RAINBOW OF ROLE MODELS {WEDNESDAY SERIES} – Ida B. Wells, FAMED 19TH CENTURY JOURNALIST AND ANTI LYNCHING CRUSADER

She attended a segregated Black school and became a teacher in Memphis, Tennessee, until she was fired in 1891 for speaking out against subpar learning conditions. A staunch activist, Wells similarly filed and initially won a lawsuit against the Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad Co. in 1884 after being forced out of a first-class train car despite having purchased a first-class ticket. The ruling was eventually overturned by the Tennessee Supreme Court and spurred the beginning ...

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RELAX ALREADY, YES INFLATION IS HIGHER THAN IN THE PAST 13 YEARS, BUT IT’S TRANSITORY!

Transitory means not permanent or temporary.  Now why these big brains cannot bring themselves to say temporary, is beyond me.  For Americans who need to purchase little things like food, gas, pay rent and utilities, kids' clothing and shoes, etc., this "temporary" inflation is taking HARD-EARNED MONEY many Americans simply do NOT have!.  This "temporary" inflation significantly HARMS our most vulnerable Americans.   

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BLACK LIVES MATTER AND YES, ALL LIVES MATTER by Contributing Author: Brenda Cannady

"Black Lives  Matter!!! And for the folks in the back row, let me say it again, BLACK LIVES MATTER. And yes, also All Lives Matter: Children’s Lives Matter, Indigenous Lives Matter and Animals Lives Matter too. Every life form that God has whispered the sweet breath of life into matters. Recognizing the problems and inequities with an intention to provide resources and corrective actions to reform conditions in one group, ...

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AN ACHIEVABLE SOLUTION TO THE RACIAL EQUALITY GAP

  Recent weeks activities have included: Peaceful protest, Violence, Looting, Property Destruction, Lynching of statues (I don’t get that one) a Black Lives Matter, so called leader, stated “If we do not get the changes we demand, we will burn this government down”, and the popular Defund the Police.  So far, every action has resulted in ZERO change and I expect that to be the case this time next year.   One action ...

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IS DROPPING THE SAT AND ACT STANDARIDIZED TEST FOR POLITICAL REASONS.  A DECISION THAT WILL HARM MINORITY AND ALL STUDENTS!

  CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR – BILL POWERS; Author of The Pharm House & The Torch is Passed http://authorbillpowers.com   The University of California (UC) decided to eliminate the SAT and ACT as an admissions criterion because the standardized tests were deemed to be discriminatory against minorities. UC failed to explain or even address how Asians appear to be immune to the discriminatory effects of the SAT/ACT. The school setup a committee to identify a possible “non-discriminatory” replacement ...

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