In the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos made a public statement about the America that they lived in, loved and competed for. After winning the gold and bronze medal respectively, Smith and Carlos bowed their heads and...
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He was a “thug.” He has a criminal record. He should have just done what the kind officer told him to do. She shouldn’t have mouthed off at him. They shouldn’t have run away. The toy gun really looked real. He shouldn’t have fought back against the unidentified neighborhood watchman. There are...
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On Sunday evening, television star and activist Jesse Williams gave a riveting speech at the BET Awards on racial equality that set all media outlets ablaze. It was a thoughtful, poetic and heartfelt treatise of the frustration that people of color feel in light of...
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What an amazing weekend! Between my wife LaVera's incredible Women's Event at the Heights and the incredible opportunity to preach at my home church, First Baptist Church of Glenarden, I'm reflecting on the leadership lessons God has taught me in the past few days. If...
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