Black Growth And Development

03/26/2026

09/02/2025

Ronald Erwin McNair (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was an American NASA astronaut and physicist. At the age of 35, he tragically lost his life during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he served as one of three mission specialists in a crew of seven. Ronald Erwin McNair was born on October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina, to Carl C. McNair, an auto repairman, and his wife Pearl, a high school teacher. Growing up in a low-income household alongside his older brother Carl S. and younger brother Eric, McNair's home lacked basic amenities such as electricity and running water. Following the death of McNair's grandfather, the family relocated to a better but still poor-quality household. McNair's older brother recounted in a posthumous biography how the family would cover the floor and furniture with pots and pans to catch water dripping through the roof during rainfall. In the summer of 1959, McNair demonstrated remarkable courage by refusing to leave the segregated Lake City Public Library without being allowed to check out books. After the police and his mother intervened, McNair was permitted to borrow books from the library; the building is now named in his honor. A children's book titled Ron's Big Mission offers a fictionalized account of this event. McNair was selected as one of 35 applicants from a pool of 10,000 for the NASA astronaut program in 1978. He was among several astronauts recruited by Nichelle Nichols as part of a NASA initiative to increase minority and female representation. McNair flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-B aboard Challenger from February 3 to 11, 1984, becoming the second African American to venture into space.

07/24/2025

06/19/2025

Happy Juneteenth ‼️💚❤️💛

02/12/2025

ASAP Rocky is proof that if a woman truly loves you, she will never leave you no matter what. Look at Rihanna

He's broke, she's a billionaire, didn't stop her from having kids with him

He's a B list rapper, she's a global superstar, but she sings along to his mediocre songs

He's cheated on her, she forgave him

He's implicated but she's standing with him in court

A woman leaving you for any reason means she never loved you in the first place

02/12/2025

They Were Treated & Released From Detroit Hospitals. They Never Made It Home

All three of the following people were treated at a Detroit area hospital, released, and never made it home. Why? What happened?

23-year-old Brandi Brown was in a car accident. Due to her injuries, she was a patient at Sinai Grace Hospital in Detroit.

She was last seen at Sinai Grace Hospital on August 1, 2015.

When Brandi was discharged from the hospital, she vanished.

Witnesses place her at Seven Mile and Forrer Street.

This area, located on the west side of Detroit, is two miles from Sinai Grace Hospital.

"For her to be missing all this time," her grandmother told Fox 2 News. "She was very close to me, she always called me and say would you fix me some chicken and dressing and macaroni and cheese. She didn't do it at the holiday. And then her daughter had a birthday and she didn't call her daughter and she always called her daughter on her birthday."

On August 13, 2015, 32-year-old Kiela Elleana Gray arrived from Kansas City, Missouri in Detroit, Michigan. She traveled by Greyhound bus.

For some reason, Kiela was picked up by EMS from the Detroit bus station and taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital, where she was treated and released.

Kiela has never been seen or heard from again.

The same thing happened to 39-year-old Jahmel Jajuan Jones.

On March 14, 2016, he checked himself out of Sinai Grace Hospital.

Jahmel has not been seen since.

There is no other information available on Jahmel and he is still missing.

Brandi Brown is 5’4” and weighs 120 pounds.
She has a tattoo of “Allycia” on her back right shoulder.

Kiela Eileana Gray is 5'6" and 100 pounds when she vanished.

Jahmel Jaquan Jones is 5'6" and 200 pounds when he vanished.

If you have any information, please contact the Detroit Police Department at 313-596-2221.

Link to the story:
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-vivid-faces-of-the-vanished-1590506/2434900145515-they-were-released-from-detroit-hospitals-then-they-vanished

The Vivid Faces of the Vanished

Brandi Brown (left), Jahmel Jones (top right), and Kiela Gray (bottom right)

01/08/2025

PHATZ GIVES $1200 CHECK TO REC. DEPT.

Recently, the Darlington Recreation Dept. received a check from Phatz Man Cave Venue Rental LLC for $1200. The donation will be used towards amenities at the new baseball/ softball complex. Anyone else who would like to donate can contact Lee Andrews or Brantly Jett at the Recreation Department at 843-398-4030.

12/01/2024

Loyalty or love?