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Atlanta and the Powers That Be
When I moved from Los Angeles to Atlanta in 1994, a good friend and colleague told me that I would love the city. ”You’re going to love it here,” he said. ”Just remember one thing. When you leave [the city limits of] Atlanta, you’re in Georgia.” He was right on both counts. I did love…
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The Mandelas, Obama, Tavis and Black Expectations
It may have seemed that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was talking out of both sides of her mouth or being “two-faced” as one South African newspaper blasted her for publicly criticizing her ex-husband, Nelson. But in fact, much of what she said was true—regardless of which face it came from. Some might have felt the way listening…
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Meeting Mandela
Twenty years ago, I was in Cape Town, South Africa covering the release of Nelson Mandela for TIME Magazine. It was one of the highlights of my journalistic career. Just hours after this great man walked out of Victor Verster Prison, I was sitting in the Cape Town City Hall just a few feet away…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
