Natiece Ford is a contributor to African American News & Issues, covering stories and issues important to our readers in Houston, across Texas and throughout the nation.
[Photo: Gilbert Flores / Getty Images] As headlines roll in about Jay-Z and his 13-year-old accuser, memories of the fall of R. Kelly and Bill Cosby flood in. These are…
By: Natiece Ford “The training which they undergo gives a false conception of life when they believe that the business world owes them a position of leadership.” How is it…
By: Natice Ford The second oldest of four children, Issac Alexis, always strived to help his family. His father left when the children were young. Alexis got minor jobs bagging…
By: Natiece Ford Do something about Malcolm X, enough of this black violence – J Edgar Hoover The family of slain Civil Rights leader Malcolm X has mounted a lawsuit…
By: Natiece Ford In the early 1960s, Ralph Cooper and a group of friends decided to try their hand at football. Before tryouts could truly begin, the Worthing Junior High…
By: Natiece Ford “After everyone else went home, I went back to check on the families to see if I could help them get some sense of normalcy.” That is…
By: Natiece Ford “Society suddenly finds itself put back into a state of momentary barbarism; it appears as if a famine, a universal war of devastation, had cut off the…
By: Natiece Ford On November 5th, 2024, America decided that Donald J. Trump would be the 47th president of the United States. Many wonder what comes next for the country…