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Support African American businesses and save
A national statistic shows 90-percent of the dollars spent by African Americans go to businesses that are not African American owned or invested
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Haiti: 1 Year Later
In Haiti, a lot has happened in one year, but not for the better. Here is a brief look at what is happening now.
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[Video] Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
If you’ve never seen the full speech before or, if you haven’t seen it in awhile and you’re looking for a little inspiration… watch the video
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Make MLK Day a Day of Service
On a day when America is recognizing one of our great civil servants, let’s consider taking the opportunity to serve our communities as well. The message is Make MLK Day a day ON.
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Schools in GA, NC, and SC open on MLK Day to make up snow closings
A decision to use the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to make up a snow day in Georgia and the Carolinas has infuriated civil rights leaders, who say the districts are insulting the civil rights icon.
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Republican school board in N.C. seeks to abolish integration
The situation unfolding here in some ways represents a first foray of tea party conservatives shaping a public school system.
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TSU Alum is Knoxville’s 1st Black Mayor
Brown, a native Knoxvillian and graduate of Austin High school and Tennessee State University, is retired from the U.S. Postal Service. He’s also a Vietnam War veteran.