by Daniel Johnson

May 18, 2024

High School Baseball Team Suspends Season Due To Racism

Kempsville High School in Virginia Beach canceled the remainder of its baseball season after an investigation uncovered a culture of racism in the school’s baseball program.

Kempsville High School in Virginia Beach canceled the remainder of its baseball season after an investigation uncovered a culture of racism in the school’s baseball program. While details of what led to the investigation are still being uncovered, it is believed to have originated when a mother of a member of the team complained about her son being called racial slurs, including the N-word.

As WTKR3 reported, Principal Melissa George sent an email to parents stating that as a result of an investigation conducted by Virginia Beach City Public Schools, the school’s baseball team would be forfeiting a game on May 2, and would be attempting to determine what the baseball season, if any, would look like going forward.

“After our lengthy investigation after we received allegations of racism on the baseball team earlier in April, we have found that racism, hate speech, and harassment have been an ongoing issue for multiple years. Due to additional information we have through our investigation, at this time we are forfeiting (the May 2) game against PA (Princess Anne).”

George continued, “Working with the Senior Executive Director of High Schools, Dr. Walter Brower, the Chief of Schools, Mr. Matt Delaney, and Coach Penn, we came to the decision that we can not in good faith play baseball knowing the number of players involved. We will continue to work with VBCPS officials and school level personnel to determine what the remainder of the season will look like.”

George concluded, “Please know that this is much broader than the initial allegations brought forth and stems across multiple years. Should you have questions or concerns, you can reach out to Dr. Brower… More information will be sent out once a decision has been made.”

The allegations appear to stem from a mother of one of the players who has alleged that her son was called several racial slurs, including the N-word. She has posted several videos to her public Facebook page and is looking into getting a lawyer involved.

Another parent, Anissa Bowden believes that the problem extends well beyond the baseball program, telling the outlet, “It is traumatizing to a child who’s never had this happen before. And if it happens every single day of your life, you start thinking maybe they’re right. I will guarantee you that it’s not just an isolated incident on the baseball team.”

Virginia Beach NAACP President Dr. Eric Majette also called attention to the history of the Virginia Beach school system in his own statement. “We call attention to the ongoing acts of hate and racism within the Virginia Beach Public School System at Kempsville High School and are extremely concerned about how this situation has existed for quite sometime.”

Majette continued, “We applaud the brave young men who spoke up in an effort to advocate for equality within this system. It is unfortunate that racism still exist and that our youth have had to endure its ugly head. It must be stamped out everywhere. It is our goal to ensure that the residents do not live in fear or with undue anxiety, just because they are African American.”

judge, racism remarks, recordings, Michigan, guilty, Adam Coy, debt scam

by Mary Spiller

May 18, 2024

Tactical Unit Officer Found Not Guilty In Fatal Shooting Of Mother Of His Child

Pierre Tyler reportedly tried to cover up the crime scene after Andris Wofford was 'accidentally' shot.

A Chicago tactical unit police officer, Pierre Tyler, was acquitted on May 17 of the 2021 fatal shooting of the mother of his child.

A Cook County jury found Officer Tyler, 32 not guilty of the charge of first-degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Andris Wofford after just four hours of deliberations.

Evidence cited in the trial included security camera footage of Tyler walking into Wofford’s home before neighbors reported hearing the two arguing and “loud muffled bangs” before the home went silent. The same camera showed Tyler leaving the home later.

Tyler testified on May 17 that Wofford pointed his gun at him and when he tried to push it away, the weapon fired and hit Wofford in the head.

According to The Chicago Sun-Times, Tyler did not call for help following the shooting or tell anyone about it and the gun has not been found.

In his “emotionless” testimony, Tyler described an argument with his girlfriend that lasted hours before she was shot in the face.

He claimed that Wofford got a hold of his gun that he had left out on a table because she was angry that she believed he “concealed his marriage to another woman.”

Tyler said, “As her arm goes up, the firearm goes off [and] her body falls in a forward-falling motion. At that point, I was shocked. I can barely move.”

He added, “In that moment, panic set in. I felt nobody would believe me” that he hadn’t been the one to pull the trigger.

