Herb Boyd

1 week ago | amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd

Lonnie Bunch's A Fool's Errand Three weeks ago, while my wife was undergoing a mammogram examination at Mt. Sinai, I took a stroll down the Museum Mile and visited the Cooper Hewitt Museum. In the museum’s shop I spied Lonnie Bunch’s “A Fool’s Errand” on the bookshelf. After I purchased it, I was told it was the last copy.

1 week ago | amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd

(U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress) Centennial celebrations of Malcolm X’s birth will be taking place all over the world, and on at least one occasion that commemoration is combined with Patrice Lumumba (July 2) and Frantz Fanon (July 20). The three men were all born in 1925.

1 week ago | spokesman-recorder.com | Herb Boyd

Not much has been said in the mainstream media about Florida State University shooter Phoenix Ikner’s racist views, particularly his feelings that Rosa Parks “was in the wrong.” Moreover, the accused expressed views in keeping with those often espoused by Trump and his socio-economic policies. According to several news accounts, Ikner, 20, voiced opinions that were so disturbing that even his classmates wondered if what they heard was true.

2 weeks ago | amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd

From the left: Damien Sneed, J'Nai Bridges, and Anthony Parnther taking their bows at Carnegie Hall. (Shahar Azran photo) Credit: (Shahar Azran photo) Even before their splendid music filled the place, it was the size of the Gateways Festival Orchestra (GFO), 90 Black musicians, that astounded.

2 weeks ago | amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd

Office of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley There is the possibility of good news from Ohio for advocates seeking to eliminate qualified immunity, making it easier to sue police officers for their violation of a citizen’s constitutional rights.