AFRICAN AMERICAN REPORTS

Sunday, August 09, 2020

Michelle Obama part of diverse group of speakers to be featured on first night of Democratic convention

Former first lady Michelle Obama, former Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will reportedly be featured speakers on the first night of the Democratic National Convention.

The lineup, which represents a broad ideological cross-section, is part of a broader theme of unity against President Trump and in support of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, a source who has seen convention plans told CNN. Sanders, a one-time presidential candidate himself, is a standard-bearer within the party’s progressive wing. Kasich is a vocal GOP critic of Trump, a demographic the party hopes to attract in November. And Michelle Obama is widely popular across the party.

The plans come as the coronavirus pandemic has forced an all-virtual convention. Biden was originally set to personally travel to Milwaukee to accept the party's nomination but will now accept it remotely from Delaware. The convention, already delayed a month, will take place Aug. 17-20, with two hours of events per night.

Normally the political conventions fill four days full of programming from a jam-packed arena. This year Democrats will move the event online and programming will be condensed, running for only two hours each night.

Saturday, August 08, 2020

Jeneen Lavita Jamison Valentine Is Missing!

VIRGINIA-The Henry County Sheriff’s Office is seeking residents help to locate a missing woman.

Jeneen Lavita Jamison Valentine, 58, of Ridgeway, has been missing since July 3. She was reported missing on July 16 by a family member.

Valentine was last seen at a home on Willow Court, Martinsville, on the evening of July 3.

Valentine is described as a black female, 5-feet, 8-inches in height and weighs 160 pounds. She has long brown hair and brown eyes.

She may be traveling in a 2002 silver, Toyota Solara, 2–door coupe with Virginia license plate number, VC-3019.

It is unknown if Valentine is in danger. Her whereabouts are sought to check her well being.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call the Henry County Sheriff’s Office at (276) 638-8751 or 9-1-1.

Tushika Thurman is Missing!

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Bowling Green police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing woman.

Tushika Thurman, 32, was last seen Wednesday night in the 300 block of Suwannee Tr.

Police said she deals with some health issues and is without her medication.

If you have any information on Thurman’s whereabouts, you are asked to contact Bowling Green police at (270) 393-4000.

Rep. Maxine Waters On Joe Biden: 'He Can't Go Home Without A Black Woman VP'

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) gave her thoughts about Joe Biden’s potential vice president pick on Friday during an ESSENCE Live townhall, saying she strongly believes Biden is going to pick a Black woman as his running mate.

“Let me guarantee you this, based on everything that I know and understand, and the help that [Biden] has already gotten from the Black community…he can’t go home without a Black woman being VP,” Waters said confidently. “We’re going to have a Black woman VP.”

Of course, Biden has yet to confirm his choice even as the Democratic National Convention draws closer, and more and more Americans continue to watch with a close eye as he is the presumptive nominee.

Names floated around as a potential pick include Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), as well as several accomplished Black women like former national security advisor Susan Rice, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.)

Read the entire interview here: Rep. Maxine Waters On Joe Biden: 'He Can't Go Home Without A Black Woman VP'

Friday, August 07, 2020

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