“A Return to Kemet!”
During the first week of this month, I was blessed, once again, to lead the study tour to Kemet. Do you know where Kemet is? Do you know what Kemet is?
I ask because I found out when my fifth book was published that most people did not know the Akan [...]
On July 14th, 2010, I leave Kemet to head to Ghana, Togo and Benin. I have just finished leading a two week study tour here and now I head further south into the continent of Africa to lead another study tour in three more African countries.
Our annual study tours are offered to expose African [...]
Chris Hedges and I were given honorary doctorates by The Starr King School of Ministry in Berkely, California last year. I had long and most refreshing conversations with Chris and got to learn a lot about him from listening to the story of his fascinationg life (his personal life and his professional life).
I [...]
I read Tim’s book, “Colorblind” earler this year and was in awe (once again) of his critical insights and his keen analysis. This latest post below gives the reader another glimpse of Tim’s genius!
Oh, by the way, for my “haters,”…Tim is one of my Jewish friends and supporters.
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By Tim Wise
July 10, 2010
Prominent white conservatives [...]
I recently preached in Tallahassee, Florida and I was blessed to have one of my mentors come to hear me one night. (Dr. Na’im Akbar). He purchased a copy of my latest book and then he sent me a note which I am posting below.
Dr Akbar is one of the founders of the Association [...]
Henry Louis Gates wrote an OP-ED for the New York Times which caused several African Americans in several different disciplines to respond forcefully and thoughtfully to Dr. Gates. The Response is printed below.
Setting the Record Straight
A Response to Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
We, the undersigned, take strong exception to the Op-Ed, “Ending the Slavery Blame-Game,” [...]
Carlos Dews is a professor of English Literature and Chairman of the Department of English Language and Literature at John Cabot University in Rome. He writes as a white man raised in a climate of racism here in the United States.
He also writes as a person who has resisted racism and still fights it [...]
I was attacked recently in a blog by a Black man who attends church in Detroit where I was conducting a revival. Another member of that congregation saw the blog and wrote the following tribute to me in response to the attack.
Enjoy!
TRIBUTE TO REVEREND DR. JEREMIAH A. WRIGHT
FROM
DR. WILLIAM A. JACKSON
RESPECT and LOVE
Dr. Wright, [...]
Dr. Barbara Ransby has written a powerful response to Skip Gates’ OP-ED New York Times piece stating that we should “get-over” slavery. Dr. Eddie Glaude has posted Dr. Ransby’s response on the Twitter page of the Center for African American Studies. It is an awesome response!
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Dear friends and colleagues,
Attached please find an [...]
I recently preached the Installation Service for Rev. Dr. Marcus Small in Norfolk, Virginia. A racist Tea Party person (who calls herself a journalist)came to the service and ripped me and my sermon because of her limited understanding of the Black Religious Tradition, Black Worship and Black preaching.
I sent the vicious derogatory “article” to [...]