IN THE COMMUNITY – “I was raised in Lumberton, North Carolina”

  I was raised in apartheid Lumberton, North Carolina, Robeson County. I was naive of Confederate statues and flags that championed the defenders of the Confederate States of America. They were present and still are, but I was busy being an adolescent, unconcerned about such adult matters. I suffered […]

Trump, the NFL

When President Donald Trump urged NFL owners to “fire or suspend” protesting players at an Alabama rally on September 22, 2017, many wondered how the league’s players would respond entering Week 3 of the NFL season. Would the players kneel or stand? If players protested, […]

Cash gambles on Boone

The Yankees’ history has always deemed that if a manager does not win more than one World Series, his tenure is nearly as failed as one whose teams flirt with the bottom of the AL East. Which is why as incredible as the 2017 season, […]

Dr King’s lasting impact on equity in education

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s influence on the Civil Rights Movement is indisputable, but his fight for equity in education remains a mystery to some. That fight began with his own education.  “He clearly had an advanced, refined educational foundation from Booker T. Washington High […]