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Letter To The Editor Revisionist Black History

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By Ada M Fisher The recent action taken by the Quaker Oats family of products to change the name of Aunt Jemima to the Pearl Milling Company (which in 1888 developed self-rising flour), was a supposed bid to redress complaints of racism from the perceived belittling name for their best pancake mix taking it away from its legacy of good home cooking.   The face of Aunt Jemima was originally depicted by
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Boxer, Spinks Dies At 67

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Former world heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks, who took the crown from Muhammad Ali in 1978 before losing a rematch, died on Friday, according to his publicists. He was 67. Spinks died with his wife, Brenda Spinks, at his side, after a five-year battle with cancer. He had been admitted to a Las Vegas hospital in December, according to a statement from The Firm PR to Las Vegas television station
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Jackson Released Post Therapy, Surgery

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Jesse Jackson CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been released to a Chicago physical therapy center following gallbladder surgery and medical observation, a spokesman said Sunday.  The 79-year-old civil rights leader experienced “abdominal discomfort” on Jan. 29 and was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he underwent an undisclosed surgery, according to a late Saturday statement from Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jackson’s longtime spokesman Frank Watkins confirmed Sunday
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Yellen Warns Of COVID’s Lasting Toll On Blacks

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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that economic crises hit people of colour harder and longer, and the current crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic would have a lasting impact on Black Americans unless action was taken. “During the early days of the pandemic, African Americans were the first to lose their small businesses. They were the first to lose their jobs,”
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Protestation

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Mr. Lt. Governor, History Books Should Call “Racism,” What IT Is. BY KAYOLYN PERSON I have a protestation that revels repulsion to think that our intelligence should be, is, insulted by the notion that the truth of systemic-racism, is not a beast, and a monster, is a bold faced lie. To go forth to say that this should not be taught because it will be an agent to instill a
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Washington Football Team Celebrates BHM

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The Washington Football Team announced today several of its programs and initiatives to celebrate Black History Month. Throughout the month of February, the team will focus efforts on impactful initiatives that align with the organization’s commitment to engaging with the African American community throughout the DC Metro Area. The pillars of all the team’s efforts will focus on education, sports and activism, and community. “The legacy of Black America is
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Parents Of Child Who Killed Himself Can Sue Educators

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This undated file photo provided by Cornelia Reynolds shows her son Gabriel Taye when he was in second grade. The parents of 8-year-old Taye, who killed himself after being persistently bullied, can move forward with a lawsuit against the Cincinnati school district that alleges wrongful death and other charges, a federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. CINCINNATI (AP) — The parents of an 8-year-old student who killed himself
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‘Lean on Me’ Principal, Joe Clark, Dies At Age 82

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” died at his Florida home on Tuesday after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his family said. He was 82. At crime- and drug-ridden Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey, Clark expelled 300 students in a single day
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