The Black Tax is explained by author Shawn Rochester. He goes in to great detail about this problem for Black people. How it has and still is effecting Blacks today.
Month: October 2019
“”When you say Elijah Cummings”
When you say Elijah Cummings in Baltimore Maryland, you hear ,”He was a Man of the People, by the people and for the people, of those he represented”. He will surely be missed and hard to be replaced. He is also spoken of very highly by his fellow members of Congress.
This is what is said of him on wikipedia
U.S. Representative
Description
Elijah Eugene Cummings is an American politician and the member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Maryland’s 7th congressional district. The district includes just over half of Baltimore City, most of the majority-black precincts of Baltimore County, as well as most of Howard County. Wikipedia
Born: January 18, 1951, Baltimore, MD
Died: October 17, 2019, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Office: Representative (D–MD 7th District) since 1996
Spouse: Maya Rockeymoore (m. 2008)
Children: Jennifer J. Cummings
Education: University of Maryland School of Law (1976), Howard University (1973), Baltimore City College (1969)
What has Michael Jordan done lately?
Well we think of Michael Jordan as a sports figure in basketball. Well when the Bahama’s was struck by Hurricane Dorian September 2019, were he spends some of his time, donated one million dollars to their recovery effort. These are stories that should be told. Thank you Michael for thinking of others less fortunate than yourself.
Who was “Dorie Miller”
He was another Black Man who was willing to fight and die for The United States of America.
This is what Wikipedia has to say of him.
Doris “Dorie” Miller (October 12, 1919 – November 24, 1943) was an American Messman Third Class in the United States Navy.[1] During the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Miller manned anti-aircraft guns (despite having no formal training in their use) and attended to the wounded. For his actions, he was recognized by the Navy and awarded the Navy Cross.
He was the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the third highest honor awarded by the US Navy at the time, after the Medal of Honor and the Navy Distinguished Service Medal. The Navy Cross now precedes the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.[2] Miller’s acts were heavily publicized in the black press, making him an iconic emblem of the war for black Americans.[3] Nearly two years after Pearl Harbor, he was killed in action when his ship, Liscome Bay, was sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Makin.
