Carma Henry, Author at The Westside Gazette

Florida Memorial University Celebrates 140 Years with new energy and a new President

March 27, 2019 Carma Henry 0

As Florida Memorial University (FMU) celebrates 140 years of service in higher education, FMU’s Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Jaffus Hardrick as its 14th president, effective immediately. The board originally tapped Hardrick to serve as interim president in July 2018. During the institution’s annual Founders’ Day observance, Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver G. Gilbert, III boldly declared, “Something is happening at Florida Memorial University. There is new energy and it is exciting.” […]

Not Above The Law

March 27, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Not Above The Law […]

Are the Republicans Playing Games with Amendment 4 in Florida?

March 27, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Florida is a red state, and the Republicans control the Governorship, the Cabinet, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Most of the appointees are conservatives and Republicans. Decisions are made with one thought in mind, and that is to remain in power. […]

Immigration and the Democratic Hopefuls

March 27, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Immigration and the Democratic Hopefuls […]

Latasha Morrison hopes to build a bridge between Black and white Christians

March 27, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Latasha Morrison hopes to build a bridge between Black and white Christians […]

Tuskegee students honored at Emerging Researchers National STEM Conference

March 27, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Tuskegee University was well-represented at the recent Emerging Researchers National Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Washington, D.C. The annual conference seeks to help undergraduate and graduate students enhance their science communication skills and to better understand how to prepare for science careers in a global workforce. […]

North Carolina Attorney Says States Are “Criminalizing” Protests

March 27, 2019 Carma Henry 0

“Looking at the current administration, we are going to have an uptick in protests because the president’s policies are not only affecting African Americans and minority communities, he’s affecting women now and you have more than just one outraged community,” said North Carolina attorney Darlene Harris. […]

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren rolls into Memphis with fix-government pitch

March 27, 2019 Carma Henry 0

The event at Douglass High was an organizing event and the first stop of a sweep through Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. Monday’s schedule called for stops in Cleveland and Greenville in Mississippi before an evening Town Hall meeting (televised by CNN) at Jackson State University. […]

Attorney Ben Crump Sues Harvard Over Slave Images

March 27, 2019 Carma Henry 0

The lawsuit filed today in Middlesex County Superior Court alleges that Harvard has ignored Tamara Lanier’s repeated requests to stop licensing the pictures for the University’s profit and stop misrepresenting her great-great-great grandfather, the man she knows as Papa Renty. A direct linear descendent of Renty, Ms. Lanier is seeking return of the photos to her family, as well as damages from Harvard. […]

Pfizer, Sickle Cell Advocates Address Disease During Black Press Week

March 27, 2019 Carma Henry 0

People with rare diseases, like sickle cell disease, have unique and complex challenges and the Pfizer partnership provides an opportunity for NNPA to inform and educate readers of Black-owned newspapers in more than 70 markets across the country on sickle cell disease, which NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., said is an often misunderstood disease that has a profound impact on the health and well-being of those affected. […]