At a time when so much public life feels like shouting, we remember a man who turned moral language into a tool, not a cudgel. Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., who passed away Tuesday at the age of 84, ...

My 25-year-old son told me that I should channel my inner “2008 Obama” as his generation wants and needs to focus on “hope.”As life would have it, at this moment, I am actually extremely hopeful.

Anyone who has experienced a summer in New York City understands the magic that radiates through its boroughs. As simmering rays of sun bounce off the glass of high-rise buildings of the city, a host ...

In his debut novel, "Great Black Hope" (to be published June 10 by Simon & Schuster), author Rob Franklin follows a young African American man whose family launched him for success – but after an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The opening pages of Rob Franklin’s debut novel, “Great Black Hope,” take readers into the thick of late-night Hamptons debauchery ...

If you don't know Lou Moore, just imagine him as the history professor you wish you had. He can educate you on the Tulsa race massacre one minute and pivot to the trading cards of Eric Davis the next.

Oliver Stone’s cacophonous and excessive 1999 pro-football drama, “Any Given Sunday,” offers the viewer Willie Beamen, the black third-string quarterback of a fictional, playoff-aspiring team. When ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his debut novel, "Great Black Hope" (to be published June 10 by Simon & Schuster), author Rob Franklin follows a ...