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By Lucius Gantt Why does it seem like we’re oftentimes hurt by the people we love? Perhaps, because it’s true. How many times have...
OSCAR BLAYTON: The Qualified Immunity Of Whiteness
by Oscar Blayton, Esq.The systemic racism in the American criminal justice system is obvious to all who care to see it. And one of its...
TGR: Black Community Cornerstones
By Lucius Gantt I hope Gantt Report readers enjoyed the Juneteenth and July 4th holidays. I hope my people did more than eat, drink...
Stimulus Aid to Cities Presents an Opportunity to Fight Crime with Summer Jobs
“The Harlem Youth Action Project was a city-funded attempt to keep some of the smarter kids off the street … the next time I...
THE GANTT REPORT, by Lucius Gantt I hope all of The Gantt Report fathers enjoyed a pleasant and peaceful Father’s Day. There are some...
THE GANTT REPORT, by Lucius GanttI hope all of The Gantt Report fathers enjoyed a pleasant and peaceful Father’s Day. There are some devilish...
Two racist officials of the Hudson, Ohio, Memorial Day celebration tried to sabotage a Black history message being delivered by the keynote speaker during a remembrance ceremony this year. The speaker, a...
The Black Press: Our Trusted Messenger
EDITORIAL by Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint
Sometimes it's necessary to be reminded who we are and who our friends...
Too many Americans love their losers! They love the soldiers, the officers and the generals of the despicable Confederacy. They love their criminals, their...
by Oscar Blayton, Esq.Centennials are usually celebratory affairs. Marking the passing of 100 years since a significant event, by its nature, can occur only once. For this reason, it is no surprise that people take these opportunities to conduct parades, give speeches and enjoy a hearty, self-administered pat on the back. But when the significant event 100 years in the past is one of mass murder and a glaring manifestation of the race hatred that has been endemic in America since its founding, centennials take on a different significance.Revisiting a horrific event such as the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on its 100th anniversary brings with it a need for reflection that does not generate self-congratulation. Rather, it requires a measurement and evaluation of the quality of progress – or lack of progress – in improving race relations and ensuring equal justice for all people that is promised in the Constitution.For months, in anticipation of the Tulsa race massacre centennial, accounts of that...



