It was a history making afternoon in more ways than one. On Wednesday, Jan. 20th Joseph R. Biden was sworn in as America’s 46th President of the United States alongside Kamala D. Harris who was sworn in as America’s Vice President, making her the first female to do so. The invite-only audience was full of familiar faces. Former Presidents Barack…
On the evening of Jan. 5th, 2021, Raphael Warnock defeated Kelly Leoffler in a Special Election for the US Senate making him the first Georgia Democrat to be elected to the Senate in 20 years and the first Black US senator from Georgia. The nation paid close watch on his campaign against Leoffler and Jon Ossoff’s campaign against David Perdue…
With the election less than a month away, citizens are gearing up to vote and let their voices be heard. However, 800,000 felons will not be able to vote even though their rights were restored in 2018. On Nov. 6, 2018 Florida voters approved a landmark constitutional amendment with two-thirds of the vote restoring voting rights to 1.4 million felons…
Black people are the blueprint. For years, we have influenced fashion, culture, slang, music, etc. Most of today’s “trends” were started by black people, and while that may be hard to believe it’s because we are seldom given credit. However, with the help of social media, people are learning more about black history and the influence we have on virtually…
Many people did not know much about Juneteenth (A.K.A. Freedom Day) until this year. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19th 1865, the Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas to deliver the news that the war was over and that slaves were free. This was two and a…