While George Floyd is no longer among us, his legacy continues to live. He used to play college basketball at Texas A&M, and now, the place will have an internship in his honor. His sister, Bridgett Floyd, as well as president of the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, launched the ‘Be His Legacy’ internship in collaboration with Texas A&M University at Commerce. This internship will be for two semesters and particularly for Black male students to live and learn together in the university’s African American Male Mentorship Program’s living learning community.
After joe biden got elected to be the new president, the nation celebrated for days. Throughout the process, as the four key states were still counting votes, the nation Waited. On november 6th, georgia finally began to give us the proper numbers as Biden surpassed trump, therefore moving towards presidency. Previously, georgia Was mostly red. However, former gubernatorial candidate and voting rights Advocate stacey abrams turned it around. In the year of 2018, abrams contested to Be a governor but lost to then-secretary of state brian kemp by 55,000 votes. People Claimed that voter suppression played a role, so she turned into an activist for fair Counting of votes in her state.
Former president barack obama, in an interview held on sunday (nov. 15) by Cbs’s gayle king has made it clear that he will not be joining president-elect joe Biden’s cabinet next year. However, whenever needed, he would be offering the next President advice and help. This interview was obama’s first, after the election and Prior to the release of his book, a promised land. While obama took up the Background role almost throughout the campaign, in the end, he was quite critical of Trump, particularly in relation to how he dealt with the covid-19 pandemic.
It is reported that the hoop using which Kobe Bryant practiced his jump shot on when he was a kid will be auctioned. If you have some fortune in your bank, you could own it very soon. It has been reported that just this month, Bryant’s childhood home in Pennsylvania was bought for $810K. However, the listing did not including the backboard and the rim as the buyer was not keen on paying extra for the same. Therefore, it reached John Romani at Sales By Helen and will be auctioned soon.
Initially, Obama was not keen on partaking in the campaign trail as it is not a norm among former Presidents. However, he stated that he saw the need to do so because Donald Trump‘s tenure “was not normal.” He clarified that he did not want to endorse Dems, but because several norms and institutional values were breached, he saw the need to intervene in some manner. He spoke about Trump’s presidency and its impact on America. He also clarified that during Biden’s presidency, he will only help him if it is sought and he has no intentions of working in the White House again.
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