March/April 2004

CONTENTS

COVER STORY (Cover: CORBIS)
— War Stories
U.S. Army soldiers serving in Iraq recount their experiences moments of  hope, combat and camaraderie, fear and frustration.
Interviews by Theola Labbé

FEATURES
— Iraq in Black
* Many populating the streets of Basra and other areas of the occupied territory are dark-skinned, betraying the country's history of slavery.
By Theola Labbé

— Free at Last
Colin Warner served 21 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. His story of wrongful conviction is not as rare as we might assume.
By Curtis Stephen

— Teed Off
In this day and age, why is Tiger Woods the only Black on the golf green?
By Pete McDaniel

ISSUES & VIEWS
— Budget Problems
Since he took office, President Bush has pushed a plan to reward the wealthy and ignore the poor. His most recent budget is no different.
By Gene Sperling

DEPARTMENTS
- Editor's Note

- Letters

- Up Front: Was Marcus Dixon's conviction just?; Black woman founds Florida city; Texas A&M halts legacy admissions; California library receives Langston Hughes collection; South Carolina cracks down on predatory lending; Oldest Black bank invests in new president
Questions: Katie Geneva Cannon on gender issues in the church and same-sex marriage

- The Color Line: Kendra Lee finds that after two decades, the state of Black women's health remains dismal

- Crisis Forum
* Gallery: The Studio Museum in Harlem is experiencing a renaissance; Dexter Parsonage Museum in Montgomery, Ala.
* Books:
— Reviews of two Harriet Tubman biographies by Catherine Clinton and Kate Clifford Larson;
— In search of Hannah Crafts: Critical Essays on The Bondswoman's Narrative edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Hollis Robbins and Harriet Jacobs, A Life by Jean Fagan Yellin;
— Betty Shabazz: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Faith Before and After Malcolm X by Russell John Rickford; and
— Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde by Alexis DeVeaux

- Backstory: Myisha Priest mourns a succession of dedicated Black women scholars whose lives and work have been under-appreciated

- The NAACP Today
* Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision;
* Legislative report card grades members of Congress;
* Prison branches

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