Author: Carma Henry

“The Day The Earth Stood Still”

Coronavirus Report: November 5, 2020

     One of the powerful stories so far this election season is that Black voters are showing up and casting ballots in record numbers in key battleground states, potentially making the difference in electoral outcomes up and down the ballot. 

       Well, what did you get out of it? You and your family and friends contributed millions of dollars to political campaigns nationwide. How many of those campaign dollars found their way back into Black communities, Black businesses or into Black wallets or pink and green purses?

Gino Santorio, President and CEO of Broward Health, has been appointed to the Florida Hospital Association’s (FHA) Board of Trustees. On Oct. 22, Santorio formally joined 16 board members who are led by Mary Mayhew, FHA’s president and CEO. Mayhew most recently served as Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (ACHA).

“WHAT IF…”

      In Augusta Georgia, a white judge allowing a white teenager to be released under their own recognizance (signature bond) after being charged with murder is an example of how justice is not blind when it comes to up-holding white privilege.

     “Multicultural communities are being hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic both financially and culturally,” said Beth McDonnell, U.S. Bank Chief Marketing Officer. “Our responsibility is to actively assist multicultural consumers and communities as they recover and rebuild their financial lives for the near and long term. This campaign is just one way we are focused on reaching these communities.”

     After a rancorous presidential campaign that exposed the depth of the political divisions in the United States, Americans streamed to the polls on Tuesday to choose either incumbent Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden to lead a pandemic-battered nation for the next four years.

Legendary high school football coach Nathaniel “Traz” Powell was one of the great African American sports pioneers in Miami’s history. Born and raised in Miami’s Overtown section, Powell was a standout athlete at Booker T. Washington High School in the early 1940s. He went on to attend Florida A&M and was a 2-time Black College All American end. On December 6, 1947, Powell along with his Florida A&M teammates made history when they became the first black athletes to play in the Orange Bowl Stadium as part of the 1947 Orange Blossom Classic against Hampton Institute of Virginia. Powell scored the game’s only touchdown making him the first African American to score at the Orange Bowl.