Author: Carma Henry

     Elections matter. Right now, instead of more judges hand-picked by right-wing legal activists and their corporate allies, President Biden is making good on his promise to bring greater diversity to our federal courts. Biden is naming far more brilliant Black judges and women judges than any other president – including Barack Obama.

     Most folks in Black and brown communities have heard of The 1619 Project that was published by the New York Times Magazine in 2019. This important and ambitious project, led by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, pulled back the curtain of euphemistic rhetoric composing American historiography that points only to the good in our history and sweeps under the rug the evil deeds perpetrated against people of color for more than 400 years.

     For the African American community, Kwanzaa is not just any “Black holiday.” It is a recognition that knowledge of Black History is worthwhile.

     A 2,000-year-old giant sequoia tree in Kings Canyon National Park is America’s official Christmas tree, the only living shrine to the United States Military, and the legacy of an unknown little girl from 1924.

     If you’ve made a New Year’s resolution, your plot for self-improvement probably kicks into gear sometimes on Jan. 1, when the hangover wears off and the quest for the “new you” begins in earnest.

     Seventy years ago this month, on Dec. 17, 1951, the United Nations received a bold petition, delivered in two cities at once: Activist William Patterson presented the document to the U.N. assembly in Paris, while his comrade Paul Robeson, the famous actor and singer, did the same at the U.N. offices in New York. W.E.B. Du Bois, a leading Black intellectual, was among the petition’s signatories.

CAMPBELL Funeral services for the late Terrance Orville Campbell – 24 were held Dec-ember 22nd at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Rev. Percival Gordon officiating.…

CARTER Funeral services for the Latricia Annette Carter – 60 were held December 22nd at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel. EVERETT Funeral services for the late Ena…

KELLY Funeral services for the late Herbert Kelly, Jr. – 89 were held December 23 at Mount Hermon A.M.E. Church with Rev. Henry E. Green, III,…

     Matter of fact, I will only try to live my life according to these two Scriptures: “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.” (Hebrews 12:2) And “But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33)