Author: Carma Henry

       South Florida has lost a Historian and Baseball enthusiast in the person of Danny Phillips. Phillips passed away on November 7, 2024, after a brief illness. Phillips was the Founder and Director of More Than a Game, Inc., a Non-profit organization based in Fort Lauderdale FL. Phillips started More Than a Game alongside fellow Baseball enthusiast Eddie Edwards Jr. in 2004. The organization educated the Community both young and old on the era of Negro League Baseball when Blacks weren’t allowed to play in the Major Leagues due to segregation.

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       On November 11th the Veterans of the American Legion Post #220 conducted a Veterans Day ceremony at the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Veterans Day is a National Holiday that reflect upon the heroism of those who died in our country’s service.

       A new report released by The Education Trust titled, “Improving Titles III & V of the Higher Education Act to Better Serve Students of Color and Students from Low-Income Backgrounds” examines how Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) receive funds related to Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act (HEA).

       “The higher the tariff, the more likely it is that the company will come into the United States and build a factory in the United States, so it doesn’t have to pay the tariff,” Trump told Bloomberg last month. “The (exporting) countries will pay.”

        Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks of Prince George’s County, Maryland made history on election night when they became the first two Black women elected to serve in the Senate simultaneously.

The all-Black 54th unit from Massachusetts was the first regiment formed after Lincoln’s call for Black troops. Sergeant Carney and the other men in the unit fought with valor and gallantry. The Massachusetts Historical Society recorded, “…after several days with little sleep, food or water, the regiment was instructed to lead the attack against Fort Wagner on Morris Island. In the disastrous assault led by Colonel Shaw, the 54th suffered very heavy losses, including the loss of their commander, and nearly half of the men present were killed…” That two hour fight, often with hand to hand combat, was a winner for Black recruitment. The Boston African American Historic site gave this summary, “Through their heroic, yet tragic, assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina in July 1863, the 54th helped inspire the enlistment of more than 180,000 Black men…a boost in morale and manpower that Lincoln recognized as essential to the victory of the United States and the destruction of slavery throughout the country.”  

       On November 11, 2024, the City of West Park hosted a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to mark the successful completion of one of its Infill Affordable Housing development projects. This milestone event, held in partnership with Kinetic Lifestyle Homes, celebrated the city’s commitment to expanding housing opportunities for its residents.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), one of the most vocal supporters of the MAGA movement, has publicly accused GOP leaders of harboring sexual predators, using taxpayer funds to silence victims, and suppressing evidence tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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