Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

United States Court of Appeals Judge Damon J. Keith, who decided many of the nation’s most important school desegregation, employment discrimination, and government surveillance cases, passed away this morning at the age of 96.

  Singleton was a father to seven children including Justice, Maasai, Hadar, Cleopatra, Selenesol, Isis and Seven Singleton.     In addition to Boyz N the Hood, which received two Oscar nominations, Singleton also directed classic films and shows like Poetic Justice, Baby Boy, Four Brothers, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Billions and many others.

    The World Bank classifies nations where people earn $2.73 per day or more as middle-income countries (MICs), even though this arbitrary claim is entirely out of touch with reality. Few people would be able to survive, let alone have any income for shelter and healthcare on such a meager budget – roughly the cost of a cup of coffee in a wealthy country.

It’s about to get a whole lot quieter in Fort Lauderdale! The City received outstanding news regarding the Brightline (Virgin Trains USA) quiet zone, an initiative designed to eliminate the use of train horns along the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) corridor in Broward County.  Late yesterday, the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) informed the City that construction work on the quiet zone has been completed.

      Saturday was a day of “firsts” and “new beginnings” for the Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital effort as the project’s board of directors honored 13 physicians and healthcare advocates in the first class of Collins Chapel Healthcare Legacy Awards.

The purpose of the African American Business Project is to promote African American economic independence and empowerment in the United States for present and future African American generations.