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Determined To Get To His High School Graduation, Teen Walks And Takes Bus
Black-Owned Travel Company Hosting 10-Day Historic Tour To Ghana
People shopping in Accra, Ghana’s capital & urban Accra busi- ness district.
In August 2019, exactly 400 years after the arrival of the first recorded landing of a slave ship in Virginia, which saw the accel- eration of the horrendous Middle Passage, descendants of for- mer enslaved Africans will make a triumphant return to the land of our ancestry — Ghana, West Africa.
BIRMINGHAM, AL —- Corey Patrick’s determina- tion has taken the internet by storm. A photo of the Ala- bama teen traveling to his high school graduation first by foot and then on a city bus, went viral earlier in the week, and now Patrick is earning the attention of Trae the Truth, T.I., and more.
A MAX bus driver caught footage of Patrick walking towards the bus in his cap and gown and posted it online.
Patrick., a student at Tar- rant High School, moved out of the district last year. On graduation day, he woke up at 4 a.m. to make the solo trek to the ceremony. His family was- n’t able to attend the gradua- tion because they don’t have a car and money has been tight.
“I was happy on that day,” said Corey.
He also explained that al- though his family didn't have transportation to get him to
This photo of Corey Patrick has gone viral and his determina- tion to first graduate and then attend his graduation ceremony has been rewarded.
the ceremony, he was not going to let that stop him. For Corey, the walk to the bus stop was a routine he endured every day.
“I had to do what was nec- essary for me to walk this year,” he told WBRC.
When Corey recently moved to the West End after attending Tarrant City Schools for nearly his entire education, he wanted to do
everything possible to gradu- ate with his friends.
Corey said he wore his gown because he was proud to be graduating.
His perseverance not only touched hearts, but impacted a couple of wallets.
During an appearance on The Rickey Smiley morn- ing show, Tyrese and Da Brat announced that they will be getting Corey a car.
Nationwide — Palace Travel, Inc. is excited to host this highly-anticipated 10-day Ghana West, Africa tour from August 5 through 14, 2019.
Overnight flights depart from JFK, Dulles, Atlanta, and O’Hare airports to arrive in Accra, Ghana on day two, whereupon returnees will be met on arrival, ushered through VIP immigration and trans- ported to the La Palm Royal hotel.
This historic pilgrimage to Ghana will be a triumphant homecoming to the land of our ancestors. Travelers will return with mixed, yet happy emo- tions. Indeed, an experience of a lifetime.
At several of the travel
stops, Ghana’s government rep- resentatives and people will greet and address the contin- gent, including a proclamation by the government recognizing each participant as an African in the Diaspora (DAY 4 of the itinerary), making this more than just an ordinary leisure trip to Africa. It will be a pleas- ant homecoming and truly an once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Palace Travel is the most comprehensive Africa travel provider for group tours, sa- faris, luxury excursions, and ed- ucational tours with meaningful learning experi- ences. For more details and/or to book your ticket, visit www.palacetravel.com or call 800-683-7731.
Black- Owned Bottled Tea Company Receives Big Contract With Sam’s Club
DETROIT, MI — Detroit entrepreneur Nailah Ellis- Brown is defying the odds. At the age of 20, she started her hand-crafted tea business during the height of the Great Recession in one of the hard- est hit cities in America. She should have failed.
But, Ellis-Brown’s busi- ness is thriving – she has her own beverage manufacturing plant and has just inked a deal that will test her family recipe for Jamaican Sweet Tea in every Sam’s Club location in the country.
Last fall, Ellis-Brown’s
Nailah Ellis-Brown, maker of Ellis Island Tea.
bottled Jamaican Sweet Tea – known as Ellis Island Tea – hit the shelves in Sam’s Clubs in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Response to the Sam’s Club exclusive 64-ounce bot- tles of her hibiscus-based tea was so good that Ed Romero, Sam’s Club Sr. Vice President General Merchan- dise Manager of Fresh, de- cided to give Ellis-Brown a shot at the rest of the Sam’s Club locations. Starting this May, Ellis Island Tea will be sold in all of the nearly 600 Sam’s Club locations across the nation.
Victim Awarded $1 Billion Dollars After Apt. Security Guard Raped Her
From right, Hope Cheston, who was 14 when she was raped by a security guard at an apartment complex; her lawyer, L. Chris Stewart; and her mother, Renetta Cheston-Thornton.
Former NAACP President Who Posed As Black Has Been Charged With Welfare Fraud
CLAYTON COUNTY, GA — A Georgia jury is making a se- curity company pay big time after one of its guards at an apartment complex was con- victed of raping a 14-year-old girl in 2012.
On last Tuesday, jurors in Clayton County, Ga., awarded the victim $1 billion in com- pensatory damages in a civil lawsuit against Crime Preven- tion Agency Inc., the security company that employed her rapist. Her lawyers believe it is, by far, the largest jury ver- dict ever awarded in the United States in a sexual as- sault case.
Hope Cheston, now 20, was outside by some pic-
nic tables with her boyfriend during a party in October 2012 when an armed security guard approached. The guard told the boyfriend not to move and proceeded to rape Cheston, Stewart said.
Court documents say Che- ston was visiting a friend when she was sexually as- saulted by Brandon Lamar Zachary, a security guard hired by Crime Prevention Agency, Inc. for the Pointe South Apartments. After the incident, Zachary was ar- rested, charged with rape, statutory rape and child mo- lestation and, ultimately, sen- tenced to serve 20 years in prison.
SPOKANE, WA —- The former NAACP leader in Washington state whose life unraveled after she was outed as a white woman pretending to be black has been charged with welfare fraud.
Rachel Dolezal, who legally changed her name to Nkechi Diallo in 2016, was charged last week with theft by welfare fraud, perjury and false verification for public assistance.
She illegally received $8,747 in food assistance and
Rachel Dolezal was a civil rights activist, who posed as a Black woman until her adopted family outed her. She has since changed her name to Nkechi Diallo.
$100 in child care assistance from August 2015 through November 2017, court docu- ments said.
An investigation started in March 2017 when a Washing- ton state investigator re- ceived information that Diallo had written a book. The investigator reviewed Diallo's records and found that she had been reporting her income as usually less than $500 per month, court documents said.
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