Author: Carma Henry

      The mighty women of the Agojie were warriors. From the 1600s to1800s in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey this all-female military regiment gallantly fought their empire’s enemies.

     When Paolo Gilleran’s classmate sent him a post advertising the NFL’s Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative, he immediately began piecing together how he could participate in what he describes as a “once in a lifetime opportunity.”

     In fact, fans questioned whether any historically Black SWAC or Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference team, play a larger Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) program, such as LSU or Rice University, at all.

Ben Joseph, Jr., of Flanagan High School in Miramar, is the first selection for the 2022 school year. Ben is a junior defensive back with the Falcons and in spite of a disappointing loss to rival Cypress Bay last week, had a tremendous performance with 3 solo tackles, 2 assists, 2 pass break ups and 1 INt.  The lithe 6’1”, 170 pound corner combines speed, quickness, tenacity, knowledge of opponent’s  offensive tendencies and toughness to compete on the highest level

       The Street Detective has been trekking through the county as some are attempting to shovel pals of white beach sand on the head and reputation of Robert “Bob” McKinzie. Some are telling Traceit that dirty politics are at play after McKinzie buried Bob Dubose ten feet under in the recent County Commission race. Dubose and McKinzie once played extremely well in the sand with Dubose actually endorsing McKinzie when he ran for the city of Fort Lauderdale Commission seat. But fast forward a couple election cycles later, Dubose is reporting he regrets even getting in the sand pool with McKinzie and is throwing all kinds of mud on his name both publicly and privately.

     “Every six minutes a child is kidnapped.” Meezy Numbers is talking about sex trafficking. He explains that he is executive producer, co-writer and one of the stars of Meet the Snows, an independent Black-owned film based on sex trafficking. The film premiers in Fort Lauderdale on Friday September 16th.

The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism researched more than 38,000 names on Oath Keepers membership lists, releasing its findings on Wednesday, Sept. 7.

The list included 370 individuals believed to still work in law enforcement, including sheriffs and police chiefs. It includes more than 100 active military members and at least 80 individuals who either ran for or served in public office last month.

     Spike Lee wrote, directed, and acted in the movie, Do the Right Thing, some 30 years ago. He was trying to demonstrate that doing the right thing is not always doing what’s right. Sometimes we have the right to do something, but it is not necessarily the right thing.

     The 1st annual event themed “The Power of One” highlighted how one person or organization can make an immense difference in the City of Lauderhill.  Almost 200 guests gathered to support friends and family accept their Lauderhill Heroes award.  Categories in which awardees received the H-E-R-O-E-S accolade included Healthcare, Education, Residents, Opportunities, and Service.

On Friday, attorneys for Michael Jennings, a Black pastor arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers, filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the three Alabama police officers who arrested him violated his rights under the First and Fourth amendments.