Author: Carma Henry

     Black voters make up a third of the FDP and Hoye says the party has failed to put the time or resources into the community beyond a few months before election day. “Democrats can’t win without the Black vote. Just ask President Joe Biden. We can’t expect them to turnout if we’re not paying attention. This must be a consistent effort that becomes part of the overarching campaign,” Hoye said.

ALFRED Funeral services for the Patrick Alfred – 32. CUMMINGS Funeral ser-vices for the Damian Nedron Cummings – 46 were held February 4th at James C.…

DENNIS Funeral services for the late Nicole Andrea Dennis – 38 were held February 11th at McWhite’s Funeral Home. HAWKINS Funeral services for the late Johnny…

      The International Longshoremen Association (ILA) is a longstanding organization that provides representation for workers on docks throughout America. The Local 1526’s president, Johnnie Dixon, describes the work done through the union as what ‘keeps America running’. He explains that due to the outsourcing of many manufacturing jobs, America has come to rely heavily on freight.

       A relative of Emmett Till is suing to try to make a Mississippi sheriff serve a 1955 arrest warrant on a white woman in the kidnapping that led to the Black teenager’s brutal lynching.

During the 2023 Super Bowl National Anthem performance, three Navy tactical squadrons conducted a unified flyover. Petty Officer Second Class Reanell Smythe, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is one of the sailors who maintains the aircraft who participated in the flyover.

If elected, Lee, 76, would be the only Black woman in the Senate, and only the third in its history.

‘Anger, Disbelief and Heartbreak’ after a Teacher at the Studio Kids Little River Painted Toddlers’ Faces Black in Class

     The lies, misrepresentations, and half-truths Gov. DeSantis is regurgitating about Black History is nothing short of a calculated strategy to destroy the truth of who we are and what we have accomplished. And what has been done to us by those who enslaved us.

     Even the most uninvolved persons in our community know it is time to draw up plans that everyone can at least know or discover. It is time for our leaders to call us together, not to march, not to sing, but to confer with each other and make plans to organize a better life without fear and violence. Plans must include jobs, housing, economic development, and education about our history.