Brighten your Light with David Bright

Brown v. Board of Education,” the landmark Supreme Court ruling that declared separate schools for black and white children were “inherently unequal.

Child abandonment occurs when a child’s parent or guardian willfully withholds emotional, physical, and financial support, with no regard for the child’s safety and welfare.

Have you ever felt guilty, restless, disappointed, or lost because you couldn’t define your life purpose? Everywhere I turn, I read or am told I must find my purpose. I have colluded with this dogma and told thousands of people the same thing — you need to find your purpose to be happy. What if you can’t find your purpose? Or maybe you had to give up pursuing what you thought was your purpose to survive. Are you a failure?

The March on Washington was a massive protest march that occurred in August 1963, when some 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Also known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the event aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation.

Black lies, or telling a lie to gain a personal benefit, are universally condemned. In contrast, white lies, or telling a lie to please another person, are seen as an innocent part of everyday interactions.

Sundown towns, also known as sunset towns, gray towns, or sundowner towns, are all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States that practice a form of racial segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation, or violence. The term was used because signs directed "colored people" to leave town by sundown.

The trucking industry is predominantly white, but there are a few entrants into the market who are looking to diversify this industry.   Kristi L. Jackson is the co-owner of October Fourth Holding L.L.C.  This holding company provides trucking and moving services for supplies and bulk materials. There are over 689,930 professional truck drivers currently employed in the United States.  Fifteen point seven professional truck drivers are women, while eighty-four point three are men.

Not only this, but the opportunity afforded here will awaken us to a new era of industrial progress.  Ignorant and inexperience, it is not strange that in the first years of our life, we began at the top, not the bottom, that a seat in Congress or the state legislature was not sought that real estate or industrial skill, that the political convention, of some teaching, had more attractions than starting or dairy farm or truck garden.

In April 1969, 200 Black Americans gathered in front of West Senior High School in Rockford, Illinois, to protest discrimination at the school. Among the signs they carried was one that said, “Black Cheerleaders to Cheer Too.”  During the 1950s and early 1960s, high school students and their parents relied on a variety of protest tactics to “take a strong stand to secure a Negro cheerleader(s).”

Well, it does have a difference between them. In short, a father is the male parent of the child, the one that shares DNA with the child, the progenitor. A dad, however, is the one that is responsible for taking care of the child. The one that gives love and affection. These seem very simple concepts, but they are a little deeper than that.

The military's Discrimination Problem was so bad in the 1960s.  On July 26, 1948, President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, which declared that "there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin."

If it were up to us, every day would be Mother's Day, so we could have 365 opportunities to acknowledge who they are and all they do. They dry our tears. They answer our countless phone calls. They always know what to say when we need it most. And there's no denying that they give the warmest hugs.

What does financial freedom mean to you?  I’m guessing you might define it as finding yourself in a financial position where you don’t need to work unless you want to.  Ultimately, freedom means you are in control of your finances and your life choices.

Safe Haven for Babies was founded in 2015 to give mothers/parents a safe and legal option to surrender their babies 100% anonymously. Safe Haven for Babies' mission is to prevent the illegal abandonment of newborns by raising awareness and offering a 24-hour hotline for mothers in crisis.

Gospel singer and member of the Alabama Blind Boys, Paul Beasley, passed away on March 13, 2023.  The storied tenor singer spent years with the Gospel Keynotes and the Mighty Clouds of Joy before losing sight and joining the Blind Boys in 2013.   Beasley was born on December 11, 1944, in DeRidder, La., and was known among gospel quartet fans for the songs “Jesus You’ve Been Good To Me” with the Keynotes and “Walk Around Heaven,” which was performed with the Mighty Clouds–both pieces employed the artist’s unique falsetto.

Narcissists have a prominent place in the popular imagination, and the label "narcissist" is widely deployed to refer to people who appear too full of themselves. There's also a growing sense that narcissism is on the rise around the world, especially among young people.

Barrier Breaker is an action phrase, meaning you can do something to improve your life and circumstances. The Living God dwells inside you—you possess the same Spirit that heals the sick, brings power to the weak, and knows peace is indescribable.

Since 1950, individual income taxes have been the primary source of revenue for the U.S. federal government. Together with payroll taxes (used to fund social programs like Social Security and Medicare), income taxes amount to roughly 80 percent of all federal revenue, and are the essential fuel on which our government runs.

Sometimes, it happens that the role of a woman in the life of a great man is underestimated and misunderstood. Even when her sacrifices and contributions to the success of men are talked about, she remains behind the scenes.

Accidents and injuries remain the leading cause of death for children and young adults. Until recently, motor vehicle accidents were the number one cause of accidental death in these age groups. But in recent years, gun-related injuries surpassed motor vehicle accidents as the most common cause of death in youths and children, and this number continues to increase each year.