(NNPA) - Speaking at the recent conference of the Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement in Jackson, Miss., I constantly ran into questions and comments drawing comparisons to the racial harassment faced by civil workers in the 1960s and what is occurring today

I began my career as nurse in 1960, only to be fired on my first day because I didn't stand up for a doctor.

(NNPA) - Cable television's largest movie channel, HBO, has proudly shown two fictitious (they want you to believe it is a documentary) classics about World War II. Despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of African Americans gave their blood, sweat and tears to this noble challenge these shows are void of any Black participation.

(NNPA) - Two recent decisions by school boards in North Carolina are local signs of a troubling national trend towards resegregation in public schools.

While I was cooking dinner for my four children, my son Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover excused himself and went to his room. When I checked on him, I imagined he would be doing his homework or playing video games. Instead, he was hanging from an extension cord tied around his neck. He was only 11 years old.

The board of the Mental Health Association of Portland do not endorse the tactics taken this evening by protesters in the streets of downtown Portland. But we understand the anger of tonight's protesters and we understand where it started.

"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman." To the 220 members of Congress who voted yes for health care reform on Sunday, the citizens of the United States at long last say thank you for representing our desires, thank you for representing our needs and thank you for representing the will of the people.

When President Abraham Lincoln created the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1862 he referred to it as the People's Department. The problem is that its services have never been available to all the people.

If anyone thought the inauguration of Barack Obama as president heralded the end of racism in America, they should look no further than the tea party rallies held this weekend. The racial slogans and the mocking signs show how far we still have to go.

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – It finally passed. The health care bill for which President Barack Obama has vehemently fought almost since Day One at the White House has finally passed both houses of Congress and was headed to his desk for his signature this week.