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There are dozens upon dozens of schools from elementary, middle, and high that donāt have enough students, yet sources are telling Ol Pete that the schools making the short list for closure are all in Black neighborhoods. Schools out west like Silver Shores Elementary that is seriously under enrolled hasnāt made the closure list.Ā And to add insult to injury, there has been nothing, to Peteās knowledge, to engage the affected Black community around these school closures. Black folk are sleeping through the revolution and Broward district is grateful for the ignorant slumber.
Hurricane Hilary made history in San Diego by delivering its rainiest summer day ever recorded. The city, typically known for its arid climate, experienced an unprecedented deluge from the storm, causing widespread flooding and disruptions.
Ā Ā The D.R.I.P. Way Foundation, Inc., is the dream and passion of John Franklin III, a Sickle Cell trait carrier,Ā current wide receiver with the Memphis Showboats of the USFL, and a Superbowl LV champion who played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is a native Floridian, who graduated from South Plantation High School and desires to serve the community by giving back, increasing awareness, providing knowledge resources, and support for Sickle Cell Anemia.
In addition to the security gate, Childrenās Harbor, a nationally accredited nonprofit agency with a mission to help strengthen families who are struggling in the community while providing safe shelter and support to teens in foster care, also added new security cameras, security alarms and upgraded external lighting to ensure the safety of residents.
Ā Ā Ā Ā The National Hurricane Center on Friday morning was watching four weather systems in the Atlantic Ocean, with one expected to bring rain to South Florida this weekend. A storm listed as Disturbance 4 was just north of Hispaniola and is expected to sweep across Florida as it moves toward the western Gulf of Mexico next week.
Dr. McNair was an academic prodigy and began studying calculus math at 9-years-old. This precocious 4th grader should have been learning his introductory multiplication tables. In 1959 the police were called to remove a young menace to the backwater town library of Lake City, SC. It was a tiny snapshot of how craven the Jim Crow era was for our society. The White librarian proved to be a heinous recreant and told a little boy he could not read a book!
Exclusive to the Westside Gazette — August is Black Philanthropy Month, an annual worldwide celebration of the Black communityās deep commitment to giving and a reminder of how philanthropy transforms lives around the globe.
Ā Ā Ā Ā The subject of this story sounds as asinine and ridiculous as our misguided, punitive governorās pernicious assertion that slavery benefited Black people. As I travel through out Broward County performing mundane tasks, homelessness is the existential crisis impossible to ignore. On practically every major intersection in Broward, panhandling persists and homelessness is pervasive. I routinely in the past transported a friend to the tri-rail station just south of Broward Blvd., then used the access road to I-95 to return home. Each time under the overpass the proliferation of homeless encampments became more apparent.
Ā Ā Ā Ā The concept of Freedom Schools dates back to the Civil Rights Movement, its name a nod to Mississippiās Freedom Summer. Then, The Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) which included The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, The NAACP, Congress of Racial Equity (CORE) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) all banded together to educate masses about voting rights, racial terror and what they can do to get involved politically. During the summer of 1964, Mississippi tried to ban the opening of Freedom Schools, crosses burnt as a warning in 64 of the stateās 82 counties on a single night. Still leaders pressed on, opening the schools anyway.