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””
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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””
America in a Crises
CBS: “One dead, five injured in shooting at Bronx subway station.” NEW YORK — One person was killed and five others were injured in shooting on a subway platform in the Bronx on Monday afternoon. “It happened just after 4:30 p.m. on the 4 train platform at the Mount Eden subway station on Jerome Avenue.”Continue reading “America in a Crises”
Iran widens Middle East Conflict
U.S. round of strikes killed a high ranking Iran proxy terrorist member. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said, “Iran proxy groups continue to escalate.” President Biden said he is determine to pursue a pathway to peace. Netanyahu rejects a Hamas cease-fire plan. Netanyahu asserts that there are specific demands that has to be met. HamasContinue reading “Iran widens Middle East Conflict”
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