Universally Speaking The State of Black America The state of Black America depends entirely on your personal perspective. I believe those residing in the middle-to-high income brackets have a more optimistic view of the state of Black America than those in the low-to-very-low income brackets catching holy hell.  The numbers indicate we have more families […]

Universally Speaking Black Leaders Must Come Together In spite of the conditions that we face (and there are many), Black Americans are the greatest people in modern history. Why? Because Black people have been through so much and continue to face threats directed only for them (the Black man is targeted). Yet, the black man […]

Universally Speaking Black Leaders Must Come Together The Black community has a new enemy. It has a new fight requiring a new approach. We are not living in the pre-60s days where Blacks were legally and openly denied equal access into American society and it was clear the system was extremely oppressive and unfair to […]

Universally Speaking Last week in Part II, I shared my basic premise regarding the Black leadership we require: • IF YOU’RE NOT DEMANDING THAT WE OVERCOME INDIVIDUALISM, TRIBALISM, AND A FALSE SENSE OF THINKING THAT “I” OR “MY” ORGANIZATION CAN SAVE MY PEOPLE AND THAT YOU’RE DOING ALL YOU CAN TO ORGANIZE AND UNITE OUR […]

Universally Speaking Message to the Community Every community, people, or group needs leadership, especially in the United States of America where only the strongest will survive.  If you don’t have leadership, you will fall behind and others will overtake you in the economic race.  American leadership can be seen at so many levels, including, but […]

Universally Speaking Message to the Community Brothers and sisters, we have work to do and no one will do it for us. If we are to achieve what we want, we have to earn it. Earning it requires taking one step at a time. There are no shortcuts. We cannot erase our reality of being […]

Universally Speaking We Must Defend His Leadership with Actions – Part 2 Only sixty years removed from emancipation, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia to a “middle” class Black family. He was the son of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. Dr. […]

Universally Speaking We Must Defend His Leadership with Actions – Part 1 As we continue to honor the birth of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and head into Black History Month, we must truly reflect on Dr. King’s life, sacrifices and leadership in the pursuit of freedom, justice and equality for all of humanity, […]

Universally Speaking Message to the Black Community “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” (Ben Franklin Quote – At the signing of the Declaration of Independence) If the American founders had not been united in their rebellion, England would have surely executed them one by one. However, because they remained […]

Universally Speaking Message to the Black Community Excerpts from the Black National Anthem: Thou who has by Thy might Led us into the light Keep us forever in the path, we pray Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, […]