When Malcolm X called the assassination of John F. Kennedy “the chickens coming home to roost”, I couldn’t help but think of Charlie Kirk’s assassination this past Wednesday at Utah Valley University. While it was indeed a dark moment in politics, and the loss of life must never be condoned for any reason, I…
College marks the start of a new journey. Everyone wants to start off on the right track but doesn’t necessarily have the community or knowledge on how to achieve that. Every college will have issues with housing, dining services and schoolwork but the HBCU life at Morehouse College will present students with many unique situations…
Image Credit: Damarion King By: Freddrell Green, Head Copy Editor Following a recent social media post from rising junior Stephone Cody III, student concerns about their treatment by Morehouse’s administration have been reignited. In response, rising senior Johnny Simmons and juniors Alonzo Brinson, Damarion King and Timothy Tillman issued a call to action….
Photo by Miles Pierre, Staff Photographer: Anat Sultan-Dadon, the Consult General of Israel to the Southeastern United States, speaks at Crown Forum By: Issa Rabb, Contributing Writer I want to start this off by saying I have no intention to bash anyone or anybody’s identity. As a religious man I believe we are all…
Image Credit: Amazon Prime Video By Joshua Bass, TigerTv Co-Producer During an exclusive screening at Regal Atlantic Station, HBCU students and alumni got a front-row seat to the adrenaline-pumping action of G20, Viola Davis’ latest political thriller. Marsai Martin (Serena Sutton) and Christopher Farrar (Demetrius Sutton) were in attendance, adding to the electric atmosphere of…
Photo by Carson Ming, Photo Editor By Linden Young, Contributing Writer I write this essay with a feeling of growing disappointment. Yet I remember reading an article written for the Maroon Tiger nearly eighty years ago entitled, “The Purpose of Education,” in which the author explicitly stated that which had been long implicit at…
Image via The Nation By Ian Shaiyen, Staff Writer California-born rapper Kendrick Lamar took Super Bowl LIX by storm this past Sunday in a fiery performance filled with revolutionary symbolism and spectacle. The performance consisted of an 11 song track-list, with many of the songs serving as a mashup of the rapper’s greatest…
By: Ian Shaiyen, Staff Writer California rapper Tyler the Creator’s eighth studio album is here. Chromakopia, a word created by the Nigerian American artist, is defined as, “an intense or unusual experience of color.” This is the word that the artist has chosen to entitle arguably his most prolific release yet, and it…
Image via Netflix: “The Piano Lesson” official promotion poster By Freddrell Green, Arts & Entertainment Editor Malcolm Washington’s “The Piano Lesson” is the first film adaptation of the 1987 play by August Wilson. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins and Danielle Deadwyler, the ensemble cast navigate life with the…
Image via Aliance Theatre’s Facebook: Rob Dewey and Jade Payton featured as Dr. King and Camae By Ian Shaiyen, Staff Writer Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall’s “The Mountaintop” is a masterful work of writing where intersectionality plays center stage. Set in a Memphis hotel room on the eve of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s…
