Fred McKissack

HERMAN CAIN »

By Fred McKissack Jr., October 28, 2011

Herman Cain should stop distracting attention from his own success storyread more

Injustice of school system revealed in jail sentence »

By Fred McKissack, February 3, 2011

No one should have to face the choice that Williams-Bolar faced: Send her kids to inferior schools, or fudge the facts and commit a crime.read more

Resegregation of schools a disheartening trend »

By Fred McKissack, December 22, 2010

Having been born a year after the Civil Rights Act was signed, I’m disheartened that resegregation of our schools is now an established fact.read more

Almost 50 years after desegregation, gap still persists »

By Fred McKissack, September 29, 2010

This week marks a pivotal moment in our country’s history of personal liberty: the admittance of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi.read more

LeBron James affair immature in its entirety »

By Fred McKissack, July 14, 2010

LeBron James’ pronouncement that he and his court would make a grand egress from chilly Cleveland to muy caliente Miami left me laughing.read more

Sarah Palin’s defense of Rand Paul is indefensible »

By Fred McKissack, May 27, 2010

There was something comical in hearing former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin’s recent condemnation of the “liberal media” for exposing — although a bit late — Rand Paul’s disappointingly narrow view of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.read more

Radical new ideas needed to get NCAA graduation rates up »

By Fred McKissack, March 24, 2010

In its annual report released at tournament time, the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports found that of the 65 teams in the field, 45 teams graduated 70 percent or more of their white players, while only 20 graduated at least 70 percent of their black players.read more

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