Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE—Southern University Lab School in Baton Rouge shows how Black communities built educational pathways after Jim Crow exclusion, raising a larger question: why aren’t more HBCUs building K–12 pathways of their own?

       Wake me when the credits roll, because this can’t possibly be the same world that spent decades moving forward—through hard-fought progress championed by Democrats and Republicans alike—only to now watch so much of that progress unravel. This is the same world that once advanced human rights, environmental stewardship, and a shared sense of public decency. Yet somehow, it now feels as though we are living in a version of society many never imagined we would see.

        After gutting FEMA staffing and budgets, the Trump administration is reversing course as hurricane season nears. But former employees warn the agency is still dangerously unprepared for disasters that disproportionately impact Black communities.

   Omega men from Fort Lauderdale’s Zeta Chi Chapter and Pompano Beach’s Eta Nu Chapter worshipped together in celebration of the historic 120th Anniversary of Mt. Hermon AME Church in Fort Lauderdale — a beacon of hope for the greater Broward Black community during the dark days of segregation, Jim Crow, and the ominous presence of the Ku Klux Klan.

     “The old protect the young. The young protect the old.” Those prophetic words are also the premise of this Star Wars chapter. It’s perhaps the most visually disappointing film in the franchise.  Still, it’s filled with enough commotion to capture and keep action/adventure audiences intrigued and satisfied.

On April 26, 2026, it was all that jazz at the Great Gatsby 1920s themed 57th annual Debutante Cotillion of the Frances J. Bright Woman’s Club. Held at the Woodfield Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida, 12th grade debutantes were presented to society at the black-tie ball where FPL was a Gold sponsor. The students were uplifted by words of encouragement from the evening’s guest speaker State Attorney Alexcia Cox.

    Nobody made Don Trump run for president. He did so voluntarily. He should have known that if successful, this meant he would have to swear an oath to defend the Constitution, and that his job would be to “faithfully execute the laws” (Article II) as passed by Congress, the American lawmakers.

    It’s hard to avoid noticing, and internally screaming over, the Trump administration’s proposed military budget upgrade to $1.5 trillion annually – as though the present trillion-dollar annual gift to the end of the world weren’t enough.