By Lucius Gantt – When one neighborhood gang takes; or tries, to take over another neighborhood allegedly controlled by another gang, the neighborhood citizens could get caught up in violence between the two gangs. You’ve seen TV shows and movies depicting one drug dealer’s efforts to take over corners being worked by other drug […]
Commentary
Be Like Fani Willis
The Gantt Report, By Lucius Gantt – I don’t know Fulton County DA Fani Willis, but I love her. She is the standard of excellence for Black elected officials. I opine about politicians. I write about them in The Gantt Report more times than my readers want me to. However, Fani Willis is not your […]
Love and Respect Black Elders
By Lucius Gantt 3877 (The Gantt Report) – When some people want to disparage me, they don’t say I’m incompetent, untruthful, inexperienced, or uncaring. The only thing they can say is, “Lucius is old”. Well, I am old. God has blessed me with life longevity. When you have children that are old enough to […]
The Dynamics of Resistance
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux (author of Are We Better Off?) – Each year the Association for the Study of African American Life and History sets a theme for Black History Month. This year the theme is Black Resistance. It is appropriate for a time such as this because it reflects the work we must do […]
Willie Lynch Media – The Gantt Report
By Lucius Gantt – I began my media career at 17 years old when I was hired by WSB-TV, Atlanta’s largest and most famous television station. The year was 1968. At that time, I didn’t know I would have a long media career, I just wanted a job. After graduating from high school, my mother […]
Lock Him Up and Lock Them Up
By Lucius Gantt — A considerable number of people that I know have a family member, friend or neighbor that has spent some time in a jail cell. Lack of evidence, false witness testimonies, lying jurors and corrupt prosecutors and judges have no problem putting innocent Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans and immigrants behind bars or […]
Melanie Campbell, NCBCP Black Women’s Roundtable Convener, Releases Statement on the Racially Motivated Buffalo Massacre Targeting Black Americans
WASHINGTON D.C. – Melanie L. Campbell, President & CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR), issued the following statement regarding the racially-motivated killing of ten innocent people in Buffalo, NY on May 14th: “Our hearts, prayers, and sincere condolences go out to the family […]
National Urban League Commends the SBA’s Expansion of Federal Contracting Opportunities for Black-Owned Firms
WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Urban League president and CEO, Marc H. Morial, recently issued a statement commending the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) newly-announced efforts to increase access to federal contracting and lending opportunities for as many small businesses as possible, including minority-owned firms that have historically received a smaller share of federal procurement opportunities: “The […]
Political Paladins – By Lucius Gantt
(The Gantt Report) – Once upon a time, there was an American television show called “Have Gun, Will Travel”. It was about a gringo gunslinger named Paladin that went from town to town in the Wild West helping people solve problems that a gunslinger could solve. In my mind, Paladin was more than a […]