January 2013
January 24th, 2013
Written by Rita Cook in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
The third annual Student Essay Contest honoring the Nation's First African-American Aviators, World War II Tuskegee Airmen will celebrate National Black History Month with students in Central Florida invited to meet Airmen in person at Fantasy of Flight's Legends & Legacies Symposium, "They Dared to Fly" from February 7 to 9, 2013.
Sharing their thoughts and dreams in an essay contest...
January 24th, 2013
Written by Henry C. Jackso... in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 50 years ago, white supremacists planted a bomb in a Birmingham, Ala., church that killed four young girls preparing to worship, an act of terror that shocked the nation and propelled Congress to pass that historic 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Lawmakers now want to honor those victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest...
January 23rd, 2013
Written by Dennis Junius -... in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 6 in 10 Americans now favor allowing illegal immigrants to eventually become U.S. citizens, a major increase in support driven by a turnaround in Republicans' opinions after the 2012 elections.
The finding, in a new Associated Press-GfK poll, comes as the Republican Party seeks to increase its meager support among Latino voters, who turned out in large numbers to help-...
January 23rd, 2013
Written by Rob Maaddi - AP... in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
After minority candidates were recently shut out by NFL teams for 15 top jobs, the Fritz Pollard Alliance wants the Rooney Rule to include coordinators, assistant head coaches and club president positions.
The proposal sent Tuesday to league executives came a week after no minorities were hired for eight coaching vacancies and seven general manager openings. There are only four minority head...
January 23rd, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in Focus on Health, Latest News with 0 Comments
Here’s to your health! When it comes to staying healthy African-Americans experience multiple challenges. Genetically specific disease like sickle cell anemia is confined to African-Americans, but it is not one of the ten leading causes of death for Blacks. Blacks die most commonly from the same ailments that plague those of other races, but they do so with different frequency and often at...