March 1948: Influential Black Americans Jeffrey Osborne, James I. Gadsden, Michael L. Douglas, Charles M. Payne, Naomi Sims & Raymond Winbush

The sexist Department of Information Systems & Operations Management, Hough Graduate School of Business at the public University of Florida in the most racially segregated (blue) county in the state

March 9, 1948 (Pisces): Singer-songwriter, musician and lyricist, Jeffrey Osborne, born (click on link to listen to music)

March 12, 1948 (Pisces): Former diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, James I. Gadsden, born.

Gadsden graduated from Harvard University (1970, cum laude) with a B.A. in Economics, MA in East Asian Studies, from Stanford University (1972), and Princeton University (1984) with a Scholar in Economics.

He entered the Foreign Service in 1972 and became a career member of the Senior Foreign Service.

After serving in various roles, he finished his career as a Senior Counselor for International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, serving from 2011 to 2016, the year white America elected the rapist the FIRST time.

March 13, 1948 (Pisces): Former justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada, Michael L. Douglas, born.

He was appointed in 2004 [the year my eldest son was born], and his term ended in 2019.

When Douglas was appointed, he became the first Black American Supreme Court Justice in the State of Nevada.

Douglas graduated from California State College, Long Beach in 1971 and University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1974 [the year before I was born].

Douglas retired in January 2019 [the month before a “white” Turkish male “Democrat,” Haldun Aytug, ended my career as Director of Admissions & Student Services for the Department of Information Systems & Operations Management in the Hough Graduate School of Business at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Alachua County, the most racially segregated county in the State of Florida.

The University of Florida is an institution with a long racist and sexist history acknowledged by President Kent Fuchs on May 29, 2020.

Dr. Haldun Aytug and his white woman, co-conspirator and faculty colleague, Dr. Janice Ellen Carrillo (both Capricorns), non-renewed my contraact after nearly two decades with the reason, “going a different direction,” retaliation for exposing a senior faculty colleague and former department chair, Asoo J. Vakharia, for being a serial sexual harasser over the 15 years that I was there and still employed with the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management.

I had been employed at the University of Florida, where my eldest son is currently enrolled as a Sports Media major in the College of Journalism and Communications, for nearly two decades with all stellar reviews, letters of recommendations and awards available on LinkedIn.

I’m currently seeking employment as a politically persecuted minority in the racist, sexist and fascist state of Florida where the NAACP has issued a travel warning to Black people and where white supremacist Moms for “Liberty” has tried to erase Black women, Ruby Bridges and Rosa Parks, from the history books.

92% of Black women voted for the Black woman, the most anti racist, anti sexist, patriotic voting bloc of any, always trying to save our collective asses while Americans continue to disrespect them in all ways.

On May 22, 1962 [when my mother was only 15], Malcolm X stated:

“The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.”

For now, I’m staying in Florida to “fight the good fight” and be closer to my young adult sons, at least for the time-being.

I’m strongly considering going to work in one of the nine states with no exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother to fight this war on women.

March 14, 1948 (Pisces): Academic whose areas of study include civil rights activism, urban education reform, social inequality, and modern African-American history, Charles M. Payne, born.

He was the Chief Education Officer for Chicago Public Schools and used to be the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration.

March 30, 1948 (Aries): Model, businesswoman and author, Naomi Sims, born.

She is widely credited as being one of the first Black American supermodels.

Sims was the first Black American model to appear on the covers of Ladies' Home Journal and Life.

March 31, 1948 (Aries): Scholar and activist, Raymond Winbush, born.

He is known for his systems-thinking approaches to understanding the impact of racism/white supremacy on the global African community.

He is currently Research Professor and Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University, public historically black research university, in Baltimore, Maryland.