Author: Carma Henry

LACK GIRLS ROCK! presented the Mothers of the Movement — women whose children were killed by gun violence or a police officer — with the 2019 Community Change Agent Award on BET. Sybrina Fulton, Gwen Carr, Congresswoman Lucy McBath, Maria Hamilton and Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley were in attendance to accept the award.

     The Florida A&M University (FAMU) Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery presents “Walls Turned Sideways are Bridges: Narratives of Necessity”, which spotlights the Black Panther Party, The Young Lords Party and other activist organizations from the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Ravens win in Dominating Fashion

     This year’s Swingin’ with Style 2019 Golf Tournament and Youth Clinic promises to be exciting and full of fun.  Come out and join us as we play for a cause. All funds raised will support program initiatives and provide scholarships to benefit our community.

14  Island of the Bahama are ready to welcome visitors with open arms

A Community-Based Approach To Election Integrity

     “The data from this survey shows that much of the mainstream commentary around the economy or other policy issues hide the everyday realities and perspectives of many Black millennials,” said Antonio White, founder and principal at Beyond Ideas Group. “It’s hard for many Black millennials to prioritize fear of a possible recession when crippling student loan debt or family financial obligations loom above their heads. Every day might feel like a recession.”

Hampton Art Lovers at the Historic Ward Rooming House and the South Florida Symphony Orchestra are leading an effort called “Culture Cares”, South Florida Humanities at Work for Bahamas Hurricane Relief. On Wednesday, September 18th, from 6-8 p.m., we will gather with other Art Activists to raise monies for Operation Helping Hands, a collaborative effort of United Way of Miami-Dade and the Miami Herald. Operation Helping Hands supports the response, relief and recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas and surrounding areas impacted by this powerful storm.

     “The long struggle over the development of education in the postbellum South occurred in large part because no dominant class could convince the freed people that its conception of education reflected a natural and proper social order,” Anderson wrote in “The Education of Blacks in the South.” “The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935”

     In 2013, Judge Catherine Blake of the U.S. District Court of Maryland, found the state in violation of the 14th Amendment rights of its HBCU students and alumni.

     Her ruling said Maryland continues to “operate vestiges of a de jure system of segregation,” specifically by continuing a longstanding practice of duplicating academic programs offered at HBCUs, rather than investing in making the HBCU programs attractive to a diverse range of students.