Oswald Copeland

MA’KIYAH WHITE, 7th GradePimlico Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore MD. It became the essence of the civil rights movement in America, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., veered from his prepared speech, to utter the above. He did not see the dream fulfilled; he was assassinated in 1968. “YOU’LL BE FREE OR DIE” were the […]

In case you did not know, I was “blown away” when I researched the origins of “DOO WOP” music and found out that it came out of Black Gospel. Young men who loved to sing but could not afford instruments. What started in Chicago spread across the Eastern seaboard including Baltimore. Many referred to the

Have you ever heard of the Black Panthers as a group in Maryland? My memory goes back to Huey Newton, H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael. None from Maryland.  Last week I received an invitation to meet PAUL COATES, a BLACK PANTHER, born in Philadelphia, but made his name in Baltimore Maryland. In fact, he became

It has been a while since I saw Misty Copeland. Remember her? The only black ballerina in recent history, who kept her figure lithesome, that her thighs can almost touch her chin with a high kick. The woman who caught Superstar Prince (PURPLE RAIN) off-guard, he forgot all the others surrounding him. I saw her

It is possibly one of the smallest seeds found in the science of agricultural studies, but its power when developed is magnificent. The master of all humankind (JESUS) made reference to its power, as he was ministering. Today, mustard transcends all cultures, from the hot dog with ketchup and mustard, to fine dining. Mustard can

Listening to a talk show on a local university radio station. The caller is criticizing the governor of Maryland, claiming he is not an African American, because he has Cuban and Panamanian blood. Has this caller looked at Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Borak Obama? Why do African Americans keep

Since 2019, AI (artificial intelligence) has reframed our lives. If it were hard to “tell the truth” AI is making life more miserable than facing a pandemic. “Gladys Knight is dead” “the Supreme Court said Trump can be prosecuted after he leaves office”. Neither of those statements are true, but they can be found on

She stood there like a majestic black bird ready to take flight. Her eyes surveyed the surroundings, before her arms elevated from her sides. She was about to soar! Was it for joy, or find a new prey that she can slay? I came to find out, she has been making these flights for over

What happens if you are a baby boomer, (born after World War 2, 1945 to 55), and you hear The Kings of Soul are coming to Baltimore Md.?You pick up your cell phone, (the dial- up days are gone), calling your girlfriends, who are still alive, hoping to relive your youth once more. Maybe you

The Egyptian empire was around 3100 BCE. The Pharaohs fought with Moses and lost. Then came the Assyrians, the Medes, conquered by the Greeks in 800 BCE. Greek mythology was the embodiment of a lifestyle quite similar to any to be named: Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, Islam, even Christianity. What if a Rabbi was heard