Aaron and his wife, Billye, donated $250k to the school individually. Aaron’s foundation, Chasing The Dream, donated another $104k to the school. The Aarons are long time fundraisers for the United Negro College Fund.
Month: April 2020
Many scientists and doctors around the world agree that a vaccine is not necessarily the solution needed to fight COVID-19 because a lot of research suggests that vaccination can do more harm than good. For this reason, a new documentary series called The Truth About Vaccines has been launched, and will be free to view online from April 22-30.
This week Broward County made it mandatory to wear a face mask in stores, gas stations, and while riding public transportation, etc. Anyone outside their home must wear something covering their mouth and nose.
Since this is all happening, The New Mount Olive Baptist Church, Mount Olive Development Corporation, Alpha Kappa Alpha-Zeta Rho Omega Chapter, Feeding South Florida hosted a food drive for those in the community who were in need of additional community resources.
Charlotte E. Ray was the first African American female lawyer in the United States. She graduated from Howard University School of Law in 1872. However, Howard University’s Law School discouraged women from enrolling and Ray was forced to apply under the name C.E. Ray to disguise her gender.
Jenise Griffin, a Florida A&M University graduate with more than three decades of journalism experience at newspapers and magazines in Florida and Georgia, has accepted the position of publisher of both the Florida Courier and the Daytona Times, effective immediately.
Meet Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the man who is currently taking the lead as Director General at WHO (World Health Organization). Dr. Tedros is an Ethiopian health scholar and microbiologist with first-hand experience in research, operations, and leadership in emergency responses to epidemics.
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overnor Abbott unlawfully exceeded his constitutional authority by issuing an executive order that suspends the rights that individuals, who are presumed innocent have, while facing criminal prosecution, according to a new lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Texas, Texas Fair Defense Project, the ACLU’s Criminal Law Reform Project and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
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