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Black Woman Named Editor-In-Chief Of Teen Vogue
First Black Marine Honored 70 Years Later
Mr. John Jordan, 90, was the first Black marine.
FRAMINGTON, MI -- Mr. John W. Jordan, a resident of Farmington, Michigan and vet- eran of the U.S. Marines was honored for being one of the very first Black men to serve in the military organization.
He was presented with a Con- gressional Gold Medal by United States Senator Gary Pe- ters last week, 70 years after his honorable discharge.
Jordan was interviewed about his time in the service as well as what it meant to him to be recognized after all this time. The 90-year-old was drafted in 1944, one month before he graduated from high school.
Jordan said, “I thought I had been forgotten.” He also spoke about losing touch with his fel- low brothers in arms.
Beverly Jordan Murphy, John’s daughter expressed that she is, “really proud” of her fa- ther. “Unfortunately, people have erroneous ideas how Black citizens served our country,” she said. “He was not in combat, but he trained and was ready along with others.”
Class Valedictorian Not
Here’s a big moment in #BlackGirlMagic! This 29- year-old is set to become the new editor of Teen Vogue!
Elaine Welteroth will take over the helm of the publica- tion as its founding editor, Amy Astley heads over to Ar- chitectural Digest, another publication under the Conde Nast umbrella. She made his- tory back in 2012 as this first Black beauty and health direc- tor, her previous role at the magazine. She has also been in beauty/style editor roles at Glamour and Ebony.
Welteroth is set to be the youngest editor-in-chief in Conde Nast history, and only the second Black person to hold the position in the com-
Graduation Because Of Beard
Elaine Welteroth is the new editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue.
pany’s 107-year history. Welteroth is part of a trio
tapped to lead the magazine.
AMITE CITY, LA -- Scholar athlete Andrew Jones was at the top of his Louisiana high school class with a 4.0 grade point average that made him valedictorian of his 2016 grad- uating class. But there was a problem. The Amite High School senior had a beard.
And that facial hair got him barred from marching at the high school's recent graduation ceremony where he was sched- uled to address the class.
“Our school board has a pol- icy that does not allow any fa- cial hair on male students,” Tangipahoa Parish school su- perintendent Mark Kolwe told ABC News Friday. “This young man was given at least three opportunities.”
Other students went home to shave that day after school offi- cials asked them to do so, Kolwe said, adding they “took care of what they had to do and marched.”
As for Dress Code and Uni- form Regulations under Tangi-
Scholar/Athlete and dad, Andrew Jones was not allowed to march with his class be- cause of his beard.
pahoa Parish School System policy, it’s clear: "Beards will not be allowed." And superin- tendent Mark Kolwe said he has no choice but to enforce it, although he declined to com- ment on why the policy wasn’t enforced during the school year.
Allowed To March At
FBI Looking To Add More Black And Latino Agents
WASHINGTON, D. C. ---The FBI has admitted that it is struggling with maintaining a meaningful number of minor- ity agents. According to the FBI diversity statistics, percentages for both Blacks (4.37%) and Hispanics (6.63%) are below the 10% mark.
FBI Director James Comey said the bureau is working to raise the number of minority applicants, but predicts it will take more than a year to truly access what changes should be made..
The topic of diversification is not a new one for the FBI, in fact, this has been an ongoing concern since the 1990s. Last year, Comey even took on the lack of representation during one of his yearly speeches. Also
The Gun Used To Kill Trayvon Martin Sold For $250,000
Against Michigan And Its Governor Over Flint’s Water
Trayvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman
in addition to bringing more people of color to the FBI, Comey is also working to find tactics to connect police forces with the communities they serve.
National NAACP Files Suit
The NAACP announced last Wednesday that they have filed a federal class action lawsuit against Michigan and Gover- nor Rick Snyder on behalf of Flint residents and businesses. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, three former emergency managers with the City of Flint, two engi- neering firms hired to analyze the water and various other city and state officials are also names in the suit.
The 103 page complaint ac- cuses officials and companies supervising the water system of failing to properly treat the water supply causing lead to leech from corroded pipes into the drinking water.
The suit accuses the defen- dants of negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, violating the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. The com- plaint requests personal, prop- erty, and punitive damages in the case, calling on the court to
Protests in Flint, MI. over the water crisis.
compel the state and city to have Flint’s drinking water meet federal safety standards.
The NAACP has worked dili- gently in the City of Flint before the suit, calling on federal and state action to help with the water crisis. Hopefully the out- come brings about change for the citizens of Flint.
George Zimmerman said he has sold the gun he used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012 for $250,000, television stations in Orlando and Las Vegas reported on Friday.
Zimmerman could not be reached to verify the reports.
His offer to sell the Kel-Tec PF9 9mm handgun on United- GunGroup.com drew praise from gun rights supporters and scorn from critics who accused him of seeking to profit from the 17-year-old’s death.
Online bidding for the gun ended last Wednesday.
On the night of February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, , Zimmerman fatally shot an un- armed Martin, 17. Zimmer- man, 28, was the neighborhood watch coordina- tor for the gated community where Martin was temporarily living and where the shooting took place. Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the shooting, which
The gun George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin.
sparked heated debates over race relations, gun control and justice in the United States.
In a statement on Twitter after the bidding closed on Wednesday, United Gun Group defended its decision to host the auction and said it would have no further comments.
On his own website that day, Zimmerman said the auction had “raised funds for several worthy causes.” He has said he would use proceeds to counter violence against law enforce- ment officers by the group Black Lives Matter and to fight Democratic presidential hope- ful Hillary Clinton’s “anti- firearm rhetoric.”
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