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Funerals
National
Frustrated 11-Year-Old Launches International Book Drive For Girls #1000BlackGirlBooks
DEATH LIST
AIKENS FUNERAL HOME
Mrs. Josephine Barton, Tampa. Mrs. Annie Bell Gilbert, Tampa. Mr. Roger Malone, Tampa.
CREAL FUNERAL HOME
Mr. James “Roger” Ball, 919 Gomillion Ct., #D.
GUDES FUNERAL HOME Mrs. Dorothy L. Denson, Tampa.
HARMON FUNERAL HOME
Mr. Johnny Brown, Tampa.
Mr. Thomas James Brown, Sr., Tampa.
RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME
Ernest Bruce Olds, Sr., Tampa. Alma George, Riverview, FL. Rogers Humphery, Brandon, FL. Eric Knight, Ocala, FL.
WILSON FUNERAL HOME
Mrs. Mattie R. McNeal, Tampa.
Mr. Charlie Turner, Tampa.
Mrs. Jacqueline Creal, Tampa.
Mr. Tyrone Fitzgerald Johnson, Brandon,
FL.
Aysha Sanaa Varner, Ruskin, FL.
NEW JERSEY -- Marley Dias has turned her fifth grade frustrations into a solution that Black girls all over the world can benefit from.
Dias, an 11-year-old girl from New Jersey, told her mother one night over dinner that she was tired of all the books about “white boys and dogs” she was assigned to read in fifth grade. “She told me what are you gonna do about it, and I told her I should start a book drive,” Dias said in a recent in- terview. “I want to start a book drive where Black girls are the main characters and that’s re- ally how it came to be,” Dias
Marley Dias, 11, is collecting books that feature Black girls.
said of her vision’s beginnings. The book drive launched simply on Facebook with a photo of Dias holding a copy of Mildred D. Taylor’s classic, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, and a call for books of any title or age group featuring Black
girls.
The initiative is part of Dias’
yearly social action commit- ment as a member of the Grass- ROOTS Community Foundation Super Camp for girls. GrassRoots was co- founded in Philly by her mother, Janice, and Tariq Trotter, better known as super MC Black Thought of The Roots.
Social Media Exposes Arizona HS Seniors Who Decided To Spell The N-Word On T-Shirts
PHOENIX, AZ --- A photo is circulating on social media with six teenage girls—flanked abreast, smiles ablaze—and the N-word plastered across their chests. Each young woman is donning a black t-shirt with a gold letter or asterisk on it. When standing together, the word “N-I-*-*-E-R” is spelled out.
Members of the senior class of Desert Vista High School,took a photo earlier that day for the yearbook spelling out “Best*You’ve*Ever*Seen*Class* of*2016.” Six of them got to- gether later with the bright idea of standing together to spell out the n-word. Somehow the photo found its way to Instagram. And ... the consequences are starting to roll in. There are uncon- firmed reports that the students have been suspended for five days, but many think that this is not enough.
Change.org petition began circulating on Friday calling for the students’ explusion as well
These 6 HS students decided it was okay to spell out the N-Word on their chests for the world to see.
as the firing of the school’s prin- cipal.
According to reports, Desert Vista Principal Dr. Christine Barela sent out a letter to par- ents on Friday.
This is not a new incident however, in February 2014, a Black teacher, Dr. Cicely Cobb, filed a federal lawsuit against Desert Vista High School and the Tempe Union
High School District, claiming racial discrimination by stu- dents and a lack of action by ad- ministrators when she reported such incidents.
Local pastor and civil rights activist, Rev. Jarrett Maupin, said in a news release that he and others had a planned meeting with Super- intendent Baca to discuss the incident on Monday.
Would-Be Barbershop Robber Killed When Barber, Client Open Fire
COLUMBIA, SC -- Would-be robbers found out the hard way that you do not mess with sa- cred places in the Black commu- nity....the Barbershop.
Surprise – both a barber and a client were themselves armed and they opened fire when the duo attempted to rob the pa- trons in the South Carolina bar- bershop on Friday.
Elmurray “Billy” Book- man was cutting hair at his bar- ber station, when two masked men, one wielding a pistol and the other carrying a shotgun, entered Next Up Barber & Beauty, he said.
Minutes later, Bookman and one of his customers drew their weapons as the robbers were taking money from cus- tomers and employees. They fired shots that left one of the
suspects dead and sent another on the run Friday.
About 20 people, including several women and children, were at the barbershop. Book- man said he just wanted to pro- tect the crowd of people inside the shop.
The customer in Bookman’s chair told the suspect that his money was at a chair along the wall, Bookman said. When that
suspect turned his back to go search the customers sitting along the wall, Bookman’s client pulled his own gun and fired at the suspect. Bookman, too, pulled his weapon out and shot at the suspect, he said.
The barbers say their concern now is how the children who witnessed it all are recovering and want the person responsible for their fear caught.
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