Author: Carma Henry

A native of Sunrise, Florida, recently completed an intensive 10-week training program to become a member of the elite U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard.

     But today’s Supreme Court is different. It’s dominated by far-right justices who have made it clear they don’t share this view. Chief Justice John Roberts’s famous quote, “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race,” sums it up: conservatives believe affirmative action is at best unnecessary and at worst just another type of discrimination. Some conservatives would like to retire affirmative action because they claim it’s accomplished everything it set out to do. But it hasn’t. Not even close.

      Florida A&M University (FAMU) President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., Friday announced an administrative restructuring to foster operational excellence.

AIKENS Funeral services for the Deaconess Mary Alice Aikens – 64 were held November 5th at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Pastor Ron Harper officiating.…

BROWN Funeral services for the late John Ira Brown. HALL Funeral services for the late Allan “Ray” Hall – 62 were held November 5th at McWhite’s…

BEASLEY Funeral services for the late Bobby Lee Beasley – 68 were held November 9th at Sunset Memorial Gardens. HANKERSON Funeral services for the late Ernestine…

     On Friday, the city of Tallahassee will honor the late Congresswoman, Carrie P. Meek by naming a street after her.

You’ve got to blame some adults hiding behind the scenes, pied piping and pied papering all of this madness and making this kind of thing seem normal. Was there a shootout at a dice game? Yes. Were Black men involved in that circle? Yes. But it’s somebody pushing buttons and pulling levers and not only doing so but they have been greatly enriched financially by these incidents.”

An Undervaluation of a Home is Rarely Corrected. Discriminatory Treatment is Harmful (and Should be Prevented) in any Setting; in the Context of Home Appraisals, it Often Comes With Severe Economic Consequences

     Lena Horne made history this week as the first Black woman to have a Broadway theater named in her honor.