Author: Carma Henry

Florida A&M Women’s Track & Field pole vaulter Kiara Ivy traveled to compete in the Trinidad & Tobago National Championships and set a new national record with a score of 3.3 meters.

     Crawford (40-0, 31 knockouts) already owned the WBO belt, and took the WBC, WBA and IBF titles from Spence (28-1). Crawford also ran his KO streak to 11 matches, the second-longest active stretch.

     Two Wildcats have received AllSWAC Pre-Season honors, the conference announced on Tuesday during its annual Media Day at the Sheraton Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama.

     As die-hard Mets fans reflect on past glory and endure ever-present disappointment, they are left wondering when – or if – their team will finally break free from this cycle of failure.

African American families have known for generations that retirement at the age of 65 is often a mirage. We hope and pray it will happen, but it’s a dream that generally never gets fulfilled. In fact reports have shown that the typical White family – even at retirement age – has eight times the wealth of the typical Black family, with a typical Latino family faring only slightly better. These historic inequities will not change by themselves. Community leaders, policymakers, and industry experts must come together to identify and promote new solutions to this retirement wealth gap.

      Thousands of journalists, media executives, educators, communications and marketing professionals, students and others gather in Birmingham this week for the 2023 National Association of Black Journalists Convention and Career Fair.

Back To School Drive 

     “Enough is enough” says Reverend R. B. Holmes, Jr., Pastor of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church of Tallahassee, Florida and Chairman of the Tallahassee Chapter of the National Action Network. Reverend Holmes convened leaders in the state to take actions against these racist policies. “The Florida Department of Education’s so-called Black history curriculum is a sham, a shame and a disgrace to all Black Americans and authentic historians…”  he said. Reverend Dr. Carl Johnson, President of the Florida General Baptist Convention, Inc. and Pastor of the 93rd Street Baptist Church of Miami, Florida says “We are appalled, upset and extremely disgusted in this Governor’s consistent attack on Black culture, heritage and history”.  Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump says “This irresponsible and disgraceful, so-called Black history curriculum is an insult to our ancestors and all who believe in teaching true history! This curriculum is about ideology and indoctrination!”

     How could Blacks on the Board be that tone death, claiming the statement was misinterpreted? There was NO benefit to being a slave, even many of our saw and denounced such a ludicrous assertion immediately. Most of the slaves they identified as examples were not slaves at all.

Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, renowned activist and leader, will be awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal in recognition of her years of transformative advocacy and brave leadership. The medal will be presented at the Spingarn Freedom Fund Awards Dinner during the 114th National Convention in Boston.