Trump’s Executive Orders and the Impact on American Communities of Color
By L. WilliamsOn January 20, 2025, former President Donald Trump signed a wave of executive orders addressing various policy areas, immediately reshaping the national...
Commentary: Fear, misguided beliefs fuel backlash against DEI and Black history
By Janice Ellis missouriindependent.com
With the stroke of a pen, efforts to create an equal playing field for all Americans irrespective of race and gender...
American Cancer Society’s VOICES Initiative to Achieve Health Equity for Black Women
It’s Been Too Long: Communities Not Just in Missouri but Across the Nation Must Champion the American Cancer Society’s VOICES Initiative to Achieve Health...
Debunking Misinterpretations: Understanding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Vision and America’s Struggle with Systemic...
In response to a commentary, (January 24, 2025 Southeast Missourian "MAGA and King's Dream") that attempts to draw parallels between the messages of Dr....
Empower Your Neighborhood!
The City of Cape Girardeau Gun Violence Task Force is a citizen advisory committee consisting of agency partners and community members dedicated to examining...
Star Parker’s Flawed Argument in favor of Trump’s DEI Executive Order
Star Parker her recent column "Trump's DEI executive order — good for Blacks, good for America " Parker's arguement in favor of Donald Trump's...
NAACP UNITS in SOUTHEAST MISSOURI and SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Cape Girardeau NAACP Cape Girardeau MO (oldest chartered branch in SE Missouri)
Sikeston NAACP Sikeston MO
Charleston NAACP Charleston MO
Butler County NAACP Poplar Bluff MO
Portageville NAACP...
From Brown to MOScholars — Missouri’s Long Road of Unequal Education
Op-Ed: From Brown to MOScholars — Missouri’s Long Road of Unequal Education
By L Williams
In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education promised that “separate but...
OP-ED: Why Afrikaners Got Sympathy While Black U.S. Farmers Were Ignored
John W. Boyd, Jr, Founder and President of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA)
Trump will not have his way with Black history
by Morial May 21, 2025
“He can try to rewrite history, but we have the receipts. And as the Smithsonian’s exhibits magnificently illustrate, African Americans have...
