Donald Trump made headlines with his ignorance again when he accused Canada of burning the White House during the War of 1812. Most school children...

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COMMENTARY: Manifest Destiny in Modern America

Oscar Blayton - May 20, 2018

One weekend evening in 1966, while traveling from Camp LeJeune in Eastern North Carolina to Myrtle Beach, S.C., my Marine buddies and I began...

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Passing

Oscar Blayton - May 14, 2018

In 1995, a journalist I know was interviewing the First Lady of Virginia, Susan Brown Allen, wife of the new governor at the time,...

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If Education is the Answer, Why Do Black Women with College Degrees Have Higher Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates Than White Women Who Dropped...

Oscar Blayton - March 29, 2018

by Oscar Blayton, Esq. Most people of color can point to at least one moment when they realize that popular culture in America distorts the...

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Remember (The Truth About) The Alamo

Oscar Blayton - March 18, 2018

On a Saturday evening in February 1955, like a million other kids in America with their eyes glued to black and white televisions, I...

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The Second Amendment and White Anxiety

Oscar Blayton - February 17, 2018

There has been yet another school shooting in America. The multiple murders at the Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida mark the 18th...

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A Gentle Scolding of a Dear Ally

Oscar Blayton - February 4, 2018

In January of 1963, I was in my senior year at my all-Black high school and required to take a course in U.S. Government....

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