Author: Carma Henry

    Rev. Dr. John Warren, who accepted his prestigious award virtually while battling an illness, has remained a steady hand among the more than 230 African American publishers and media company owners who are members of the Black Press of America.

ELLIOTT Funeral services for the late Ruby Nell Elliott – 83 were held February 6 at Boyd Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ricky Scott officiating. GRIFFIN…

Funeral services for the late Dorrell Joseph Brown – 83 were held February 6 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel. CASCOE Funeral services for the late Mezzie…

WALKER Funeral services for the Robert Walker – 79 were held February 6 at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center.

     Among her more memorable stage performances were 1968’s “Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights,” 1969’s “To Be Young, Gifted and Black,” and 1983’s “The Corn is Green.” “So many great stories about Cicely Tyson,” Tweeted Soledad O’Brien. “Whew, that lady was amazing. While shooting a doc on her in Spanish Harlem, people kept stopping their cars. In the street. To hop out and say hi. Old people. Teenagers. Middle-aged fans. “Ciss-el-lee” they’d chant as she’d walk by.”

     The underlining challenge of the pandemic is health care. A challenge which only heightens when one considers that Trump spent the last four years weakening and attempting to completely dismantle the Affordable Care Act, which protects health care for tens of millions of Americans.

      Vaccine distribution is not keeping up with the impact of COVID-19 on Black and other communities of color. Ongoing disparities in vaccine distribution show the need for targeted efforts to provide coverage to impacted groups. 

She once stated that the roles she played had to have substance. She was an Oscar Nominee and she has won several Emmys. An African American, Ms. Tyson is one who has paved the way for us Black girls

Florida Memorial University has been selected by Google, in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), to participate in the Grow with Google’s (GwG) HBCU Career Readiness Program. This new initiative will embed HBCU student jobseeker resources into a select number of Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) career services centers, with the goal of helping 100,000 Black students gain digital skills needed to find and land entry level jobs and internships and to be successful in the workplace. The funds will support activities with the Intentional Readiness for Occupational Acquisition and Retention (iROAR) Program, and the FMU Career Development Center.

Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center (CDTC) is sharing a Valentine’s experience reimagined for the pandemic in a new semi-virtual For the Love of Charity from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, February 12.