African-American News & Issues

2 months ago | aframnews.com | Bill King

By: Bill KingThis week, the Congres- sional Budget Office (CBO) once again reduced its population projections for the U.S. for 2025-2055. Last year, in its 30-year forecast, the CBO had projected that the U.S. population would be about 383 million by 2054. This week’s projection lowered the 2055 projection to 372 million, about a 2.8% decrease. If the CBO is correct, the U.S. population will grow by about 22 million or 6% (350MM→372MM) over the next thirty years.

Jan 19, 2025 | aframnews.com | Bobby Mills

On Monday, September the 30th former President James Earl Carter turned 100 years old, and became the first centennial President. On Sunday, December 29th, 2024, God called President Carter home. What a God we serve! Almost two years ago medical professionals placed President Carter in hospice care and declared that he had two weeks to live. President Carter spiritually understood that death and life are in the power of the tongue. More importantly, death is swallowed up in victory in God.

Sep 7, 2024 | aframnews.com | Bill King

By: Bill KingThere was some slow-down during desegregation, as enrollment in private schools surged. However, growth resumed by the early 1980s at a little less than 2% each year. But by the late 1990s, the growth rate began to noticeably slow, eventually falling to under .5% annually. Public school enrollment peaked in 2019 at 50.8 million. During the pandemic, parents pulled about 1.5 million children out of public schools. For the most part, those children do not appear to have returned.

Jul 20, 2024 | aframnews.com | Andrew Lawrence

By:Andrew LawrenceLot number 11 in Christie’s “Exceptional Sale” earlier this year lived up to its billing. Th is was the holy grail for the well-heeled sports fan or history buff – Olympic glory in the palm of your hand. In an auction that included a Louis XIV tapestry and what was believed to be the only painting by all four of the Beatles, the long-jump gold medal from the 1968 Summer Olympics fetched £351,000. What made its owner give it up?

Jul 13, 2024 | aframnews.com | Keir Simmons |Corky Siemaszko

By: Keir Simmons and Corky SiemaszkoDeHart Hubbard was the first black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event. Hubbard studied at the University of Michigan starting in 1921, and the following year he won the first of six straight AAU long jump titles. He also won the AAU triple jump in 1922 and 1923 and at the NCAA he won the 100-yard dash in 1925 and the long jump in 1923.