Bob Marley: The Jamaican Poet and Singer

Bob Marley: The Jamaican Poet and Singer

By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial Credit: Stefano Chiacchiarini ’74 / shutterstock.com Bob Marley’s music and poetry continue to inspire generations with their messages of liberation, unity, and spirituality. As both a poet and a musician, Marley had a unique ability to articulate the struggles of the oppressed while offering hope and a vision for […]

Martin Luther King Jr.: The Civil Rights Leader

Martin Luther King Jr.: The Civil Rights Leader

By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial Credit: A. Marino/ shutterstock.com  Martin Luther King Jr. was not only a civil rights leader but also a moral visionary who believed in the transformative power of love, justice, and nonviolence. His work, which combined the spiritual teachings of Christianity with the political philosophy of nonviolence, left an indelible […]

Malcolm X: Civil Rights Leader and Revolutionary

Malcolm X: Civil Rights Leader and Revolutionary

By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial Credit: spatuletail / shutterstock.com  Malcolm X was a complex and transformative figure in the struggle for civil rights and black liberation in the United States. His early experiences of racial violence, imprisonment, and radicalization through the Nation of Islam (NOI) shaped his initial worldview, but it was his later […]

The Emergence of Black Power: Exploring Historical Context and Potential Impacts on African American Progress

The Emergence of Black Power: Exploring Historical Context and Potential Impacts on African American Progress

By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial credit: Jacob Lund / shutterstock.com  The Emergence of Black Power: A Historical Context. Had African Americans fully embraced the principles of Black Power, they could have potentially been better off than they were under the integrationist approach alone. The Civil Rights Movement and Its Limits The early Civil Rights […]

Professor Alfred Slocum: A Civil Rights Leader and Supporter of the MSP Program at Rutgers Law School

Professor Alfred Slocum: A Civil Rights Leader and Supporter of the MSP Program at Rutgers Law School

By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Photo created by A.I Professor Alfred A. Slocum was a prominent civil rights leader, legal educator, and advocate for minority students in higher education. He was a distinguished professor at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey, where he played a significant role in supporting the Minority Student Program (MSP), […]

Attorney General James Announces New Protections Against Deed Theft

Attorney General James Announces New Protections Against Deed Theft

Editorial Credit: Lev Radin /shutterstock.com New Law Taking Effect Today Makes Deed Theft a Crime, Expands AG’s Authority to Prosecute Deed Theft Click here to listen to Attorney General James discuss new protections against deed theft! NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James reminded New Yorkers that a new law establishing deed theft […]