Aram Goudsouzian – Bizot Family Professor of History, University of Memphis In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of …
About 87% of nonprofit CEOs in the U.S. were white in 2019, down from 90% in 2016. Similarly, roughly 78% of nonprofit board members were white in 2019, down from 84% …
George B. Cunningham – Professor of Sport Management, Texas A&M University A couple of weeks after the close of the National Football League’s regular season, there is just one Black …
Anthony Siracusa – Senior Director of Inclusive Culture and Initiatives, University of Colorado Boulder On July 2, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. stood behind President Lyndon Baines Johnson as the …
P. Pratap Kumar – Emeritus Professor, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Nata Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu has died at the age of 90. Archbishop Tutu earned the …
Race is an issue that’s always simmering below the surface in South Africa. One of the ugliest aspects of the recent wave of looting and violence was the killing of people based on their …
By Rae Ellen Bichell and Cara Anthony Alphonso Harried recently came across a newspaper clipping about his grandfather receiving his 1,000th dialysis treatment. His grandfather later died — at a dialysis center — …
The tipping point for Dr. Paula Braveman came when a longtime patient of hers at a community clinic in San Francisco’s Mission District slipped past the front desk and knocked …
John A. Tures – Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College When Rev. Raphael Warnock prevailed in the special election on Jan. 5, he was the first African American from Georgia to win …