Author: Carma Henry

      As the plain truth about slavery is revealed, the whitewashed version of American history is being exposed. One such revelation is an August 2019 Vox.com article by P.R. Lockhart, how slavery became America’s first big business. The article introduces a book by historian and author Edward E. Baptist, The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism.               

      It’s amazing how often the news media give big play to an academic report that tells us something Black mothers already knew. Another example of the old wisdom nothing is real until White people discover or acknowledge it. Does that seem harsh? Consider the splashy coverage given to a recent policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics entitled The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health.

Time for CFPB to ‘Do the Right Thing’: Enact Payday Loan Rules

     Kennedy is a native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is a graduate of Dillard High School. While putting up amazing stats for the Panthers, he was told by Division I scouts he did not pass the “eye test”. This would not be the first taste of adversity that Rico would face. After graduating and beating the odds, Rico attended West Point for a year before taking a year off from football as a whole.

     In May, Give and Go Moving and Delivery Company, had the pleasure of presenting these students with this award at the Dillard High School’s Award Night Ceremony. 

 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Florida, and the law firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP have filed a petition requesting a federal court to vacate the unconstitutional convictions of four Jamaican fishermen who were secretly detained at sea for more than a month on four U.S. Coast Guard ships, without due process and in inhumane conditions. While a separate lawsuit challenges the unlawful secret and abusive detention of the men at sea, the grounds for the current petition, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, are that the Court lacked jurisdiction to prosecute the men in federal court in Miami.

BASTIEN Funeral services for the late Rose Marie Bastien – 61 were held August 17 at Pembroke Road Baptist Church Rev. Henry C. Moise officiating.

LAURENT Funeral services for the late Daenerys Sarah Ashmee Laurent – 1-year-old were held August 10th at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Deacon Antonio Badadille…

MARTIN Funeral services for the late Shirley Ann Martin – 76 were held August 9th at McWhite’’s Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ralerald Waltower officiating. Interment:…

MAYZCK Funeral services for the late Merlene”Merl” Alvera Evans – 86 were held August 10th at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center with Dr. James Darling,…