The Equal Justice Initiative
The Transformational Agenda Magazine 26th Edition Inspirational Healing Bryan Stevenson, an extraordinary Black Man in Montgomery, Alabama has birthed a magnificent organization: The Equal Justice...
A Tribute to My Grandma
(And Perhaps Yours, Too) Today I am here to celebrate the life and legacy of Mrs. Joanne Taylor Lovelace. She was my “Grandma” and today...
Meet The 63rd Black Woman With A Physics Ph.D. In American History
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a 32-year-old theoretical astrophysicist. Her academic home is arguably the nation’s most elite physics department, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
David Oyelowo: I won’t play a ‘black best friend,’ other black stereotypes
When David Oyelowo’s parents told him that he had a royal background, he dismissed their claims as fairy tales – until he moved to Nigeria...
Juneteenth: 150 Years Ago, Black America Got Its Own Independence Day
What better way to celebrate the start of summer than marking the day when the last slaves in the nation gained their freedom?
Black Union Soldier Finally Honored Almost 100 Years After Death
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A runaway slave who joined the Union Army during the Civil War and lost a leg after being wounded in battle...
Rings Fit for a Nubian Queen Tell a Deeper Story
Image of the Week: The royal rings for Kentake Amanishakheto may have served as part of the crown jewels worn during the initiation rites held...
Happy X Day? The Case Against a Federal Holiday for Malcolm X
Several scholars agree that a federal holiday would sanitize the legacy of a leader who fought fearlessly against state-sanctioned violence, imperialism and white supremacy.
Cicely Tyson, Oprah Winfrey Recognize African American Achievements In TV During Paley Center Tribute
The Paley Center for Media hosted a star-studded event Thursday evening celebrating the 35th anniversary of BET’s launch, as well as the groundbreaking achievements of...
Rethink Everything!
Full Graphics Love Black As a people we do whacky self-destructive things to one another, as if we hate one another; and often constantly berate...
I Saw… I Cried
I Saw I Cried Click to view this article in its original format as it appeared in The Transformational Agenda Magazine Inspired by From Here...
The Educational Guidebook
We, as African Americans, constantly preach the importance of education and its benefits, but we don’t demand academic excellence from our children or ourselves. While...
20 Years Later
Let us examine our status 20 years in the future: people always ask me how it is that African-Americans were able to turn their stuff...
An Epic Un-Civil War
Many of us are blind to it, deaf to it, refuse to speak of it. Its battlements and ramparts are our homes and community centers,...
Willie Lynch
… The Slave Consultant Gentlemen, I greet you here on the bank of the James River in the year of our Lord one thousand seven...
Cliff’s Notes
Authored by: Cliff Kodero, based on questions Kenndra Roberts has always wanted to ask Like a blind man seeing himself in the mirror for the...