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Tracy Morgan surprised residents when he appeared at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new community center in Brooklyn. The event made the legendary comedian feel nostalgic about his own humble beginnings when he resided in the area as a child.
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
ZANU PF legislator Tatenda Mavetera (pictured) (proportional representation) has called for a 50% youth quota representation in Parliament, saying Zimbabweans must be embarrassed that its youthful population is still marginalised. By NQOBANI NDLOVU Mavetera said this last week while moving a motion calling on the country to craft enabling legislation to guarantee that youths also get seats in Parliament. The current Constitution only provides for 60 proportional representation seats for women, as well as two Senate seats for people with disabilities (PWDs). There are also proposed amendments through the Constitutional Amendment No 2 Bill, which is currently before Parliament to include a 10% youth quota in the legislative body. “What we are saying as youths is that now we are talking of affirmative action or the youth quota, where we would really like to have at least 25% seats going to the young people, but 25% is the minimum, because we are saying that we would want even more or even 50% on the basis that the youth constitute 70% of the population,” Mavetera said. “We are now marginalised on the demographic dividend, which we are saying we (youth) have got the large numbers and for that alone we are just hoping and it is a fervent call, not that we are demanding the seats,” she said. The young Zanu PF MP said there is a need to enact a national youth policy so that the proposals for 50% youth representation and empowerment of young people are enforceable. A number of parliamentarians supported her motion with Gweru Urban MP Brian Dube (MDC Alliance) adding that Zimbabwe must be embarrassed that to date there is no quota for youth representation in Parliament. “What we are talking about is that we must come up with a law. It must not come as a voluntary gesture or generosity when we are dealing with issues of the youths. “Is there any reasonable justification in a democratic society why we do not have a law that regulates the rights and interests of 70% of the population? My answer is that there is no reasonable justification at all,” he said. In August, the Community Youth Development Trust (CYDT) petitioned Parliament protesting over lack of youth representation from the district up to the national level. The CYDT demanded a 30% youth quota.
Ryan Destiny, who is best known for her role as Alexandra Crane on the now-canceled Fox television show “Star,” recently sent a message to young Black women in Hollywood.
On Thursday, June 4, Destiny posted a lengthy message on Instagram to encourage young people to speak out against discrimination in the workplace.
Reflecting on a time when she was mistreated on set, she wrote: “This message is to my fellow black sisters in particular… This goes for any career or work space but I’m speaking from my own experience.”
“If you are just now entering Hollywood in any form or plan to… and at some point experience discrimination, appropriation, racism, colorism, microaggression even if sometimes sadly by your own people…speak up for yourself.
Destiny revealed on Twitter that “Glee” star Amber Patrice Riley inspired her to tell her story.
ATLANTA (AP) — Six Atlanta police officers have been charged after a dramatic video showed authorities pulling two young people from a car during protests over the death of George Floyd, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Dramatic body camera video that police released Sunday night shows police taking another young man into custody in a downtown street alongside a line of stopped cars.
Young, sitting in the driver’s seat of a car stopped in the street holds up his phone, appearing to shoot video as an officer approaches and pulls the driver’s side door open.
An officer uses a stun gun on Pilgrim as she’s trying to get out of the car and then officers pull her from the vehicle.
As the glass shatters, an officer uses a stun gun on Young and officers pull him from the car as officers shout, “Get your hand out of your pockets,” and, “He got a gun.
The Birmingham Times Buffalo Rock Company will invest $75 million in new technologies, renovations and create as many as 50 new jobs as part of a major expansion in the city of Birmingham. Company officials on Monday joined Mayor Randall Woodfin and other city and Jefferson County leaders to announce the company has purchased more […]
LEXINGTON, Miss. Holmes County, Mississippi continues to be among the state’s Hot Spots for COVID-19. COVID-19: Its Serious, Young People! is the title of a virtual youth discussion to be held Wednesday, June 17, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. until Noon. The event is coordinated as a part of the CSLC STARS (Striving Towards Academic []
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (KIFI/KIDK)-Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has allotted $600,000 in federal CARES Act funds to assist Wyoming residents join medical insurance. The Enroll Wyoming Program will practice enrollment counselors to…
These voters make up more than 25% of the 2020 electorate.
Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times Nine-year-old Kaylen Crusoe was born in Birmingham but now lives in Fort Worth, TX. On Sunday, the rising fifth-grader at Sunset Valley Elementary in Keller, TX, had a microphone lowered for her height as she spoke at the Be the Change Unity Rally in Kelly Ingram Park in []
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As the pandemic continues to affect Black and other communities of color disproportionately, health experts are warning of a new mental health crisis linked to the coronavirus outbreak: an increase in suicides among Blacks. Measures suggested by health officials to curb the spread of the virus, including social distancing, may lead to isolation and suicide []
Born William Henry “Bill Cosby” Jr. on July 12, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he describes himself mostly as a “class clown” during his school years. He was class president as well as captain of the basketball team at school. He acted in a number of school plays and in addition to all his extra-curricular activities, he was working before and after school doing odd jobs such as selling produce, working at the supermarket and shining shoes to help his family stay afloat. At one of his schools, he failed the tenth grade and got a job at a shoe repair shop. After a while, he like his father joined the Navy. While in the Navy, Cosby served at a hospital with severely injured Korean War casualties and worked with them in the physical therapy unit for four years. He also finished his diploma by taking courses and headed towards a obtaining an undergraduate degree. While doing so, he bar tended to earn money and continued to joke around with his customers. Seeing that this increased his tips, he ventured towards stand-up comedy.
After securing dates in Chicago, LA, Washington D.C. and San Francisco, he finally got national exposure in 1963. This helped him get Warner Bros. Records’ attention and they signed a contract with him. His stand-up career then transformed into filmography. This began with I Spy Espionage adventure series in 1965. He starred opposite Robert Culp and was the first African-American to be in a dramatic series. He received three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Actor in Drama Series for his performance on the show. In 1969, Cosby started his show titled “The Bill Cosby Show” which was ranked eleventh after the first season ended. Cosby played a physical education teacher at a high school and was recognized for his work as he used previously unknown African-American actors such as Lillian Randolph and Rex Ingram.
Bill Cosby returned to school after the show ended and started at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He did graduate work there and for The Electric Company, a PBS
Only days ago, McKinney’s 19-year-old son, Ayodele McKinney, felt “the power of marching on the street” to protest the May 25 killing of 46-year-old George Floyd at the hands of a Minnesota police offer, who now faces a string of charges and has been fired from the force.
Like every conscientious father of African-American sons, McKinney had “the talk” – If you’re ever stopped by police, do everything you are told to do, and be polite; answer “yes, sir” and “no, sir.”
“My older son knows what was going on in his life by the names of people who have died in police custody,” said McKinney.
Charles McKinney saw the future a few years ago when he took his sons to a rally protesting the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
Now his 19 year old, Ayodele McKinney, is among those local protesters saying “no more” to ongoing police brutality and systemic racism.
These solutions were presented during a meeting held on Thursday in Luanda, in a promotion of the Union of Small and Medium Enterprises of Angola (UPME).
For Beatriz Franck, head of UPME, the Angolan government failed to contemplate, at this stage of the covid -19, entrepreneurs in fiscal relief.
Beatriz Frank said that entrepreneurs has suffered with the emergence of the pandemic of covid-19, leading many, in the last two months, to pay only 50% of the salary of their workers.
\"Our concerns will reach the President of the Republic who will find the best solutions for this sector that contributes a lot to the national economy,\" the head of UPME said.
UPME integrates 208 entrepreneurs, which makes up a total of 4,000 workers.
