Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to. ‘I aboarded my flight on a Wednesday morning. I didn’t know how soon I would see them again. Little did I know alienation was in motion that my relationship our fellowship had come to a permanent end. My grandchildren in a distant. HisContinue reading “Texas Revolution: “My Sankofa Borders History””
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Somaliland
“Regions of SomalilandGobollada Somaliland (Somali)محافظات صوماليلاند(Arabic)Regions of Somaliland (Somali: Gobolada Somaliland; Arabic: محافظات صوماليلاند) is divided into six administrative regions, Awdal, Sahil, Maroodi-Jeeh, Togdheer, Sanaag and Sool. These are in turn subdivided into twenty-two districts. Regions of Somaliland are the primary geographical divisions through which Somaliland is administered. A distinction is made between districts ofContinue reading “Somaliland”
Black History Month: “Celebrating HBCU”
Historical Black Colleges and Universities TSU: “Texas Southern University (Texas Southern or TSU) is a public historically black university in Houston, Texas. The university is one of the largest and most comprehensive historically black college or universities in the United States with nearly 8,000 students enrolled and over 100 academic programs. The university is aContinue reading “Black History Month: “Celebrating HBCU””
Celebrating Black History Family
Fani Willis, chip off the Attorneys Block. DA Willis and father, John Clifford Floyd. “John Floyd is the father of Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney Fani Willis.” “Willis’s father, a retired criminal defense attorney who wrote a movie script, was a leader in the Black Panther movement, according to South Atlanta Magazine. His full nameContinue reading “Celebrating Black History Family”
Presidents Day 2024
Presidents Day is a federal holiday observed on every third Monday in February, and most federal offices, including the U.S. Capitol shown here, are closed. AP Presidents Day is a federal holiday observed on every third Monday in February, and most federal offices, including the U.S. Capitol shown here, are closed. AP Presidents Day is a federalContinue reading “Presidents Day 2024”
Lent 2024
“Christian religious observance in the liturgical year commemorating the 40 days Jesus Christ spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry.” Wikipedia Lent in 2024? Here’s Everything You Need to Know When It Starts and Ends Wed, Feb 14,Continue reading “Lent 2024”
Generational Wealthy: “It’s a Black Thing”
John Floyd III, father of Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis, testifies during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in Atlanta. The hearing is to determine whether Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, special prosecutor she hired in the election interference caseContinue reading “Generational Wealthy: “It’s a Black Thing””
South Carolina
“Settled by the English in 1670, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1788. Its early economy was largely agricultural, benefitting from the area’s fertile soil. Plantation farmers relied on the slave trade for cheap labor to maximize profits.” By 1730, people of African descent made up two-thirds of theContinue reading “South Carolina”
Trump’s Civil Fraud Case
Washington Post: “Judge orders Trump to pay more than $350 million in N.Y. civil fraud trial.”New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Friday ordered former president Donald Trump to pay more than $350 million in penalties, handing down a hefty penalty following a months-long civil trial in which Trump and others were accused ofContinue reading “Trump’s Civil Fraud Case”
Black History: South Carolina “Gullah Culture”
Gullah Museum SC: “The Gullah Geechee people are the descendants of Africans who were enslaved on these plantations in coastal Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida—from Jacksonville, NC, to Jacksonville, FL. Many came from West and Central African countries—which includes Angola, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, and the DemocraticContinue reading “Black History: South Carolina “Gullah Culture””
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