
“Our union can be perfected,” Obama told the multitude gathered in Grant Park and the legions watching from New Orleans to Nairobi. “What we’ve already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.”
Six and a half decades after Robeson’s Othello debut, much has changed, and much has not. “The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery,” Robeson said in the biography “The Whole World in His Hands.” “I have made my choice.” We would all do well to follow the example of Paul Robeson.
Don’t be alarmed that minorities in America will constitute a majority in less than two generations. Instead, follow the money.
By Dedrick Muhammad, August 14, 2008
Despite the possibility of electing a black president, America still faces severe racial chasms.
Sen. Hillary Clinton has disgracefully pursued a disturbing strategy of racial opportunism.
It’s not time for black people to hit the mute button.
Progressive black critics of Sen. Barack Obama are facing a lot of criticism.