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Thursday, September 22
Tom Joyner - The voice of Hurricane Katrina
by
Admin
on Thu 22 Sep 2005 12:04 PM EDT
Who was the
voice of hurricane Katrina? Not CNN's Anderson Cooper, who met the
floodwaters with a commensurate response from his own tear ducts.
And not Kanye West, the hip-hop mogul , who anti-Bush tirade was
bush-league. Allow me to nominate (Tuskegee's own)--Tom Joyner. Read more
Lionel Ritchie comes to Montgomery
by
Admin
on Thu 22 Sep 2005 11:52 AM EDT
The Montgomery
chamber of commerce is celebrating minority business week. A
special singer dropped by to attend a special luncheon as a part a week
full of special events. Read more.
Friday, September 16
Ashes of infant found after 58 years
by
Admin
on Fri 16 Sep 2005 11:42 AM EDT
After years of
making his way through a maze of medical records, family correspondence
and cemetery maps, a Chicago area man found the remains of his infant
brother who died almost 60 years ago. Read more
Genealogy buff finds elderly Katrina's survivor's kin
by
Admin
on Fri 16 Sep 2005 11:28 AM EDT
A San Antonio
genealogy buff who "just had to do something to help", used her
computer to track down the family of Ada Roppolo, a New Orleans nursing
home resident evacuated to San Antonio last weekend with no medical
records or history. Read more
Sunday, September 4
The Aftermath of Katrina--Refugees vs Evacuees
by
Admin
on Sun 04 Sep 2005 03:03 PM EDT
For the past
several days I've been watching the news regarding the devastation of
hurricane Katrina. What I'm really appalled about the most if how the
people of the city are referred to as refugees by some of the news
media. I prefer the state of their condition as it relates to the
situation: EVACUEES...seems more like it. Initially, MSNBC news
were referring to the people as refugees but changed this status to
evacuees after much verbal disapproval.
When I think of refugees..third word countries come to mind in the midst of civil upheaval , famines, etc. The United States is not a third world country. Are these people being referred to as refugees due to their lack of wealth? If the people were more upwardly mobile and financially stable, I do not beleive that would be labeled as refugees. I sought the online defininition of refugees and came across this at the US Immigration and Natrualization webpage: Refugee is defined as a person outside his or her country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return because of persecution of a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion. Thus, this definition does not correspond to what the media is suggesting. I regard the people of New Orleans as innocent US citizens who have been sidelined by a devastating act of nature..therefore, they are evacuees! Saturday, September 3
Tuskee Airmen Gather for 35th Annual Covention in Orlando
by
Admin
on Sat 03 Sep 2005 02:16 PM EDT
Even though they
were treated like second class citizens as black pilots in a segregated
military during World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen proved their mettle
in the skies. Read More
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