There are a lot of controversial moments, works, and speeches in African-American history; not just significant and progressive works but controversial ones that introduced a radical idea to the ...

Searching for Willie Lynch” is based on the idea that we can be our own worst enemies. In about 1970, a document appeared in print, purporting to be a speech made by a West Indies slave-owner ...

When Louis Farrakhan addressed the multitudes at the Million Man March in October 1995, he quoted key passages from “Willie” Lynch’s narrative to illustrate the lingering vestiges of slavery.

I recently discovered that a lot of white people have never heard of the Willie Lynch Letter. So, for the uninitiated, here is a summary of the now-discredited hoax: On Dec. 25, 1712, a fictional ...