Stories by William Jelani Cobb
A North Carolina high school is still teaching that American slaves were happy and carefree willing servants.
Posted on Jan 5, 2005, Source: Africana.com
In the grand tradition of Booker T. Washington, author John McWhorter is either a conservative or a sellout, not that there's much of a difference.
Posted on Nov 30, 2004, Source: Africana.com
Terror – and specifically racial terrorism – in America has roots almost as old as the country itself.
Posted on Sep 23, 2004, Source: Africana.com
Colin Powell is simultaneously the most powerful black man in the world and the least influential Secretary of State in modern history – How did it come to this?
Posted on Jul 30, 2004, Source: Africana.com
We have at last reached the point where black politicians have earned the right to be just as dubious and questionable as their white counterparts.
Posted on Apr 13, 2004, Source: Africana.com
The specter of black men having sex with white women has been utilized to justify everything from lynching to segregation. The case of one scholar-athlete in Georgia shows that old racial habits die hard.
Posted on Mar 16, 2004, Source: Africana.com
That Paul Robeson is being honored with a stamp in the current era of repression and political paranoia is the height of historical irony.
Posted on Feb 26, 2004, Source: AlterNet
That Paul Robeson is being honored with a stamp in the current era of repression and political paranoia is the height of historical irony.
Posted on Feb 24, 2004, Source: Africana.com
During centuries of enslavement, love and marriage were radical acts -- which is why it's such a shame that today's culture fails to celebrate black love.
Posted on Feb 12, 2004, Source: Africana.com
Basra's more than the center of Iraq's oil industry; it's the center of a centuries-old history of African influence.
Posted on Dec 14, 2003, Source: Africana.com
Understanding Al Sharpton's standing as a reputed black leader requires an understanding of recent history. Understanding Sharpton the Presidential candidate requires delving a bit further into the past.
Posted on Nov 13, 2003, Source: Africana.com
The media hype over the white rapper obscures the fact that he is not all that significant to hip hop, but merely a case of epidermal novelty.
Posted on Jan 31, 2003, Source: The Progressive
