A New Way To Celebrate Father’s Day: Black Dads As Fatherhood Mentors
By SHAWN TAYLOR I am fairly certain that much of my family became Jehovah’s Witnesses because they didn’t want to celebrate holidays. Instead of just...
President Obama’s Morehouse Speech: Encouraging Class Of 2013 To Be Great Black Men, Fathers
I have to be honest: as much as I adore President Obama, I tend to watch his speeches in front of African Americans with baited...
Absentee Black Fathers: A Black Dad Says It’s Time More Brothers Take Care Of Their Children
By SHAWN TAYLOR When my daughter was born, I didn’t experience the love at first sight that so many parents talk about. In fact, I felt...
Louis Armstrong Had A Child: A Daughter Claims Her DNA—And, Finally, Her Legacy
By SHARON PRESTON-FOLTA Dear Dad, I thought that telling our story would bring me some peace. I laid that burden, too, on time—thought that the...
Be Inspired: Tray Chaney Of “The Wire” Uses Hip Hop To Affect The Lives Of Black Children
You know Tray Chaney as low-level drug dealer, “Poot,” from The Wire, the edgy, award-winning drama that brought profound realism to heights never before seen...
T.I. And Tiny’s Family Hustle: Major Discipline Involves Time-Outs and Words, Not Hands (VIDEO)
Let me just go on ahead and say it: I love me some T.I. Not in a groupie kinda way. I mean, he’s cute and...
Usher Won Custody Of His Sons, But Do the Babies Lose Without Their Mother In Their Lives?
It’s not that I’m anti-father. I have one. Married to one, too. I know firsthand the power a good black dad has in the life...
Jada Pinkett Smith Shares A Touching Photo Of Willow And Will
It’s hard to believe that Willow Smith has anything close to a normal childhood, but a touching picture posted online by her mother has shown otherwise. Jada Pinkett...
Usher Custody Battle After Stepson’s Accident, Plus: News On Zimmerman, Sandusky & More Fresh Links
As Usher’s ex-wife holds vigil by the bedside of her son, who a week ago today was critically injured in a tragic jet ski accident...
