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Letter To The Editor
Name K-8 School For Dr. Carter G. Woodson
White House and Political News
President Trump Says He Gave ‘Video Game’ Planes To Norway
On Tuesday January 23, 2018, at 3 p.m. the Hillsbor- ough County School Board should vote to name North Tampa’s K-8 school the Dr. Carter G. Woodson School. While there are many local cit- izens worthy of honor for their community service, Dr. Woodson – the Father of Black History – launched an international movement that still is gaining momentum. This makes his name the best choice for this school: it could attract scholars and speakers on Black history from across the globe.
In 1915, Dr. Woodson, the second African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard, founded the Association for the Study of Negro (now African American) Life and History. Until then there had been no national think tank that legit- imized this important work.
In 1926, Dr. Woodson desig- nated the second week in Feb- ruary as Negro History Week, now universally celebrated as Black History Month.
And in 1933, he published The Miseducation of the Negro, a book that is in libraries and schools all over the world. Precedent was set in Florida years ago when Duval County (Jacksonville) named a public elementary school for Dr. Woodson.
Some may say that because Dr. Woodson was not a Hills- borough County resident, the school should not be named for him. But just as we universally celebrate the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (who grew up in At- lanta and lived in Montgomery, Ala.), we should do the same for Dr. Woodson, a Virginian who settled in Washington, D. C. These two men belong to the universe. By the way, both Dr.
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FRED HEARNS ...Former president of Tampa Bay Chapter of ASALH
Woodson (in the 1920s) and Dr. King (in the 1960s) visited Tampa and met with African American leaders here.
The Tampa Bay Chapter of ASALH, the international or- ganization that Dr. Woodson founded, invites all organiza- tions and individuals in sup- port of re-naming the former Cahoon-Van Buren K-8 School for Dr. Woodson to send an e-mail saying so to: Tiffany.Williams@sdhc.k12.fl. us by January 19th, 2018. Ask Ms. Williams to forward your e-mail to all school board members: Chair Sally Har- ris (Dist. 2), Vice Chair Tamara Shamburger (Dist. 5), Susan Valdez (Dist. 1), Cindy Stewart (Dist. 3), Melissa Shively (Dist. 4), April Griffin (Dist. 6) and Lynn Gray (Dist. 7).
If you can attend the 3 p. m. January 23rd meeting and would like to speak for 2-3 minutes in support of Dr. Woodson’s name being ap- proved, arrive at 901 E. Kennedy Blvd. by 2:30 p. m. and sign up for the public com- ments section of the meeting agenda. Please wear something red to the meeting.
President Trump caused a stir with his announcement that the United States had de- livered F-52 fighter jets to Nor- way, according to the Washington Post.
Was it a secret advanced jet capable of beating its Russian counterparts? A ruse to fool in- telligence analysts?
Neither, it turns out. The “F- 52” is a fictional jet only avail- able to fly if you’re a gamer at the controls of “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.”
Trump lauded the sale of the fictional planes alongside Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg at the White House on Wednesday, remark-
On last Wednesday, Pres. Trump claim he gave planes that only exist in the ‘Call of Duty’ video game to Norway.
ing on the very real and grow- America’s Northern Europe ing defense relationship with ally.
Countries React To Pres. Trump’s S...hole Slur; He Calls It ‘Tough’ Talk
20-Year-Old Port Richey
President Trump’s dis- missal of Haiti, El Salvador and African nations as “sh*!hole countries” whose inhabitants are not desirable for U.S. immigration has shocked and outraged people in this country and around the world and has provoked swift condemnation.
The president made the re- marks Thursday during a White House meeting with lawmakers and suggested that immigrants from Norway would be preferable. Trump has since apparently denied making the off-color remark, describing the language he used only as “tough.”
Ebba Kalondo, the spokes- woman for the African Union said, “considering the histori- cal reality of how many Africans arrived in the U.S. during the Atlantic slave trade, this flies in the face of all ac- cepted behavior and practice,” according to the Washington Post.
The reaction from the U n i t e d Nations human rights
A frenzy has hit after Presi- dent Trump made the com- ment.
spokesman, Rupert Colville, was uncharacteristically blunt. He described the remark as “racist.”
“There is no other word one can use but ‘racist,’ ” he said at a briefing in Geneva. “You can- not dismiss entire countries and continents as ‘sh*!holes,’ whose entire populations, who are not white, are therefore not welcome.”
In Haiti, people took to Twitter to share pictures of their country — verdant green hills, palm trees in the sunset,
and sparkling turquoise water. “Hey #Sh*!HolePresident!” wrote Harold Isaac. “Here is what my #sh*!hole looks like. Haiti's largest newspaper con- demned it as “racist and dis- graceful” and said such comments have “no place in the relations between nations or people, even less so in the mouth of a president of a na- tion friendly to Haiti.”
In Africa, there were similar reactions celebrating the beauty of the continent's coun- tries. A well-known presenter for South Africa’s broadcaster SABC tweeted: “Good morning from the greatest, most beauti- ful ‘sh*!hole country’ in the world!!”
The deputy secretary gen- eral of the African National Congress, the party once led by Nelson Mandela, hit back at Trump’s comment during a news conference in South Africa.
“Ours is not a sh*!hole country. Neither is Haiti or any other country in distress,” Jessie Duarte said
Man Claims $450 Million
Walmart Raises Hourly Pay Wage To $11
MEGA MILLIONS Jackpot
Walmart, the world’s largest private employer, is boosting its starting salary for U.S. workers to $11 an hour, giving a one-time cash bonus of up to $1,000 to eligible employees and expanding its maternity and parental leave benefits.
The retailer said Thursday that changes to its compensa- tion and benefits policy will impact more than a million hourly workers in the U. S. The company employs 1.5 million people in the U. S.
The wage increase, up from $9 per hour for new workers, comes into play next month.
plans for the U. S.
Large employers have
been under pressure to boost benefits for workers because unemployment rates are at historic lows, allowing job seekers to be pickier.
The pay hike at Walmart follows similar actions at rival Target Corp. Target raised its minimum hourly wage to $11 in October and will raise wages to $15 by the end of 2020.
The wage increase an- nounced Thursday by Wal- mart benefits all hourly U. S. workers within its stores, Sam’s Clubs, eCommerce, lo- gistics and home office.
A 20-year-old Port Richey man has come forward as the sole winner of the $451 mil- lion Mega Millions jackpot from the drawing held on Fri- day, January 5, 2018.
Shane Missler chose to receive his winnings in a one- time, lump-sum payment in the amount of $281,874,999.00.
The ticket was a quick-pick ticket.
According to the Florida Lottery, Shane says "I'm only20,butIhopetouseitto
SHANE MISSLER
pursue a variety of passions, help my family and do some good for humanity."
Wal-Mart stores
The company is also cre- ating a new benefit to assist employees with adoption ex- penses.
CEO Doug McMillon said in prepared statement that recently enacted tax leg- islation “gives us the oppor- tunity to be more competitive globally and to accelerate
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