Author: Carma Henry

‘Test Your Bible Knowledge’

     Henry Louis Gates Jr’s., new four-part documentary series, GOSPEL digs deep into the origin story of Black gospel music that blended the sacred spirituals with the blues tradition and soared to new heights during the Great Migration.

Rosetta Frazier  Funeral  services will be held April 12th at Event Center.   DeAndre “YG Andre” Major  Funeral  services were held April 6 at Grissett Church.…

Alphonsa Coley – 79  Funeral services were held April 6 at Mt. Zion AME Church with Rev. Shedric McGauley, Jr. officiating. Mary Francis Gibbs –…

Jennings Coleman III – 84    Funeral Services were held April 4th at McWhite’s  Funeral Home. Overill L. Fletcher – 78   Funeral services were held April…

Prince Joseph Pinkey, Jr – 85  Funeral  services were held  April 8th at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home. Sarah L. McGauley-Lockett – 91  Funeral …

Florida Black Caucus Conference

     President Joe Biden visited Baltimore on April 5, reiterating a federal commitment to help Maryland fully recover from the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, reopen the Port of Baltimore to full capacity and support those affected by the accident.

     Retribution for the heinous treatment of the slaves in the British colony of South Carolina arrived Sunday morning September 9th, 1739. South Carolina became a state in 1776 after the Revolutionary War. The online encyclopedia Black Past.org chronicled the rebellion, “Led by an Angolan named Jemmy, a band of 20 slaves organized a rebellion on the banks of the Stono River. After breaking into Hutchinson’s store the band, now armed with guns, called for their liberty. As they marched, overseers were killed and reluctant slaves were forced to join the company.”

     I never called James by his given name, and I felt his kindred spirit, so I called him Jim. Jim had a leadership style and quality that made him stand out far more than his height and well dress.