“They know they’re going to face some obstacles along the way, sometimes some discouragement, because all too often the world underestimates young men like these.…

Two years ago, heart patient Anthony Stokes was kept of a heart transplant list because of his police record. At 15, when admitted to an…

Manhood in the Black community is at a crossroads. Some would say it always has been. And as we become more and more removed from…

On a recent segment of Keeping It Real with Rev. Al Sharpton, a nationally-syndicated radio show where I serve as a co-host, a troubling yet…

Rickey Smiley Morning Show

On February 27 of this year, President Obama launched the My Brother’s Keeper Initiative (MBK). MBK stands for the core principle that if you work…

Rickey Smiley Morning Show

On July 26, 2012, President Obama launched his official White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African-Americans. The program is designed to help children of…

On the night of February 26, 2012, 17-year old Trayvon Martin, a hoodie-wearing high school junior, was walking through a neighborhood in Sanford, Florida when…