Author: Carma Henry

     There are more guns than people in the United States.  A 2018 survey conducted by Small Arms Survey found that there were there were 120.5 firearms per each 100 U.S. residents.  Worldwide, homicides in the U.S. account for 79 percent of all homicides globally.  Additionally, suicides by gunfire outpaces homicides in the U.S.  24,292 deaths in 2020 were suicides, while 19,384 were homicides according to a report by the BBC.

Black folks are thwarting a variety of attacks

     Yes, it’s a known fact, Republican Senators collect blood money disguised as campaign do-nations from the NRA. This money, literally  soaked in the blood of  our children, neighbors, and teachers, resulted from  lone mass murders. These murderers, because of the absence of common-sense gun regulations,(C-SGR), usually purchase and use  multiple  deadly weapons during their senseless murdering.

    On May 30, 1922, thousands gathered on the National Mall to dedicate the Lincoln Memorial. President Warren Harding, Chief Justice William Howard Taft and Dr. Robert Russa Moton offered remarks and remembrances honoring the life and legacy of the slain emancipator. A native of Amelia County, Virginia, Dr. Moton was born shortly after the Civil War ended. He knew better than any of the other speakers the importance of America fulfilling its great promise. The most prominent African American leader of the day, Dr. Moton was the president of Tuskegee Institute.

     Officials claimed that opening Thomson would make federal prisons safer by relieving dangerous overcrowding. But an investigation by The Marshall Project and NPR found that the newest U.S. penitentiary has quickly become one of the deadliest, with five suspected homicides and two alleged suicides since 2019.

     They are just the latest suspected U.S. mass shooters whose ability to obtain guns has raised concerns. In some cases shooters got guns legally under current firearms laws, or because of background check lapses or law enforcement’s failure to heed warnings of concerning behavior.

   A federal health agency is recommending indoor masking in the three South Florida counties, along with six other counties in the state, a week after officials understated the COVID-19 health risk statewide.

     At 95-years old, she grew up in the same house as family members who’d survived slavery, including her great-grandmother, Rachel McGruder. Her great-grandfather, Charles McGruder, had also been enslaved.

 Sitting inside an office at PGA TOUR headquarters in Ponte Verde, Florida, and preparing to remember what would have been his father’s 100th birthday on June 2, Sifford recounted how much his dad loved golf.

Now in its third year, The HistoryMakers Faculty Innovations in Pedagogy  and Teaching Fellowship is designed  to foster classroom innovation and teaching, and to diversity curricula while furthering student learning and research skills during the upcoming academic year. Award recipients will receive a $7,500 award and the opportunity to demonstrate how faculty can creatively incorporate The HistoryMakers Digital Archive into a semester course and syllabus.