He continued to explain that he then attempted to cover up the fact that he had been in her home. “I began to make a series of stupid, bad decisions in my panic,” he said.

Wofford’s body was found by her family the next day after they grew concerned that she didn’t pick up her children the night before like she was supposed to. In fact, Tyler drove Wofford’s mother to the apartment where her daughter was dead and never told her about the fatal argument.

Tyler’s mother said, “My heart goes out to the family of my granddaughter, but this was not going to fall on my son. This is a horrible situation. I’ve got a granddaughter with no mother. But I knew my son.”

by Mary Spiller

May 18, 2024

Shocking CCTV Footage Allegedly Shows Diddy Assaulting Cassie Ventura In 2016

The hotel CCTV footage seems to corroborate claims made by Ventura against Combs in her 2023 lawsuit.

A disturbing hotel surveillance video obtained by CNN allegedly shows Sean “Diddy” Combs physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura back in 2016.

The exclusive footage procured by CNN is tagged with the date of March 5, 2016, and is a series of different angles of several CCTV cameras from inside the halls of a Los Angeles Intercontinental Century City hotel. When the video begins, a woman who appears to be Ventura is seen in a hoodie and leggings, carrying her things, as she exits a hotel room without shoes on and waits for the elevator. Just a few moments later, the footage captures a man who appears to be Combs running up behind her wearing just a towel. He grabs her by the neck, forces her to the ground and proceeded to kick her several times before attempting to drag her back towards the room they both exited from.

Another frame showed the woman who appears to be Ventura standing up and trying to pick up her things off the floor and then trying to use the hotel’s courtesy phone located in the hall.

The man who appears to be Diddy returned into the frame a moment later, pushed the 27-year-old singer, and began to throw things at her from a table near the elevator.

The CNN-released video seems to align directly with a lawsuit claim filed by Ventura back in November of 2023 against her former boss and boyfriend, Combs. In it, she accused him of “physical abuse, sexual assault, and sex trafficking” throughout their relationship together

Douglas H. Wigdor, Ventura’s attorney, said, “The gut-wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of Mr. Combs. Words cannot express the courage and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has shown in coming forward to bring this to light.”

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office also issued a lengthy statement on May 17, about the 2016 surveillance video.

The statement posted to Instagram began, “We are aware of the video that has been circulating online allegedly depicting Sean Combs assaulting a young woman in Los Angeles. We find the images extremely disturbing and difficult to watch.”

“If the conduct depicted occurred in 2016, unfortunately, we would be unable to charge as the conduct would have occurred beyond the timeline where a crime of assault can be prosecuted. As of today, law enforcement has not presented a case related to the attack depicted in the video against Mr. Combs, but we encourage anyone who has been a victim or witness to a crime to report it to law enforcement or reach out to our office for support from our Bureau of Victims Services.”

by Sharelle B. McNair

May 18, 2024

Business Leaders Exposed Trying To Pressure NYC Mayor Eric Adams To Release Police Officers On Columbia Protestors

Business executives formed a created a WhatsApp group chat to discuss ways to influence the mayor and the NYPD.

A number of New York’s prominent business owners and investors put pressure on New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams to send NYPD officers to Columbia University’s campus to disperse anti-Israel protesters.

Business leaders wanted Adams to use his influence with Columbia’s president and board of trustees in order to receive permission to send police to the campus and disperse the protesters. According to a report from The Washington Post, executives — including Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz, Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell, hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, and Thrive Capital founder Joshua Kushner — created a WhatsApp group chat after the initial Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7.

Started by billionaire real estate investor Barry Sternlicht and with close to 100 chat members, discussions were held about potentially hiring private investigators to aid the NYPD while addressing campus protests as well as donations to Adam’s campaign. On Apr. 26, some of the leaders — Kind founder Daniel Lubetzky, hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb, billionaire Len Blavatnik, and investor Joseph Sitt — had a Zoom call with Adams, just one week after the first wave of law enforcement was sent to the Ivy League campus.

The group of business leaders also discussed how to raise awareness of Hamas’ violent acts with screenings of 40-minute films containing images from body cameras and cell phone recordings made by Hamas militants participating in the terror attack. Some members of the group alleged they received briefings from the Israeli government.

