The United States is not a nation of black and white people. Any fool can see that white people are not really white, and that black people are not... →
Albert Murray
I have just one black and white photograph left of my mother when she was younger. She was 17 when it was taken and beautiful with wispy curls and... →
Liz Murray
An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered virus, nuclear war... →
Elon Musk
My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They sang with such passion and conviction. By the... →
Laura Mvula
Thinking back to boyhood days, I remember the bright sun on Harlem streets, the easy rhythms of black and brown bodies, the sounds of children... →
Walter Dean Myers
What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke... →
As a kid I didn't see black cowboys on the screen. What that said to me was that there were things I couldn't do or be because of my color.... →
I think that what we need to do is say, 'Reading is going to really affect your life.' You take a black man who doesn't have a job, but... →
Like the Negro League players, I traveled through the segregated south as a young man. Because I was black, I was denied service at many restaurants... →
Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their... →