Home/Racial equity/A Jonesville man’s story challenges the logic of Florida’s process to award a marijuana license to a Black farmer A Jonesville man’s story challenges the logic of Florida’s process to award a marijuana license to a Black farmer By Katie HysonNovember 4, 2022 Racial equity, Report for America When medical marijuana was legalized in Florida five years Read More…
Anthony “Tony” Santi was fatally shot on October 6 — Images via KMBC Prosecutors in Jackson County announced they won’t be bringing any charges against a woman who fatally shot a Kansas City firefighter during a physical altercation. They said she acted out of self-defense. According to FOX4, the fatal encounter occurred at a gas station on October 6. Read More…
USING DRUMS FOR COMMUNICATION ALLOWED PEOPLE TO COMMUNICATE OVER VERY LONG DISTANCES OF THICK BRUSH AND JUNGLE. DRUM LANGUAGES AND SLAVERY. SOME OF THE DARKER HISTORY SURROUNDING THE USE OF DRUMS WAS ON SLAVE SHIPS HEADING FROM WEST AFRICA TO VIRGINIA IN THE 1730S. JOIN US EVERY 4th SAT @ 12 NOON – 4TH SUN Read More…
NASCAR’s Youngest Black Driver, He’s Currently an HBCU Student Rajah Caruth, the youngest of the only four African American drivers in NASCAR. At just 21 years old, he is balancing his professional racing career while also enrolled at Winston-Salem State University, an HBCU in North Carolina. In 2014, Caruth’s NASCAR journey began when he attended Read More…
Nationwide — Arleaner Washington, an African American woman from Biloxi, Mississippi, has turned 100 years old. Born on February 6, 1924, she marked this significant milestone with a heartfelt proclamation from Gulfport Councilwoman Ella Holmes-Hines and Mayor Billy Hewes. Originally from Gulfport, Washington spent most of her life there before moving to Biloxi’s Brookdale Senior Read More…
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