Dr. Umar Johnson is an outspoken activist, psychologist, and political scientist who works on issues related to the labeling and treatment of black children by the education system and black wealth. He practices psychology privately in Pennsylvania and also serves as a special education evaluator evaluating children between the ages of 3 and 21 to determine if there are any educational disabilities or needs that can be met through special…
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June 13, 2014
Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 4, 1901. It is fitting that a man who is considered to be the most important improviser of jazz to have been born in what is widely known as the birthplace of jazz. His family was poor, so Armstrong began working at a young age singing on street corners for pennies, working on a junk wagon, cleaning graves for tips,…
Reported by Andrew Scot Bolsinger A Florida school bus driver has been charged with cruelty to children after allegedly smacking a special-needs child in the face. According to a reported by the Pensacola News Journal, Pamela Hardy, 56, was “charged with child cruelty without great bodily harm” in the incident, which occurred April 29 and was recorded by cameras installed in the school bus. According to a Pensacola Police Department report,…
Reported by Andrew Scot Bolsinger A scheme to steal money from Chicago’s transportation authority resulted in a husband and wife being charged with numerous felony counts of fraud and identity theft, among other charges, a Chicago television station reports. The couple worked for Chicago Transit Authority while they stole from the agency’s deferred compensation program by submitting fake deαth certificates for their children and stealing coworkers’ identities, according to published…