Dear Reader, after a MONSTER summer cold, I am back to posting regularly. This time, I want to talk about Reconstruction and why we need to revisit it. And I’m also going to shamelessly plug one of my new books. Dear Reader, thank you for stopping by once again. I…

Every now and then, I have to do something technical. I don’t like it, the students don’t like it, and class seems to linger. But writing is work; sometimes we have to roll up our sleeves and tackle the not-so-exciting portions. I am a published writer. But I have a…

The Supreme Court recently dismantled federal protection for a safe abortion, and remanded that power to the states. The states gave America Black Code Laws and after Reconstruction, they gave America Jim Crow. Dear Reader, thank you for dropping in if you are new. If you are a return reader…

As a long-term college instructor, I am accustomed to the weekend beginning on Thursday. I don’t know about you, but I like to go into my weekends a little light-hearted. We can get back to work when Monday morning comes. By the way, I do not own the copyright or…

At the close of slavery, a new system, equally degrading and pernicious in its effects, took its place. Of course Black people resisted a system that resembled European serfdom and restricted their full participation in America’s democracy. When white men found that resistance formidable, they did what was easy: they…

We have just seen a very difficult ruling by the Supreme Court. Today, I am looking back through history at Ida B. Wells and her other fight with white feminists and conservative women. Most people know Ida B. Wells-Barnett for her anti-lynching crusade. Her pamphlet Red Record and the many…

Okay, I have talked about family. I have talked about school. This week, I want to talk about Black folk and work. Most of us work between white supremacists and Black narcissists. That’s bad enough, but to compound the problem, Black folk are entering arenas where we have not been…

Our young people have been taught that all things ignorant, poor, “country,” stupid, backwards, behind, and bad about Black people begin and end in Mississippi. Then, they are sent to various colleges and universities in Mississippi with absolutely no grounding in real African American history or the significance of certain…

Reader, I told you that I would be back with Part II of this blog. Now, it took me a little longer than expected, but I am back. And as promised, I will address Toni Morrison. …