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Since hitting the Internet, the montage has racked up more than a half million views, and most of the people commenting are excited. “That afro is a thing of glory,” says one. “I’m soooo glad that MY PEOPLE are getting more recognized for their cosplay skills and creativity!!! LOVE IT!!!” adds another. A third simply drops a hashtag: #Blackexcellence.
While Holt’s crew has ceased assembling during the pandemic, their impact is still reverberating. In late 2020, Holt and Sutton earned an invitation to discuss the empowering effects of cosplay (that’s geek speak for the wide world of comics and/or pop-culture role-playing) at the AfroPunk festival, a national and, this year, virtual celebration of the music and culture of the African diaspora. That’s exactly how Holt hopes his efforts will be noticed. “From my perspective, representation shows Black boys and girls that they can be more than what’s expected of them [by society],” he says.
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Clarksville NowZemarcus Shatwan Ligon, arrested April 18, 2021 (Courtesy MCSO)
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Three men have been charged in a Clarksville homicide that occurred on Chapel Street in November 2017.
Ray Charles Nelson, 53, was shot and killed near 140 Chapel St. on Nov. 10, 2017.
After a Clarksville Police investigation, three men were charged recently with premeditated first-degree murder:
Zemarcus Shatwan Ligon, who was taken into custody Sunday.
Antonio Nathan Bafford, who was already in jail.
Ramone Pierre Gholston, who was already in jail.
Gholston was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The shooting
That day in 2017, a shots fired call came in around 5:30 p.m. When officers arrived, they found Ray Charles Nelson, who had been shot. He was transported by ambulance to Tennova Healthcare’s emergency room, where he died from his injuries.
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At first they told us not to come. Early in the pandemic, health authorities steered us clear of doctors and hospitals to help flatten the curve and relieve ICUs.
We may have listened too well. Emergency room visits for non-Covid reasons tanked by 42 percent between January and May 2020. And by the middle of the year, roughly 41 percent of U. S. adults had avoided some form of medical care, according to a study in
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The figures were even higher for Black and Hispanic adults. Of everyone who skipped or couldn’t get care for a serious problem, 57 percent took a health hit as a result, per an NPR/Harvard/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation survey.
Dominique Lucious was only 26.
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Dominique Lucious, a Black transgender woman, was killed in Springfield, Missouri, after meeting a man on the Plenty of Fish dating site. According to Human Rights Campaign, the 26-year-old is the 14th trans or gender nonbinary person to be murdered in 2021.
The Ozarks Independent reports Lucious allegedly met 28-year-old Charles Nelson on April 9; police received a 911 call around 6:51 a.m. about a shooting at a residence. When officers arrived, Lucious was found inside the apartment with gunshot wounds. Lucious was pronounced dead at the scene.
A witness was reportedly in the apartment and saw a “Black or Hispanic” male with a gun standing over Lucious. The man told the witness not to look at him as he ran away.
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