I’m Back!

Finally settled here in Nashville. You'll recall, I was making a tour of the South when I discovered what a great place Nashville is. Since then I've done all the things (twisted all the arms) I needed to do to get to stay here for a while. Mission Accomplished — I'm now writing from [...]

Let’s NOT Support Black Strippers

Were you or anyone you know facing the charges the Duke Lacrosse players are facing you'd surely want the jury to know what a stripper's job description is. Most of us are aware that strippers are women whose "performance" includes activities such as "lap dances" — an exercise where the dancer sits in the customer's [...]

A Self-Contained Black Town

The area surrounding Tennessee State University (TSU) here in Nashville is for all intents and purposes a self-contained black town. The wonder is that it was never incorporated as such. The black elite here should have done this; it would have given the place an official identity. As it stands, it's simply called "north" Nashville.
A [...]

Tennessee State University — WOW!

I'm posting this from the student center of Tennessee State University, the suburban campus, and, boy, am I impressed.
Finally, a black university that GET'S IT!
This place is intriguing. The campus, huge — more than 435 acres, nestled in the heart of the black community. The setting, faithfully collegiate, almost as ive league as  those colleges [...]

Posting from Tennessee State University

Tennessee State University in Nashville is a land grant HBUC, but at first glance it's unlike any black college I've yet encountered. It's Friday morning. Most of the faculty I've seen so far are white. Very different atmosphere here then say AUC or Howard; less of the black thing going on. Of course, it's too [...]

Atlanta: Don’t go there

This is my last in a series of posts about America's Black Mecca, Atlanta.
Don't go there.
Allow me to explain…
The Atlanta of urban legend exists no longer. Today, the great city is now gone. There is nothing left in Atlanta but the shadow of what once was.
First, no one who can afford to live elsewhere lives [...]

Atlanta: Here’s how we Lost it

The gray-haired men standing next to Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin is a crook, and evidence of his criminality is is Atlanta's famed Butler Street YMCA — one of the oldest black YMCA's in the country. This YMCA is steeped in history. It is said Martin Luther King, Andy Young, and Ralph Abernathy planned their first [...]