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Foundational Black American News Headlines For 12/3/2023

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  Reparations News   Florida Senator Blaise Ingoglia proposed a constitutional amendment to ban reparations for slavery descendants in Florida. If passed by the legislature and approved by 60% of voters, the amendment would prevent state and local governments from compensating descendants of enslaved individuals before December 6, 1865. This proposal follows Florida's past reparations, like paying Rosewood massacre survivors and their descendants. Ingoglia, known for his controversial "Ultimate Cancel Act" against the Democratic Party, aims to add this amendment to Florida's constitution (Florida Senate, 2023) .     Florida is continuing its ongoing campaign of anti-blackness and anti-wokenness, and that is the norm to be expected. Ironically, Ron Desantis could be doing better in the polls (Wiederkehr, 2023 ). Could the slouching in the polls be about black history book bans (Burga, 2023) and the teaching that slavery was suitable for black people?   Cobwebs The L