Author: Carma Henry

McWhite’s Funeral Home

Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home

Nearly 200 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees are warning that President Donald Trump’s policies could leave the nation vulnerable to a disaster on the scale of Hurricane Katrina.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In a surprising announcement, Howard University President Ben Vinson III, 55, will leave his position as Howard University’s 18th President.

     On Aug. 28, in solemn commemoration of the historic 1963 March on Washington, a united coalition of churches and the Black Press led by Dr. Boise Kimber, Bishop J. Drew Sheard, Dr. Samuel C. Tolbert, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr, president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA): The Black Press of America will join Civil Rights icon Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network, to lead a protest march on Wall Street in New York City, the epicenter of economic power and privilege. The march will feature prominent religious and Civil Rights leaders and activists, who will speak and much more.

       What should be a historic moment for Florida Memorial University — the appointment of its first-ever alumnus as president — may be spiraling into a bitter power struggle and looming legal battle.

       Summer is typically a time to reset, renew, and relax. But this summer, I had the amazing opportunity to take part in a program called Hands On South Florida Summer Service Camp. It was a one-week nonprofit community service camp that gives participants volunteer opportunities—and honestly, it was one of the best parts of my summer.

The Shop: Learning How to Be a Man While Being a Man

CONCRETE HOWLS: A COYOTE’S STORY is the title of a wonderful display of mixed media art designed by Artis/Illustrator, general Aikens. Gabriel, a native of Lauderhill, Florida. Gabriel graduated from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) with a Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree. He is continuing his education attending Savannah College of Art Design (SCAD) with the intent of graduating with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Game Design.

The Patricia Ann Harper Garrett Scholarship Fund Committee is proud to announce Ja’leaha Thornton, a student at Bethune-Cookman University, as the first-ever recipient of the Patricia Ann Harper Garrett Scholarship. Thornton has been awarded $5,000 in recognition of her outstanding dedication to education, leadership, and service, the core values upon which the scholarship was founded.