Author: Carma Henry

       The majority of — if not all — employers understand that they must report the salary, overtime pay and bonuses that their employees receive as compensation for the jobs they perform. But did you know that the IRS also wants to know about other forms of taxable compensation?

       Regardless of race, income, or geography, every family needs and deserves a place to call home. It’s a place not only for shelter from life’s many storms; but also, where families come after school or work, celebrate birthdays or holidays – and all the activities that together turn a house into a home.  But in recent years, the ability to have a home – as a renter or as a home owner – has been an increasing financial strain.

       “The Negro spirituals were so important to the enslaved African, who, as scripture would foretell, were brought into this ‘strange land’ having been asked to sing a new song. We understand that many of these enslaved Africans came to the Americas with different dialects, different languages that they spoke,” explains composer and Wayne State University music instructor Dr. Brandon Waddles in an interview with host A. J. Walker on Detroit PBS’ American Black Journal. “Music has always been a universal language. And coded therein, within these songs were messages; not only messages of hope, but messages that would lead these enslaved Africans to freedom.”

Joy Bramble’s  tireless  efforts have not only transformed The Baltimore Times from a monthly publication into an indispensable newspaper for its readers but have also inspired a new generation of community leaders.

       Myrtis Louise Hall Mason was a dedicated and committed teacher who started her teaching career in Armstrong, Florida (also in St. Johns County). She then moved to Excelsior Elementary in St. Augustine to teach, along with her husband, Otis, in the same classroom where she was once a student. Ironically enough, she taught just down the hall from her then mother-in-law, who was still working. She loved teaching students in first and second grades, where she could see their progress from the first day of school to the last. To this day, many former students credit her with patiently guiding their hands while learning to write their names.

       In “Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People,” Tiya Miles—a professor of history at Harvard University and MacArthur Fellowship recipient—draws on a plethora of sources, such as newspaper accounts, dictated letters and the experiences of enslaved women in an elegant, evocative, and empathetic account of Harriet Tubman’s “faith journey.”

       He would have taken any job here that paid the bills. What Bakewell didn’t envision was that the one he got — a community organizing gig — would set him on a path to power, as a civil rights leader, a property developer, a business tycoon and publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel, the city’s legendary Black newspaper.

        With a little over a month before the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics, the top American track and field athletes are looking to earn an opportunity to compete for gold.

        In a groundbreaking move, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) recently approved Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rights for high school athletes, allowing them to profit from their brand.

        The reigning Celebration Bowl champion Florida A&M Rattlers enter the 2024 season with a completely different team roster from the previous year.