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Why Black History Month?
A white friend of mine told me his 9-year-old son asked him, “If February is Black History Month, then when is White History Month?” My friend replied, “The other 11 months.” That’s why I take...
Slice ’em
I watched a mixed martial arts event this weekend featuring street fighting legend Kimbo Slice. It was a featured live event on cable and drew a huge live audience in Miami. This form of combat...
Charlotte E. Ray: Beyond the Law
Sometimes there’s a heavy price to be paid for being an innovator. The greater the innovation, the greater the price to be paid. This is especially true for African-American women innovators, who not only braved...
A Fine Mess …
After watching part of the congressional hearings on drug and steroid use by professional athletes, I can only think of Oliver Hardy's complaint to Stan Laurel in so many of their comedies -- "It's a...
Care & Maintenance of the Over-50 Athlete: Core Fitness
When I was a kid, most of the fathers over 50 would settle into their sofas at night with a beer and watch TV. Until the remote was invented (the first was in 1950, from...
Dr. James West — Inventor of the Electret Microphone
In 1996, I published a book titled "Black Profiles in Courage." It was my take on American history that included the contributions of black Americans. In so many of our history books, the efforts of...
Bessie Coleman Helped Black Women Soar
The “friendly skies” of aviation have not always been that friendly to women pilots. Currently there are about 4,000 women airline pilots out of the nearly 80,000 male airline pilots. The first female airline pilot...
