Author: Carma Henry

   First of all, elegance almost oozes from “Lena Horne: Goddess Reclaimed” by Donald Bogle, a gorgeous book, part of the TMC library.

     These days, as many Black residents have left amid the high cost of housing, the services are largely empty, save for a couple dozen faithful who return week after week, some of them from far away suburbs.

Our first Black school, African Free School, was founded 1787 in lower Manhattan by the New York Manumission Society. Webster’s dictionary defines “Manumission: a setting free from slavery.” The school followed the Society’s creation in 1785 by some of New York’s wealthiest White citizens. New York Historical Society recorded that, “Its members included John Jay and Alexander Hamilton. Their work on behalf of Black New Yorkers began with protesting the widespread practice of kidnapping Black New Yorkers (both slave and free) and selling them as slaves elsewhere. 

KiAnna Nycole always wished to find characters in books and on-screen who shared her experience of living with food allergies. However, the absence of such representation made her feel like the only kid dealing with these challenges. So, she decided to take her experience and publish Food Friendly, a children’s book that highlights the importance of food allergy awareness and inclusion.

      Florida Memorial University is getting the deserved funding needed to raise the academic bar on excellence when it comes to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

 Florida A&M used an explosive 229-yard output on the ground, including 113 yards from Terrell Jennings, and four rushing touchdowns to pick up a 35-14 win against Prairie View A&M Saturday night in Bragg Memorial Stadium.

Angel Rich-Jones and her husband Karl Jones, have launched a non-profit partnership with J.P. Lunn, PGA member and President of PGA REACH Middle-Atlantic, to launch a signature HBCU program called 4tee Acres to provide students with access to quality golf clubs, clothes, and a variety of clinics.

     Despite all that did not go right in his first season after controversially leaving Jackson State University, a historically Black school, Black fans in particular have rallied around “Coach Prime.” He high-stepped into Boulder, a city with a population of just 1.3% Black people, reinvigorated a downtrodden fan base and built a national coalition of support.

Elizabeth Francis, an African American woman from Houston, Texas, who has just turned 114 years old, has now become not just the oldest person in her state, but also the second-oldest living person in the entire country.

Meet Hephzibah Akinwale, a 10-year-old Black girl from the United Kingdom who just broke the world record for the longest fiction book for children. Her book, Chronicles of The Time Keepers: Whisked Away, boasts a whopping 58,000 words.