Author: Carma Henry

     In the late 1930s, the remains of about a dozen African American settlers of Dania Beach were removed from what was then the whites-only Woodlawn Cemetery and unceremoniously dumped in a common grave in the segregated Dania Colored Cemetery on the east side of the Florida East Coast Railway tracks.

     Community and School Homecoming seasons will be here before we know it. The Broward County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. where Tracy P. Barnswell serves as president, took the lead by kicking off the year with the spirit of music with none other than the marching Cobras of Boyd H. Anderson High School. 

The Department of Housing and Urban Development formally proposed a new rule today that would severely undercut the ability of people of color, women, people with disabilities, and other groups to challenge and seek redress from discrimination in housing and lending under the Fair Housing Act.

Plan B

Tapping into People Power

     President Donald Trump’s recent proposition to buy Greenland generated curious headlines and reactions around the world. Many have focused their attention on the comical reaction to his offer: not for sale, absurd. Trump’s disregard for Greenland’s self-governing-autonomy and his unsophisticated approach to negotiation and problem-solving are on full display.

By Mel Gurtov The President of the United States is a criminal.  I’m not referring to the twenty-odd investigations of him currently underway for violations of…

The 10 meritorious freshmen and sophomores from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) who were selected to be part of the third cohort of the Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship program are wrapping up their intensive study abroad program at CIEE’s Global Institute in London.

     Butterfield’s legislation would provide teacher education, including the provision of preservice teacher training and in-service professional development at eligible institutions, library, and media specialist training sites.

     “My read of the situation is that we wanted these White nationalists and alt-right leaders out of our community. And the police gave them the quickest and most expedient way to get out of our city, and I feel comfortable with that,” Eric K. Ward, executive director of Western States Center, told The Skanner. “We saw a five-hour rally that lasted for less than an hour, and then (protestors) requested to be escorted across the bridge by law enforcement. We have groups who were trying to create the conditions for another Charlottesville.