Author: Carma Henry

      Thanksgiving, a complex holiday including falsehoods and fabrication.

     New research from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), finds that consumers residing in majority minority neighborhoods that are either Black or Latino were more than twice as likely to have disputes appear on their credit reports compared to consumers residing in majority white areas. This finding held true in every credit category reviewed – auto loans, student loans, credit cards, and retail cards between January 2012 and December 2019.

Stitt’s decision came just hours before Jones faced at 4 p.m. execution. Jones has sat on death row for more than 20 years after a jury convicted him of the 1999 murder of an Oklahoma City businessman.

OneUnited Bank, the largest Black owned bank in America, is sponsoring  Le Art Noir on December 2, 2021 and will purchase the first From Paris with Love non-fungible token (NFT) created by internationally acclaimed artist Addonis Parker, which pays tribute to renowned entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker. The From Paris With Love NFT collection will premiere at the Le Art Noir event during Miami’s Art Basel week. 

     On Thursday (November 18), Tennessee’s Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich stated that her office would no longer pursue a death sentence against death row prisoner Pervis Payne (pictured left).

Carl Woodard was a 1959 graduate of Mays High School. He played football three years and was captain of the team his senior year. He played Center and Linebacker where he won honors for Center on the 1958 All-County Football Team. The 1958 squad, captained by Woodard, finished 6-3-1 and was declared co-county champions. He was a member of the 1957 Big Nine South Football Conference Runner-up team. He also was a member of the Indian River Conference (IRC) championship football team in 1956

     Jared Moskowitz and Torey Alston will be appointed to open commission seats by Ron DeSantis, the governor announced at a news conference Tuesday morning in Fort Lauderdale.

U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn delivered the following remarks today on the Floor in advance of the U.S. House of Representatives’ vote on H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act:

     Florida A&M University alumna Daria J. Willis, Ph.D., will leave Everett (Washington) Community College (EvCC) at the end of the year to become the next president of Howard Community College (HCC) in Columbia, Maryland, both schools announced. 

     Florida A&M University (FAMU) administrators, students, faculty, and staff attracted more than 2,000 students to recruiting events in Tampa, Orlando and St. Petersburg as part of the leadup to the Florida Blue Florida Classic this weekend.