By Maxine Johnson Wood, Ed.D., Special to the AFRO Martin Luther King Jr.’s national holiday was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. It was first observed in 1985, and has remained significant in that only one other American–George Washington– has been honored in this way. The annual observance provides opportunities for diverse
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*It has become really cumbersome for a Black American woman to prove she has been injured or abused. Few people are willing to believe, support, or protect Black women. The shooting of Megan Thee Stallion further exposed just how lightly the matter of Black women’s vulnerability is treated. She generally received no moral support, even
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*On today’s Social Heat we kick off with the story of the bronze sculpture commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday in Boston. However, a lot of folks are NOT feeling it. And that’s putting it mildly. The $10 million sculpture, titled “The Embrace,” was unveiled at a public ceremony in the Boston Commons on
*(CNN) — In a 1993 interview with The Paris Review about her writing practice, Toni Morrison spoke of how she achieved the literary feat that is her novel “Jazz.” “I thought of myself as like the jazz musician — someone who practices and practices and practices in order to be able to invent and to