BY JEFF DIAMANT AND BESHEER MOHAMED Worship habits among Black Christians in the South, where African American churches date back to the 1770s, have long differed from practices of Black Americans in other parts of the United States. Contrasting styles of worship were a source of tension after the Civil War and during mass migrations of Southern Black people to Northern cities, when Read More…
Year: 2022
Ms. Sandra Wilson vs. Ocala City Council
Ocala City Manager Sandra Wilson was fired in a 3-2 vote during the Ocala City Council regular meeting on Tuesday. The termination of Wilson’s contract was not on the agenda, and council member Barry Mansfield introduced the topic at the end of Tuesday’s meeting. A motion was made by Mansfield to terminate her contract, and Read More…
60 Years of Activism in Gainesville: Denifield Player to Tiffany Pennamon
By Brooks Bass, Morgan Goldwich, Kevin Maher, Michaela Mulligan, Emma Ross and Thomas Weber May 20, 2021 Florida Good, Longform, Racial equity Thursday marks one month since former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd. And Tuesday is one year since Floyd’s death, an event that sparked months-long protests across the country in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Read More…
Meet the Black Educator Whose Workbooks Are Being Used in Ghana, Haiti, Mexico and South Korea
Nationwide — Rosa Higgs, an African American educator and the author of Read in 40 Hours or Less workbook series, is celebrating that her books are being used by teachers, parents, and students all across the U.S. and all over the world. She is receiving orders from as far away as Ghana, Haiti, Mexico, and South Korea. According Read More…
Congress: Children Will Go Hungry
Congress must be aware that without swift action children in Florida are at risk of losing access to meals this summer and many more next school year. That’s because critical child nutrition waivers will soon expire and so far, Congress has failed to authorize USDA to extend them. These waivers are an important tool that Read More…
Brilliant 13 year old multimillionaire
A crypto whiz kid! 13-year-old artist becomes a MULTI-MILLIONAIRE in just one year by selling dinosaur-inspired NFT portraits of women like Jackie O and Beyonce for thousands Nyla Hayes’ art has been sold for nearly $7 million, with portraits going for thousands of dollars each She started drawing at age four, and got a smartphone Read More…
The Gantt Report – Who Are The Real Criminals?
By Lucius Gantt US President Joe Biden has described Russian President Valdimir Putin as a “war criminal” after Russia invaded Ukraine and launched missiles, air strikes and cluster bombs into civilian areas that killed more women, children and babies than Ukrainian soldiers. Russian military tactics are nothing new. Tactics used in Ukraine were used Read More…
The Gantt Report – Bought, Sold and Controlled
By Lucius Gantt Some of the most loyal readers and supporters of The Gantt Report have asked me why I don’t write about political misconduct and corruption every week. I don’t because I’ve been saying and writing about how local, state and federal governments have been treating all people of color for years. If Read More…
The Gantt Report – Change in the Landscape
By Lucius Gantt Some ladies and gentlemen have eyes but can’t see. At the same time, there are men and women who are visionary. A visionary can visualize the future and can describe things that will, or could, take place or happen. When some drivers choose to speed down the highways without a Read More…
SWASTIKA WITH A DIFFERENT MEANING
The Swastika’s History Heinrich Schliemann discovered the archaeological site of Troy, but his discovery also boosted the visibility of swastikas. Illustration from clu / Getty Images. When archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann traveled to Ithaca, Greece in 1868, one goal was foremost in his mind: discovering the ancient city of Troy using Homer’s Iliad. The epic poem Read More…