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Had the stars been aligned differently, Allen Iverson could have been just another young black man who had a run-in with the law. Instead, the story of his rise to prominence represents the point of intersection between the Civil Rights era and the hip-hop generation. For this reason, combined with his ability and willingness to always be true to himself without care for how his image is portrayed in the media, Iverson is the most interesting—and quite possibly the most important—athlete we’ve seen since Muhammad Ali.

My Image Studios to draw communities together; federal funding on tap

The Wire has always been more than a TV show to me. So when I read that it is also going to be the subject of a university course at Harvard, I Googled feverishly to get as much information as possible.

Film adaptations from black masterpieces -- and the Chitlin Circuit -- are rejuvenating America's Black Arts Movement.

As a rabid fan of 1980s NBA basketball, I was saddened to read last week that the friendship between Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas has evaporated and that Johnson has devoted a portion of his latest book "When the Game was Ours," written with Larry Bird, to trash Thomas.

We can debate this greatest rapper business from now until the end of time. Let's just say Jay-Z is the greatest hip-hop icon ever, and call it a day

This African proverb has words to live by: "If there is no enemy inside, the enemy outside can do you no harm." Where the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, better known as ACORN, is concerned, those words are close to a cautionary tale.

If Dr. Martin Luther King composed songs they may very well sound like Maxwell at his best

On Sunday, President Obama and his family will travel to Martha's Vineyard, a Massachusetts island, for some well earned rest and relaxation. In choosing the Vineyard, the first family is paying homage to a more than 50-year legacy of African-American vacationers.

As the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) holds its annual policy meeting this week and its annual conference approaches in September, the group will undoubtedly face the question that other perceived "old guard" black organizations like the NAACP and Urban League continue to face: Is the organization still relevant in the so-called Obama age?

Where African American athletes are concerned, Michael Vick and Vernon Forrest represent two sides of the same coin.

Just as alumni encourage their universities to pump dollars into various programs and university departments, black alumni need to encourage them to funnel resources into the community.

Just as alumni encourage their universities to pump dollars into various programs and university departments, black alumni need to encourage them to funnel resources into the community. The support of black alumni of universities cuts to the core of what 'Black Power' and personal responsibility can mean in the 21st century, with black people collectively using the resources at their disposal to help other black people succeed.

Given the sudden tragic death of Michael Jackson, I'm wondering if it is appropriate for President Obama to issue an official extended statement. I wouldn't pose such a question of a George W. Bush or even Bill Clinton, but it seems to me that the President's personal narrative may in fact call for such a statement. In fact in today's online Guardian, Joseph Harker draws parallels between Jackson and Obama. Some might call this comparison trite, but I certainly would not.

The comics have not been kind to African Americans.
Until very recently it was rare for comic strips or comic books to portray black characters as real human beings. Instead, most comic artists mocked African American characters as jungle creatures, or condescended to them as superstitious figures from minstrelsy, or—when feeling kindly—painted them as good servants. In this context, Roland Laird's Still I Rise is a rarity: it's a book-length graphic telling of African American history, from colonial days through Barack Obama's inauguration.

History is often a matter of perspective, but point of view is largely in the control of the politically and socially powerful. Reading “Still I Rise,” a graphic history of African Americans by Trentonians Roland Laird with his wife, Taneshia Nash Laird, the experience for at least this white reader was like a step into a different skin. The “facts,” if such things exist, were familiar, but their nuances were eye opening.

The Lairds and illustrator Bey have given us--all Americans--an enduring standard to meet, not merely as a teaching tool, but in sequential art storytelling.

Posro Media CEO Roland Laird appears on NBC Philadelphia's The 10! Show to talk about Still I Rise a Graphic History of African Americans. Click "Full Text" to see the video.