The city of Sanford, Florida is in the headlines as the place where Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. But the city is also haunted by racist memories of the past, dating back to the early days of baseball Hall of Famer, Jackie Robinson. After Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, he was sent to train […]
Congratulations! Yogananda Pittman and Monique Moore have become the first two black women to be promoted to the rank of Captain at the Capitol Police Department. For over 10 years, minorities have filed suit against the Capitol Police department, citing racial harassment and unfair lack of promotion. A class action lawsuit was filed against the […]
The U.S. Coast Guard Academy honored its first black graduate, Merle Smith, in a special ceremony for their Pioneer Award. Merle Smith graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1966. Smith entered the academy in 1962 behind its first black cadet, Jarvis Wright, who had been accepted in 1955 but dropped out early for medical […]
So many tickets have been sold that the jackpot climbed Thursday to the largest in U.S. lottery history. If a lone winner took the lump-sum payout on the jackpot’s current amount, it would be an estimated $389.8 million. What if you win the jackpot? Annuity option: Provides 26 annual payments. For every $1,000,000 in the […]
This past Labor Day weekend, for me, was all about family. We had another successful “Tom Joyner Family Reunion” in Orlando, and much of the…
08/27/14 – Sybil Wilkes discusses the morning’s news headlines including the American killed fighting for ISIS, the loss of power in Detroit and the Little…
