Augusta, Georgia radio host, Austin Rhodes, is against renaming the John C. Calhoun expressway. During his February 7, 2018 radio show, Rhodes suggested John C. Calhoun, a slave owner and staunch defender of slavery, is no worse than James Brown because of his well publicized misbehavior.
Author: Carma Henry
Carma Henry
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‘The Chi’
Again, Miramar’s “Management” team resists the request by its residents to install police dashcams and equip our officers with body cams.
Black History Month a Sham
In the era of slavery, some voices used the Bible to justify the capture and sale of human beings, arguing that “God set different Orders and Degrees of Men in the World … some to be High and Honorable, … some to be born Slave, and so to remain during their lives.”
— “Fair Play Charter” seeks to address perceived bias against Black and Hispanic media owners in the advertising industry.
The First African American Pilot for Eastern Airlines
The horrific shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, in northern Broward County on Wednesday afternoon, hit much too close to home for me. I had children who graduated from Douglas, and I helped raise the money for the school’s football stadium.
Mary Fields (c.1832-1914) made transportation history as the first African American woman to deliver the U.S. mail. Fields was born a slave in Tennessee, and she achieved her freedom in 1865 when slavery was abolished in the United States
Folks have strong reactions to Barack and Michelle Obama’s portraits