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Interracial Marriage: Richard & Mildred When Love Happens!

The Ban on interracial marriage. During the seventeenth and early eighteenth century; the growing number of interracial marriages (also known as miscegenation) between Blacks and whites led to the passage of this new law. The first anti-miscegenation lawenacted was in the colony of Maryland in 1664 and additional colonies quickly followed suit. These marriages were prohibited and penalties included the enslavement, exile or imprisonment of the white perpetrators. These laws grew and evolved over the years and attempts were even made...

Powerful morning

Cocaine and Fentanyl…The Deadly Mix!

Cocaine and Fentanyl are a dangerous mix. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is up to 100 times more potent than morphine. It is often used to cut or lace other drugs, like cocaine because it is cheap and easy to obtain. This is a deadly combination because it is hard to know how much Fentanyl is in the cocaine, and it only takes a very small amount to cause an overdose. One year since my younger brother was...

Intimate partner violence

Intimate partner violence (IPV)…let’sTalk

Intimate partner violence (IPV) …my family was dealt a devastating blow when we lost an integral member to it.  My great-niece became an orphan thanks to her father’s murder of this child’s mother and suicide right afterward – but it could have been so much worse since she was in the house. The sad situation is that this little child was home when her dad murdered her mommy. Unfortunately…This moment will become something she needs to deal with for years, maybe...

NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS

We should never give up on dreaming. Why? Because without dreams what  would life be like…if we have nothing to look forward too? Mine you now dreams are what gives you a purpose in life. Sometimes we might fail the first time attempting to bright a dream to life and we just give up without even trying again. Over the years I’ve dreamed about so many things that I wanted to do; for example, I wanted to become a doctor....

The Case that Changed Illegal Marriages

Ban on interracial marriages—During the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, the growing number of interracial marriages (also known as miscegenation) between Blacks and whites led to the passage of this new law. The first anti-miscegenation law enacted was in the colony of Maryland in 1664 and additional colonies quickly followed suit. These marriages were prohibited and penalties included the enslavement, exile or imprisonment of the white perpetrators. These laws grew and evolved over the years and attempts were even made...