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Simply put, she wanted a better life for her son, so she enrolled him in the Norwalk public schools despite having no real ties to the city. “When the city found out that it was spending its money educating her boy, it demanded that Ms. McDowell be charged with a crime,” Pattis said. “Norwalk prosecutors, known statewide for an unreasoning mean-streak, obliged. She was charged with first-degree larceny,” he said.

     The reality in many of these universities is that by the time you subtract preferences for minorities, the spots reserved for athletes, the preferences given to the children of donors, the places taken by children of the well-connected, college admissions is a process where the only people seemingly ‘guaranteed’ a spot, are people who have the system rigged in their favor. It’s clear, from reading some of the emails, that many of these parents were trying to ‘rig’ a guaranteed spot for their kid. 

ev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters Regarding Racist White Presidents

     “I’m excited that this is by us, for us and there’s going to be a lot of great content that reflects our lifestyle,” said Rice, who joined cast members from various Cleo TV shows, executives from Comcast Afro and others in celebrating the launch of the new channels at the Newseum on Thursday, March 14.

Father Augustus Tolton is one step closer to being the First Black American Saint A Vatican committee has unanimously voted to send the sainthood cause of the first African American priest in the United States to the next stage.

     UNCF awards more than $100 million in scholarships annually and administers more than 400 programs, including scholarship, internship and fellowship, mentoring, summer enrichment, and curriculum and faculty development programs.

     The team has received a $26 million grant as part of former Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative to conduct the largest study ever to look at the underlying factors and reasons that put African American men at higher risk for developing and dying from prostate cancer.

     “For the first time in history, there are more than 20 Black women serving in the United State Congress—and we all stand on the shoulders of Shirley Chisholm,” said Senator Harris. “Shirley’s legacy inspires us to continue our fight to give a voice to the voiceless and pursue justice and equality for every American. Her legacy deserves to stand tall in the United States Capitol.”

In a joint effort to get students involved with the Children Services Council’s 2019 Broward AWARE! Protecting OUR Children campaign: Growing the Voices of Our Future, the Westside Gazette will engage youth in a photovoice (photojournalism) project.  The youth will tell their stories through the written word and through the lens of cameras they will operate as photojournalists focusing on but not limited to the Broward AWARE campaign.

      Barack Obama epitomized the Black leader illusion. “At the end of his presidency, Black people were in the same state they were before he was elevated to the highest office in the land,” observed Dr. Claud Anderson in his book, A Black History Reader. Moreover, “Most visible Blacks do not equate to Black leaders. They are double agents who intentionally represent everyone” as an excuse to ignore the Black masses.