Editorials

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times In the solace of a Birmingham jail in April 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. penned what many consider “one of the greatest documents ever written by an American.” […]

A Message From The  Publisher | By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. As we witness the unfolding of Donald Trump’s latest wave of executive actions and policy directives, it’s clear his agenda disproportionately threatens marginalized communities, including […]

At last, America’s most provocative political voice for Blacks and other people of color is coming to the world wide web! Gantt Report editor, Lucius Gantt, began his distinguished career as a teenager when he […]

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | Birmingham Times – With the dawn of spring, we normally look at or can visibly see areas of our lives that need a little dusting off. In actuality, the new season […]

A Message From The Publisher: 14 For God does speak—now one way, now another— though no one perceives it. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they […]

by E. Faye Williams | There is something in this country about not being a white male gets you blamed for being a racist if you complain about them! I know before I write, I will be accused […]

The case has drawn comparisons to the infamous 1984 incident involving Bernhard Goetz, a white man who shot four Black teenagers on a New York City subway after claiming he believed they were trying to […]

By Lucius Gantt | God has always used messengers to inform his children about the truth. When Jesus said he was the Messiah few people believed him.        Today when Black men and Black women […]

By Ben Jealous | It was my last year as national president of the NAACP, at the end of 2013 Image Awards. I was with my dear friend Louis Gossett, Jr., the actor and activist who […]