You Have To Go To Know

This is the advise that one of my three life-mentors has given me over the years. Quincy Jones would repeatedly tell me, “John, you have to go, to know…” Q, as his friends call him, has lived this creed, and so has Ambassador Andrew Young. Rev. Dr....

Reflecting on David Brook's Opportunity Gap

Earlier this week, Op-Ed columnist David Brooks wrote a piece entitled ‘The Opportunity Gap,’ which I believe frames our current challenge with respect to the future of America, almost better than anything else I have read of late.I will write more on this...

A Sweet Farewell To A Friend: Willis Edwards

It is with deep sadness that I write this statement, saluting and saying goodbye to my friend Willis Edwards. Willis was best known as the founding visionary behind the NAACP Image Awards, and a longtime national board member for the NAACP itself. He was also one of...