Stories by Akilah Monifa
Former professional football player Esera Tuaolo came out in October in a media blitz. But the real aftermath is being felt now with the homophobic reactions.
Posted on Nov 18, 2002, Source: News Watch
One hundred years after his birth and 35 years after his death, Langston Hughes, the 'Poet Laureate of the Negro Race,' remains a preeminent literary figure.
Posted on May 6, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Racial profiling in airports intensified after 9-11 in the name of heightened security, complicating things for non-white travellers.
Posted on Sep 24, 2001, Source: AlterNet
The new award-winning HBO movie, "Stranger Inside," does for women in prison what "The Sopranos" did for Jersey mobsters, and does it exceptionally well.
Posted on Jun 25, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Most folks are familiar with African-American History Month in February and Kwanzaa in December. But Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery, is the central event in African-American history.
Posted on Jun 18, 2001, Source: AlterNet
It's 2001 and African Americans still haven't received the reparations they were promised in 1865.
Posted on Jun 12, 2001, Source: AlterNet
A black woman reacts to the extraordinary buzz around Tim Wise's recent article about "whiteness" that raced across the internet like a virus, generated over 5,000 response emails, was posted on 300 listservs and made its way into the LA Times.
Posted on Mar 20, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Black History Month has grown into an excuse to sell commercial goods and ignore African Americans 11 months out of the year.
Posted on Feb 6, 2001, Source: AlterNet
