The Gantt Report WHO IS YOUR LEADER: By Lucius Gantt Today is a wonderful day. I’m wondering who you think your “leader” is Is your leader your father, mother, sibling or grand parent? Is your employer or boss the person that guides you on the path of progress and productivity? Does your teacher, trade school Read More…
Year: 2021
aint another statement
This Ain’t Another Statement! This is a DEMAND for Black Linguistic Justice! Conference on College Composition and Communication July 2020 This Ain’t Another Statement! This is a DEMAND for Black Linguistic Justice! As with previous CCCC/NCTE resolutions and position statements, we situate this demand in our current historical and sociopolitical context. Our current call for Black Linguistic Read More…
HBCU Grads Form Power Couple
What’s better than one Black future billionaire? Two. Tech star Angel Rich is having the best year ever. On July 11th, the Black wealth visionary got engaged. “I was speechless for at least 3 minutes,” she said. The Hampton Alum, who has maintained a private personal life, says that she is very excited to announce Read More…
Where do you go after 31 years in prison?
Where do you go after 31 years in prison? He went to Walmart and brought his subscribers amon Reid is 51. He spent 31 years of his life in prison. There’s a lot he hasn’t experienced. “For instance, I had never been to Walmart or on a motorcycle or on a boat. Never been to Read More…
Bank of America
Bank of America Corp’s (BAC.N) Merrill Lynch unit will pay nearly $11.7 million to resolve claims that it overcharged customers who invested in unit investment trusts, a U.S. regulator said on Friday. The payout includes a $3.25 million fine and $8.44 million of restitution, according to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Merrill did not admit or deny Read More…
‘Woke’ is a call to activism
‘Woke’ is a call to activism for the young: Poets have historically been on the forefront of social movements. “Woke: A Young Poet’s Guide to Justice” is a collection of poems by women that reflects joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination, empathy and forgiveness to acceptance and speaking Read More…
War on drugs victimized millions of Black Americans
As a teenager, Alton Lucas believed basketball or music would pluck him out of North Carolina and take him around the world. In the late 1980s, he was the right-hand man to his musical best friend, Youtha Anthony Fowler, who many hip-hop and R&B heads know as DJ Nabs. But rather than jet-setting with Fowler, Read More…
DontCallMeMurzyn
Dont call me Murzyn: Black Women in Poland are powering the Campaign Against a Racial Slur!!! Like many Polish people of African descent, Sara Alexandre still remembers when she first realized she was seen as different. “For me it was kindergarten,” says Alexandre, whose father is Angolan, describing an incident when she was barred from Read More…