Moving Backward: Resegregation in America’s Public Schools
This spring will mark the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court decision of 1954 on public …
She’ll Put a Spell On You
This remembrance yesterday from the St. Louis American of one of the truly great artists of our times, or any other: “Wishing …
What Makes a Classic?
Long before I had any direct encounters with peoples of different racial and ethnic backgrounds, music was my doorway to worlds otherwise …
Like Lightning from Heaven
“In our world today there are some prophets like John the baptizer, who are spectacular. They prepare our hearts to see Jesus. …
The Christ Child is Born, Another Black Child is Dead
Yes, my title is provocative, but not gratuitously so. If you call yourself a Christian, it seems to me, you cannot ignore …
“Are You Walkin’ with Us?”
November is Black Catholic History month. While teaching a new course on “The Black Catholic Experience” this semester, the one thing that’s …
Singing the Forgotten Mother Tongue
This semester I’m teaching a new course called “The Black Catholic Experience.” One of my students in the class, Jon, plays jazz …
Coming of Age in America? The Dream Fifty Years Later*
While the blogosphere has been lit up with discussion of Miley Cyrus’s and Robin Thicke’s Video Music Awards spectacle – a sad …
Where Do We Go From Here?
It’s been several weeks since the Zimmerman verdict and I can’t escape the feeling that race discourse in America has gone nowhere …
“To Boldly Go…”: The Next Generation
Editor’s Note: I am delighted to share another dispatch from Mr. Randy Gamble of Memphis, Tennessee. I especially appreciate Randy’s observations about …
