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February 21 was the anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X or El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Two days before his death, in 1965, the photographer Gordon Parks interviewed him. Malcolm’s words follow: “Listening to various African leaders awakened ...

I first met Clinton Smith in the early 1960s as a fellow student at Berkeley Institute, where his mother, Hyacinth Smith, served as school secretary. His team-mates from that 1966 championship PHC Juniors football squad remember how Clint would be i...

The Theatre Boycott began on June 15, 1959 as an adventure of civic engagement to fashion a better Bermuda. The island community entered uncharted waters, a historic journey that offers a treasure for present and future generations. That bounty is fo...

Barack Obama responded with a speech upon receiving the 2017 Profiles In Courage Award at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library on Sunday night. With his capacity for eloquence, his speech was reflective, demonstrating appropriate humility. Remi...

Bermuda’s ability to move through the impasse over the airport redevelopment project in a way that was both peaceful and implied a reasonable degree of mutual respect — in spite of those differences — represents something of a milestone. This marks a...

In the 1970s as a 20-something, Wilfred “Mose” Allen became a mentor of mine. Mose, also known as “Scrapo”, had been a champion of social justice. While he had limited formal schooling, he was well-read, a paragon of “lifelong learning”. Notwithstan...

Life is change.Growth is optional.Choose wisely.— Karen Kaiser ClarkOn February 21, 1965, Malcolm X (el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz) was assassinated. He was one of four public figures targeted in the United States within a five-year period. John F. Kenned...

Dear Jason Hayward, While I’m not in agreement with the entire contents of your February 23 press statement [regarding the reduction in payroll concessions], I wholeheartedly concur with your sentiments expressed in the last two sentences: “Unless a...

Born Michael King Jr on this day in 1929, MLK’s life was a journey of transformation. His father had declared independence as a teen; turning around a challenged background through perseverance and some luck. Daddy King changed their names to “Martin...

Martin Luther King was an icon of a movement that transformed the United States, the roots of which extended from as far as Ghandi’s India and transcended national boundaries, including Bermuda. Obama’s current challenge as a President attempting to ...