Author: Carma Henry

Making new friends: Meet an Iranian

       “I pledge to fight hard to rid our ranks of racists and extremists,” Gen. Austin pronounced during his confirmation hearings. He also pledged to overturn several discriminatory bans on military service put in place by the previous administration. The confirmation vote cleared by a 93-2 margin – Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) were the lone no-votes.

     Florida A&M University (FAMU) President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., in his annual State of the University address Thursday, lauded the efforts of students, faculty, staff and administrators in helping the state’s only public Historically Black College or University (HBCU) navigate through one of the most difficult years in the institution’s history.  

       “Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate, but of a cause, the cause of democracy. The will of the people has been heard and the will of the people has been heeded,” said President Biden. What a beautiful day and a beautiful speech. America is at a crossroads and there is a tremendous amount of work to be done. But the new president is ready to do the work, and all around the country and the world people are smiling.

     However, Wonder continued to ventilate his pain in seeing the country carrying out a “mouth movement” instead of a “righteous action.” Wonder lamented over the decades-long celebrations of Dr. King Luther, that never improved racial equality.

AUSTIN Funeral services for the late Elegea Austin – 87 were held January 23rd at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Pastor Patricia Flournoy officiating. BOATWRIGHT…

CLAY Funeral services for the late Mazie Clay – 75 were held January 23rd at Agape Worship Center. ESTRAIL -Not Pictured Funeral services for the late…

DAVIS Funeral services for the late Rosa Lee Davis – 86 were held January 23rd at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Wade Allen, Sr. officiating.…

Let the Church say Amen

     The nation’s 46th president spoke of his granddaughter sending him a photo of armed security guards and law enforcement standing at the Lincoln Memorial during a Black Lives Matter protest last year. “She said, ‘Pop, this isn’t fair. No one can tell me if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday, they would not have been treated very, very different than the mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol,'” Biden relayed. “We all know that it is true. And it is unacceptable. Totally unacceptable,” Biden remarked.