After Life
Featuring Special Guest Contributors Keri Leigh Merrit and Yohuru Williams, who offer an op-ed I adapted/pulled from the Conclusion of their book After Life. Continue reading After Life
Featuring Special Guest Contributors Keri Leigh Merrit and Yohuru Williams, who offer an op-ed I adapted/pulled from the Conclusion of their book After Life. Continue reading After Life
As Franklin Delano Roosevelt observed about the people who lived through the Great Depression, “Thisgeneration of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.” The truth is, given the historical events of thepast several years, we now do, too. The long shadow … Continue reading Finding Hope in Despair By Keri Leigh Merritt & Yohuru Williams
In the words of the former Mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu, ‘We Cannot Be Afraid Of The Truth.’ His words were from a 2017 speech decrying monuments that glorified the confederacy – relics of a fractured nation, (The Broken … Continue reading Broken Toys In The Attic, and Forever Battles of Yesterday’s War.
Understand the times we are in. Take a moment and ponder. As we enter 2023, Three-Fifths Magazine takes an introspective look at exactly where we are as a nation. On Monday, January 9th at 7:00 PM Eastern, we implore you … Continue reading January Theme: ‘We Cannot Be Afraid of The Truth.’
Hear the Songs and hymns, and quiet whispers as the elongated shadows from candle-holding vespers define Christmas eve. All are awaiting the midnight celebration of the savior’s birth. Trees are lit with bright lights as the reds, greens, and tinsel … Continue reading Hope Maketh Not Ashamed
In the story of the Nativity, we know and recite the well-known words “No Room in the Inn” The actual translation is “No guest room “The sad commentary is that Nativism treats marginalized communities of color as unwanted guests, even … Continue reading December’s Theme, “No Room in the Inn”
As the NCAA Basketball season launches. I can already hear the sweet sounds of a kiss off of a plexiglass backboard, the twine snap, and the screech of the NBA’s newest designer shoes on the hardwood. Rivalries are on the … Continue reading The Games People Play: Silly Season
October is gone, and the election has passed. Racial healing must overcome October 31-style “trick or treat, All Hallows eve Games that people play, The Big Lie, The QAnon Conspiracy, and let’s not forget Birtherism. Don’t blink; stay alert, and … Continue reading November’s Theme is “The Games That People Play”
“Give us the ballot and we will no longer plead to the federal government for passage of an anti-lynching law; we will by the power of our vote write the law on the statute books of the South and bring … Continue reading Souls to the Polls