Following the different attempts, city officials noted that there were no plans to use private investigators. They also claim the break up of protests had nothing to do with donor requests but simply was a response to a request from campus leaders.

According to Independent, Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy responded to the claims and said the “Washington Post should be ashamed to ask about, let alone normalize in print.”

Levy added, “Let’s be very clear: Both times the NYPD entered Columbia University’s campus — on April 18th and April 30th — were in response to specific written requests from Columbia University to do so.”

“Any suggestion that other considerations were involved in the decision-making process is completely false, and the insinuation that Jewish donors secretly plotted to influence government operations is an all too familiar antisemitic trope that the Washington Post should be ashamed to ask about, let alone normalize in print.”

Blavatnik’s spokesperson confirmed he was on the Zoom call but only to see how the mayor “was thinking about the Columbia protests.” He donated $2,100 to the mayor’s reelection campaign in April 2024. Spokespeople for Lubetzky and Sitt said there is no record of donations to Adams.

The group chat was shut down in May 2024 due to how conversations moved past the original intent of the group and those whose started the chat being inactive seven months after the group launched.

Barbara Furlow-Smiles, fraud, 4 million, Facebook, fbi, investigation

by Stacy Jackson

May 18, 2024

Ex-Facebook And Nike DEI Manager Sentenced To Federal Prison For Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme

After her Facebook dismissal, Barbara Furlow-Smiles allegedly stole another six-figure sum from Nike during her employment as their senior DEI director.

Barbara Furlow-Smiles, a former diversity program manager who admitted to orchestrating kickback schemes at Facebook and Nike, has been sentenced to federal prison for her multi-million dollar fraud.

The 38-year-old confessed to stealing $5 million through her illicit operations at the two companies, Fox Business reported. “Furlow-Smiles shamelessly violated her position of trust as a DEI executive at Facebook to steal millions from the company utilizing a scheme involving fraudulent vendors, fake invoices, and cash kickbacks,” U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan said in a statement.

From January 2017 until her September 2021 ousting, Furlow-Smiles spearheaded DEI programs at Facebook. Her responsibilities encompassed crafting and implementing DEI initiatives, operations, and engagement endeavors. Prosecutors contend she perpetrated fraud by covertly diverting company funds to her personal PayPal, Venmo, and Cash App accounts, which she employed to remunerate acquaintances, family members, former interns, childcare providers, a stylist, and others for services never rendered to Facebook.

After her Facebook dismissal, Furlow-Smiles assumed a DEI senior director’s position at Nike from November 2021 through February 2023, where she replicated her kickback strategy against her new corporate victim. “She stole another six-figure sum from their diversity program,” Buchanan said. “Her prison sentence reflects the consequences of…orchestrating an intricate scheme to defraud two…employers for personal profit.”

Keri Farley, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Atlanta Field Office, denounced Furlow-Smiles’ greed, saying, “She not only threw away a lucrative career but will serve time behind bars for her excessive greed.”

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced Furlow-Smiles has been ordered to serve five years and three months behind bars. Additionally, she must pay restitution of $4,981,783.58 to Meta-owned Facebook and $121,054.50 to Nike. Through these accounts, she paid friends, relatives, former interns, nannies, babysitters, a hairstylist, and others for goods and services never provided to Facebook.

Old Navy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi

by Stacy Jackson

May 18, 2024

Old Navy Re-unites Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi For Summer Campaign

The 'Black-ish' co-stars were more than comfortable 'twinning' and working together again for the new Old Navy summer campaign.

Former co-stars Tracee Ellis Ross and Yara Shahidi have reunited for a new Old Navy campaign aimed at inspiring a summer filled with family fun.

The clothing brand enlisted the talented actresses two years after the conclusion of the ABC sitcom Black-ish. According to People, Ross, 51, expressed her delight in collaborating with Shahidi, 24, once again. “When you’ve worked with someone for a long time, there’s an ease to how you work and a comfort. I should say thank you, Old Navy, for bringing this little duo back together,” Ross said.

