From Two Tragedies Came a Hero (1941) and a ‘She-ro’ (1946) The month is December, the years are 1941 and 1946. Sadly, two unforgettable tragedies occurred during both years. But from the ashes emerged two heroes of African descent; Pearl Harbor sailor Doris “Dorie” Miller 80 years ago; the other, Atlanta native Rozena Neal, an all-night elevator operator at the Winecoff Hotel 75 years ago in downtown Atlanta. Ladies first. Ms. Neal, along with another “sistah,” night maid Alice Edmonds, were working their 10 pm to 6:30 am shifts at…
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Prevention is Treatment Nancy Nydam, Director of Communications Georgia Department of Public Health (Atlanta, Georgia) Atlanta, Georgia – World AIDS Day, observed each year on December 1, is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV, and remember those who have died from an HIV-related illness. Started in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first-ever global health day. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ranks Georgia fourth in the nation for the number of new HIV…
Prime Times for Cyber-Attacks and How to Stay Protected By Celeste Boyd-Spear, Vice President and General Manager, AT&T Southeast States Retail Organization October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The topic might sound overwhelming, and it certainly can be, but there are a few easy ways we can educate and protect ourselves and our loved ones. Be mindful of timing. Cyber actors target certain times to strike. Experts warn that holiday weekends like Thanksgiving are some of the most prolific times for scammers, who never take a vacation. They can defraud and…
Despite being born in the tough New York borough of Harlem and raised in the even tougher neighborhood known as the Bronx, the late Colin Luther Powell, only child of two Jamaican immigrants, got priceless advice, influence and even ultimatums throughout his 84 years of life by a Birmingham, Alabama native, Alfred Parker High school and Fisk University graduate, Alma Johnson-Powell. After meeting in Boston, Massachusetts in 1962 through a blind date, the couple wed August 25th of that year. Their nuptials were widely reported through the Birmingham World, a…
General Election / Special Election Date: November 2, 2021 Advanced (Absentee In-Person) Voting begins for the November General Election: October 12, 2021 Key Election Dates October 11, 2021 – Earliest day for a registrar to mail an absentee ballot for the November General/Special Election. October 12, 2021 – Advanced (Absentee In-Person) Voting begins for the November General Election. October 16, 2021 – Mandatory Saturday Voting for the November Municipal General/Special Election. October 17, 2021 – Optional Sunday Voting for the November Municipal General/Special Election. October 22, 2021 – Last day…
By James D. Pearce, Jr. In a letter from the Birmingham jail in Alabama, on April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.” We are in the 21st century and before us is the urgency to…
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