Freudian Dreams
Color is not a human or personal reality; it is a political reality James Baldwin The Fire Next Time In 1948, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Ray Sprigle published an article entitled, “I was a Negro in the South for 30…
The Possibilities Within: Re-Imagining Leadership Potential at HBCUs
There is a rock poised across our path, but together we can move it. Ousmane Sembe`ne God’s Bits of Wood. The Meeting There is a persistent narrative about historically black colleges and universities that is devastatingly pessimistic and foreboding….
What Happens to a Dream Deferred…
My voice has been silence these past several weeks as the nation has been consumed by the events in Ferguson, Missouri and New York City. I have imagined that I have little to contribute to the chorus of political and…
In Celebration and Gratitude…
This is by far my favorite time of the year. The wonderfully vivid colors of fall have given way to the haunting barrenness of winter and the realization that another year approaches an end. From my window, I look upon…
Locked Hair Is…
In 1995, my dear friend and colleague, the late Dr. Rudolph P. Byrd, and I decided to lock our hair. This was a fairly radical decision for both of us as we were two academicians firmly situated at well-known and…
Hallelujah…
Singing hallelujah everywhere does not prove piety. African proverb We sat, as old friends often do, reconnecting and reaffirming our nearly 35 years of friendship. When he told me he read my blogs I was thrilled and honored as he…