The “Summering” campaign showcases the co-stars dancing poolside, flaunting the vibrant and trendy summer looks from the new collection. Ross and Shahidi grace the California scene hand-in-hand, sporting different ensembles that reflect their styles. Ross opens in a blue monochromatic linen set, while Shahidi radiates in a red tank, white skirt, and striped sweater tied around her neck. Later, Ross stuns in a bodycon dress and she lays back over the pool.

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Both celebrities have portrayed characters with fearless fashion as part of the Black-ish series from 2014 to 2022. In 2017, Shahidi told Vogue about her character Zoe Johnson’s dynamic style choices. “Zoey Johnson [the character Shahidi plays on ‘Black-ish’] has taught me how to be adventurous,” Shahidi said at the time. “Even from the first season to the third season there’s such a drastic change in what she wears, and it’s funny, because her closet is what I wish my closet looked like.”

Shahidi shared with People that the best part of the Old Navy campaign with Ross was “noticing how similar our instincts are in certain moments… or when other people notice our twinning mannerisms!” The ad culminates with the beauties facing each other in red and blue matching sets, affirming how fabulous the other looks rocking the brand’s clothes.

Old Navy’s new summer pieces are now available in stores and online.

Man, Conviction, Racist Threats, Pregnant Black Woman

by Jeroslyn JoVonn

May 18, 2024

Inside The Dangerous Life-Threatening Jobs American Prisoners Are Forced Into

A new investigation reveals the dangerous life-threatening jobs American prisoners are forced into for little to no payment.

A new investigation is revealing the dangerous, life-threatening jobs American prisoners are forced into for little to no payment.

On Thursday, May 16, The Associated Press released a two-year investigation that takes a deep dive into the prison labor that dates back to slavery and has always disproportionately impacted people of color. With laws in place that allow for private companies to take advantage of the ever-expanding captive workforce, a multibillion-dollar industry has burgeoned with little oversight.

Each year, hundreds of thousands of prisoners are put to work at dangerous jobs, with little to no training, where they’re paid pennies an hour or nothing at all. American citizens serving out prison sentences are employed to fight wildfires, operate heavy machinery, or work on industrial-sized farms and meat-processing plants where they’re denied basic rights and protections the average American worker would receive.

As a result, many are left seriously injured or lose their lives to jobs that exclude them from workers’ compensation benefits and state and federal laws for health and safety. Many of the private companies behind the dangerous jobs serve as supply chains to huge companies like McDonald’s, Target, Albertsons, Cargill, Walmart, Burger King, and more.

Much of the data on the workplace injuries and deaths remains unknown due to prisoner’s silence out of fear of retaliation from prison staff. The state of California only reports 700 work-related injuries from 2018 to 2022 but The AP noted how redacted the documents provided were.

Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of his 20-year prison sentence while working at Hickman’s Family Farms when his leg got pulled into a chute with a large spiraling augur of a machine he was operating. After hours of waiting to get freed from the machinery, Sanchez was finally airlifted to a nearby hospital where his right leg was amputated below the knee.

Hickman’s is a major supplier of eggs to companies like McDonalds, Target, and Albertsons and markets eggs with brands like Land O’ Lakes, Eggland’s Best, and their own.

“They end up being mangled in ways that will affect them for the rest of their lives,” said Joel Robbins, a lawyer who has represented several prisoners hired by Hickman’s.

“If you’re going to come out with a good resume, you should come out with two hands and two legs and eyes to work.”

Most companies did not respond to requests about their ties to prison labor. But Cargill, which boasts the title of the largest private company in the U.S. with $177 billion in revenue last year, says it is actively working “to ensure there is no prison labor in our extended supplier network.”

Most prison labor is within the facility’s confines and pays a few cents an hour while the outside labor positions are limited and offer minimum wage where some states deduct up to 60% off the top. Research found that inmates are often retaliated against if they deny the forced prison labor.

Prisoner strikes demanding more rights are uncommon and swiftly suppressed. The U.S. Supreme Court has also ruled that inmates cannot join or form unions, call an ambulance, or request hospital transport for life-threatening job-related injuries.

Those who choose to sue face challenging obstacles, such as finding a lawyer willing to take their case. The challenges only increased after the federal Prison Litigation Reform Act was enacted almost three decades ago to reduce the surge of lawsuits accompanying the growing prison populations.

