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     In the wake of the recent and closely watched presidential selection at Florida A&M University (FAMU), Board of Trustees member Deveron Gibbons is offering candid insights into the process, his support for President-Elect Marva Johnson, and how the university can move forward together. His comments come amid impassioned public discussion and a widely shared op-ed from Rev. R.B. Holmes calling for transparency, unity, and healing.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Now, with immigration raids sparking protest in majority-Black and Latino neighborhoods in Los Angeles like Compton and Paramount, Trump has again used federal troops to confront civilians.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The head of the organization, which focuses on the advancement of Hispanics, discussed the discriminatory nature of these arrests, lending “the only criteria they need to have is brown skin.”

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Beginning June 9, 2025, at 12:01, citizens of the designated countries are banned from entering the United States.

        In what’s being widely recognized as the most impactful Black-led boycott since the Montgomery Bus Boycott of the 1950s, Target has suffered a staggering $12 billion loss in market value.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — An analysis of state tests shows that few states have recovered students from pandemic math losses, with disadvantaged students from low-income neighborhoods hit especially hard

       At Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Miami Gardens, Florida, the spirit of resistance, resilience, and revival was alive and well as nearly 500 Black community members gathered for the People’s Meetup Townhall. And when Rep. Jasmine Crockett and civil rights powerhouse Attorney Ben Crump took the mic, it wasn’t just talk; it was a rallying cry drenched in truth and fire.

      “I was raised by grandma in Delray Beach, Florida. We would go in the summertime, but it wouldn’t be for pleasure. We had to go to work. What kind of work was it? Picking beans. You loaded on the truck to go to the bean farm. One day I was on my knees with the hamper used to put beans in. When I moved the hamper, I saw this huge Coach Whip snake so I took off running. So when competing today, I think about running from that snake.”  — Jo Ann Sampson

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Trump administration is dismantling the very programs created to correct generations of systemic racism and economic exclusion—programs that helped level the playing field for Black, Latino, Indigenous, and women entrepreneurs.

 BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In a moving display of remembrance and restoration, Dillard University, the City of New Orleans, and University Medical Center held a traditional jazz funeral and memorial service to honor the 13 men, four women, and two unidentified individuals whose remains were stolen in the 1870s by a local physician and sent overseas.