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African Americans and the New Deal

December 30, 2021 Carma Henry 0

Americans have come a long way to secure a distinct place into the mainstream of American life. It is only fair to ask what effect, if any, the New Deal had during President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s era to secure rights for the Blacks during the hard ti9mes of the 1930s and beyond. Judges from the today’s standards, there is much we can criticize about the New Deal/Roosevelt era. It never ceased the tremendous injustices that African Americans had to suffer daily. […]

$100 Million Class Action Suit Spells Out Racism, Sexism, Fraud and a Tarnished Blue Wall at D.C.’s

December 29, 2021 Carma Henry 0

According to Civil Rights Lawyer Pamela Keith, at least 20 officers have come forward since the first action in October. […]

GOP Candidate Mellissa Carone Says Government Wants To ‘Eliminate The White People’ With Critical Race Theory

December 29, 2021 Carma Henry 0

At this point, it’s not even much of a controversial thing to say the GOP has a white supremacist problem. But to be more specific, the Republican party has an issue with MAGA-fied conservatives who don’t actually know anything about anything getting elected to office by MAGA-fied voters who also don’t know anything about anything. That’s how Georgia got stuck with Marjorie Taylor Greene, and if Michigan Democrats don’t stay on their toes, their state might get stuck with their own KK-Karen who insists on perpetuating the dumb blonde stereotype. […]

The National Christmas Tree

December 29, 2021 Carma Henry 0

A 2,000-year-old giant sequoia tree in Kings Canyon National Park is America’s official Christmas tree, the only living shrine to the United States Military, and the legacy of an unknown little girl from 1924. […]

The best way to follow through on your New Year’s resolution. Make an ‘old year’s resolution

December 29, 2021 Carma Henry 0

If you’ve made a New Year’s resolution, your plot for self-improvement probably kicks into gear sometimes on Jan. 1, when the hangover wears off and the quest for the “new you” begins in earnest. […]

70 Years Ago Black Activists Accused the U.S. of Genocide.

December 29, 2021 Carma Henry 0

Seventy years ago this month, on Dec. 17, 1951, the United Nations received a bold petition, delivered in two cities at once: Activist William Patterson presented the document to the U.N. assembly in Paris, while his comrade Paul Robeson, the famous actor and singer, did the same at the U.N. offices in New York. W.E.B. Du Bois, a leading Black intellectual, was among the petition’s signatories. […]

Ben Crump: “State Farm, your racism causes harm”

December 23, 2021 Carma Henry 0

Saying, “State Farm’s racism causes harm,” Attorney Ben Crump and his partners Thursday announced a “landmark” lawsuit against State Farm alleging the insurance company engaged in “systematic racism, discrimination and retaliation,” against a 28-year- veteran employee, Dr. Carla Campbell-Jackson. […]

Here’s Why bell hooks Used Lowercase Letters For Her Name

December 23, 2021 Carma Henry 0

Literature fans around the world were stunned to learn that acclaimed author and notable feminist bell hooks died on Wednesday at the age of 69 in her native Kentucky. Madame Noire re-ported that hooks’ cause of death was not immediately announced. […]

Black Woman Leaves Corporate Job to Open DNA Lab Facility and Drug Testing Center

December 23, 2021 Carma Henry 0

Michelle was a Corporate Technology Leader who has leveraged her education and experience to become a serial entrepreneur in Health/Beauty & Transportation. She serves as Executive Director of Precis Screening, Sanai Couture Beauty Holdings, LLC, and Co-Owner of Precis Global Logistics, LLC. She has helped over 500 aspiring entrepreneurs and existing business owners learn to enter Drug Testing, Clinical Lab & Transportation Compliance markets by teaching them to own and operate their own facilities. […]

Sharon Bowen Makes NYSE History As First Black Woman Board Chair

December 23, 2021 Carma Henry 0

The appointment is historic as it marks the first time a Black woman has served in the role. Bowen has broken barriers and changed the narrative surrounding representation in the finance space throughout her entire career. She made history as the first African American to serve as the Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. […]