Breaking Barriers
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Overcoming any obstacle is much easier and certainly more pleasant when you have people by your side to provide support and encouragement. They are likely to see […]
Category: Editorial/Opinion
An Open Letter to Bishop Gregory Palmer
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column In the June 19 Sunday edition of the Toledo Blade, there is a story wherein it is reported that, due to the divisive issue of homosexuality in the United […]
Juneteenth Day … So What … Big Deal!
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column Excuse me if I do not get goose bumps over celebrating Juneteenth Day. You know, the date, or is it the month (?) that slaves in west Texas were […]
Stony the Road
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget these. […]
Same Folks with Different Strokes
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor One of the prices that we paid for integration was the disintegration of the black community. – Ed Smith Black Republicans are running for public office […]
Racial Violence, Hate Crimes, and “Us”
Editorial By John E. Warren, PhD, Publisher The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint The recent slaughter of Black people at the TOPS Grocery Store in Buffalo, New York carries a number of messages for those […]
The Darkening of America
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?…THE SHADOW DO!” Remember hearing that somber and somewhat spooky phrase growing up? It was a cautionary line to inform […]
Sequestering Our Annoyances
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor We’re asking cops to do too much in this country…. Every societal failure we put it off on the cops to solve…. Policing was never meant […]
Reclaiming “The Block”
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Once it was humming with vitality. It was the center of black entrepreneurship, stores, restaurants, and taverns. This was a black empowerment zone. And then it […]
What’s Going On, Fifty-One Years Later
By Anthony Bouyer, PhD Guest Column Several years ago in 2019, I wrote an op-ed titled Tears of The Village addressing why so many Black males are killing each other. I discussed If you are […]