Research for the prison labor investigation was conducted using interviews with more than 100 current and former prisoners across the country, family members of workers who were killed by severe burns, traumatic head wounds, and even severed body parts. Reporters also spoke with lawyers, researchers, and experts, and examined thousands of documents, including the rare lawsuits that successfully navigate the court system.

In most states, public institutions are not liable for incarcerated workers’ injuries or deaths.

“We’ve got this category of human beings that can be wrongfully harmed and yet left with no remedy for their harm,” Michael Duff, a law professor at Saint Louis University and an expert on labor law said.

by Jeroslyn JoVonn

May 18, 2024

Donna Summer’s Estate Reaches Settlement With Ye Over Unauthorized Use Of ‘I Feel Love’

Donna Summer's estate has reached a settlement with Ye for unauthorized use of her 1977 Disco classic "I Feel Love."

Donna Summer’s estate has reached a settlement with Ye and Ty Dolla $ign for the unauthorized use of her 1977 classic “I Feel Love.”

The estate filed the suit in February accusing the rap duo of using the disco hit on their Vultures 1 album without permission. On Wednesday, May 15, a status report filed in Los Angeles federal court included a statement from a lawyer representing Summer’s estate which revealed the “global settlement” both parties reached on May 3, according to Rolling Stone.

“Plaintiff anticipates that the final settlement agreement can be executed shortly, and soon thereafter, the parties will be in a position to file a stipulation for dismissal of the action in its entirety,” the filing signed by estate lawyer Stanton L. Stein said.

“In the unlikely event the parties are unable to conclude the settlement by June 14, 2024, plaintiff intends to diligently prosecute the action against all defendants. As such, plaintiff requests that dismissal not be entered at this time.”

The copyright infringement lawsuit was initially filed in federal court in Los Angeles by Summer’s husband Bruce Sudano, who serves as executor of the late singer’s estate. The lawsuit alleged that Ye had reached out to the estate to get permission to sample the song in the Vultures 1 track “Good (Don’t Die).”

However, the rapper was turned down by Summer’s estate as they “wanted no association with West’s controversial history.” Ye was denied a second time after contacting Summer’s record label, Universal Music Enterprises to request authorization to use the song.

The estate was surprised when Vultures 1 was released and “shamelessly” included re-recorded parts of “I Feel Love” that were “instantly recognizable.” Once the lawsuit was filed, “Good (Don’t Die)” was quickly removed from streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.

Summer’s estate was among a list of music acts to accuse Ye of including unauthorized samples on the album. Ozzy Osbourne blasted Ye as an “Antisemite” after the rapper included a sample of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” on the track “Carnival.”

Ye went on to remove to the Black Sabbath sample and included a cut from his song “Hell Of A Life,” which features a legally-cleared sample of “Iron Man.” The Yeezy founder was also accused of using an uncleared sample of Backstreet Boys’ “Everybody” on a song of the same name, which ended up not making the album.

NAACP President Derrick Johnson, Cardi B, 2024 Election

by Jeroslyn JoVonn

May 17, 2024

NAACP President Wants To ‘Talk’ To Cardi B After She Publicly Withdraws Her Vote In The 2024 Election

The NAACP wants to speak with Cardi B after she publicly announced plans to skip voting in the 2024 presidential election.

The NAACP’s President wants a sit-down with Cardi B after the rapper publicly announced her plans to skip voting in the 2024 presidential election.

The Grammy-nominated rapper appears on the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone, where she explains why she’s not casting her vote for President Biden or former President Donald Trump in the upcoming election.

“I don’t f— with both of y’all,” she said about the Democratic and Republican candidates.

According to Cardi, Trump is a “dire threat” to the country and Biden has caused her “layers and layers of disappointment” over his “domestic and foreign mismanagement.”

“I feel like people got betrayed,” she said of the Biden Administration’s handling of the ongoing inflation and low wages. “It’s just like, damn, y’all not caring about nobody.”

“Then, it really gets me upset that there is solutions to it. There is a solution. I know there’s a solution because you’re spending billions of dollars on any f—ing thing.”

