The first civil rights bill passed in 1866. The law made the right to buy and possess property an integral part of the definition of freedom for the newly created 4,000,000 United States citizens set free by The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. The Fair Housing Act in 1968, prohibited race discrimination in sales […]
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-drum roll please- Ladies and gentleman introducing Marvin Ellison, CEO of Lowe’s Home Improvement. ***applause, applause, applause*** There are unlimited opportunities today for young men of color. Lately, in the news we have been hearing what’s wrong with this country. My job as the general manager of this co-op is to eliminate the
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Congratulations to the Los Angeles Rams, champions of Super Bowl 56. It was hard fought match between the Bengals and Rams. It was a win/win for Los Angeles and a Super win for Inglewood, CA, the city I live in. Inglewood has come a long way in the past ten years and I
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French speaking people haven’t had a good week. Looking at the migrant people coming across the Rio Grande from Mexico made me wonder how did people arrive on the Texas border from Haiti? The closest point from Haiti to Mexico is 2,000 miles across a body of water in the Gulf of Mexico. Then reports
This Covid-19 virus is winning. We are the humans with brains and supposed to think our way through problems. Covid does not think. All it wants to do is look for a warm blooded human being to feast on. It is hopping from human to human munching and sucking our blood turning us
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While playing little league baseball long ago, I learned the word FORFEIT. We were set to play a game and the other team had only 6 players. The umpire declared us the winner without playing. An effortless win. My coach called it a forfeit. Presently our neighborhoods are the same way. We live in forfeited
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