.@iamcardib, let’s talk about it. Your voice matters, and our communities have to look beyond the presidential race.

I invite you to speak with the @NAACP on how we can all use our collective power this November to elect everything from mayors to school board members. https://t.co/kO3CZfG7I2
— Derrick Johnson (@DerrickNAACP) May 16, 2024

In response to Cardi’s public reveal of her political stance, NAACP President Derrick Johnson invited her to sit down and “talk about it” ahead of the election.

“Your voice matters, and our communities have to look beyond the presidential race,” he wrote. “I invite you to speak with the @NAACP on how we can all use our collective power this November to elect everything from mayors to school board members.”

Cardi’s latest statements on the 2024 election mimic earlier comments she made to Los Angeles radio personality Big Boy about her plans not to vote for either candidate. The “Money” rapper who publicly endorsed Biden in the 2020 election following his victory against her first pick Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, was already sealed on her decision not to endorse Biden for a second time before going into 2024.

“I’m endorsing no presidents no more,” Cardi B told The Guardian last November. “Joe Biden is talking about, ‘Yeah, we can fund two wars,’ … talking about, ‘Yeah, we got it, we’re the greatest nation.’ No … we’re not. We don’t got it, and we’re going through some sh*t right now. So say it!”

She added: “We are really, really, really fu*ked right now. No, we cannot fund these … wars.”

President Joe Biden, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Morehouse Faculty, Commencement Ceremony

by Sharelle B. McNair

May 17, 2024

Biden To Receive Honorary Doctorate from Morehouse Despite Split Vote from Faculty

Would you oppose Joe Biden speaking at your graduation?

Despite a difference of opinion from faculty members, Morehouse College will give President Joe Biden an honorary doctorate at its upcoming graduation, NBC News reports.

A number of the HBCU’s faculty members either voted against the decision or withheld their vote earlier this week given their frustrations with some of the president’s policies and the school’s decision to host him as the commencement speaker. Faculty voted in favor 50 to 38 to given Biden the degree.

Morehouse leadership announced the plans back in September 2023, prior to Biden accepting the invitation. However, the college overlooked the part of the protocol where faculty must vote to authorize that decision.

“It is imperative to clarify that the recent decision to convene to vote to award Biden an honorary degree is not in question because of current political affairs,” Morehouse said in a statement. “The decision to call for a faculty vote is due to a mistaken oversight in the process, which traditionally includes a faculty vote that usually takes place in September.”

But faculty at the male-only school expressed concern long before the vote. In a letter that circulated amongs leadership, a small group of faculty members addressed opposition to the degree in lieu of Biden’s stance on the war in Gaza.

“We recognize the honor that typically comes with having the most powerful elected person in the world speak at Morehouse,” the letter read. “At this time, however, salient policies of the United States government are responsible for the suffering of millions of people around the planet.”

During an appearance at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, POTUS touched on the number of Morehouse men serving on his team. “I got more Morehouse men in my administration than Morehouse,” he said.

"I got more Morehouse men in my administration than Morehouse," @POTUS says at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. pic.twitter.com/yQr83maAG8
— Akayla Gardner (@gardnerakayla) May 17, 2024

Co-chair of the Biden-Harris re-election campaign and Morehouse alumnus Cedric Richmond defended the president, saying he “deserves” this recognition, highlighting Biden’s track record with the Black community between appointing Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson, the first Black woman to the Supreme Court to the lowest level of Black unemployment in history.

“In my eyes, he’s earned an honorary degree,” Richmond said.

Morehouse addressed some of the concerns over Biden during a meeting with a group of students, faculty, and head of the White House Office of Public Engagement, Steven Benjamin this month. With Gaza being the hot topic, attendees pressed Benjamin to guarantee Biden’s commencement address, on May 19, won’t turn into a campaign speech.

Biden won’t be the only dignitary receiving honors. According to Fox 47 News, famous alumni like civil rights activist Martin Luther King III, Oscar-winning producer and director Spike Lee, and actor Brian Tyree Henry, will be listed as notable alumni anniversaries.

King and Lee graduated in 1979; Henry received his degree in 1999.