Milton Meets with The Queen of Wakanda (America) Angela Bassett
A Divine Meeting Between Community Leaders
In October of 2016 the meeting of the minds occurred. To be able to see two of our nations greatest come together for a moment represents peace and love in many symbolic ways. Milton Bullock Commissioner of Princeville, NC has be one of the many voices that have lent their celebrity influence to bring change.
Princeville is a town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and is the oldest town incorporated by African Americans in the United States. It was established by freed slaves after the Civil War and incorporated in 1885. It is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 940, although this census was taken shortly after 1999's Hurricane Floyd, which displaced many town residents. A 2004 special census recount placed the town's population at 2,020 residents in 818 housing units. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,082.[4] The town is on the opposite bank of the Tar River from Tarboro. The city of Rocky Mount is 16 miles (26 km) to the west. (Wikipedia)
Princeville recently had devastation from Hurricane Matthew.
Hurricane Matthew was the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Felix in 2007, which also caused catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, as well as widespread devastation in the southeastern United States. The deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Stan in 2005, Matthew was the thirteenth named storm, fifth hurricane and second major hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season. It caused extensive damage to landmasses in the Greater Antilles, and severe damage in several islands of the Bahamas who were still recovering from Hurricane Joaquin which had pounded such areas nearly a year earlier. At one point, the hurricane even threatened to be the first storm of Category 3 or higher intensity to strike the United States since Hurricane Wilma in 2005, but Matthew stayed just offshore paralleling the Floridian coastline.
Originating from a tropical wave that emerged off Africa on September 22, Matthew developed into a tropical storm just east of the Lesser Antilles on September 28. It became a hurricane north of Venezuela and Colombia on September 29, before undergoing explosive intensification, ultimately reaching Category 5 intensity on October 1 at just 13.4°N latitude – the lowest latitude ever recorded for a storm of this intensity in the Atlantic basin, breaking the record set by Hurricane Ivan in 2004.[1] Matthew weakened slightly and fluctuated in intensity while making a northward turn toward the Greater Antilles, remaining a strong Category 4 hurricane as it made its first landfall over Haiti's Tiburon Peninsula early on October 4, and then a second one in Cuba later that day. Matthew weakened somewhat but re-intensified as it tracked northwest, making landfall in the northern Bahamas. The storm then paralleled the coast of the southeastern United States over the next 36 hours, gradually weakening while remaining just offshore before making its fourth and final landfall over the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane on the morning of October 8. Matthew re-emerged into the Atlantic shortly afterward, eventually completing its transition into an extratropical cyclone as it turned away from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on October 9. The remnants of Matthew continued to accelerate towards Canada where it was absorbed by a cold front.[2]
Widespread effects were felt from Matthew across its destructive path, however, the most significant impacts were felt in Haiti, with US$1.9 billion in damage and 546 deaths, making Matthew the worst disaster to affect the nation since the 2010 earthquake. (Wikipedia)
Matthew laid a path of destruction through NC. Leaving Princeville and surrounding areas in turmoil. Commissioner Bullock has been one of the cornerstones in the effort to bring relief.
Washington Post Chronicles -
N.C. said it still needs $929 million in aid for Hurricane Matthew. It got $6.1 million.
Angela Fritz writes.....
The rain is done, and the flood is long over. The rest of the country
moved on months ago, but North Carolina is still feeling the effects of
Hurricane Matthew. Hundreds of families remain displaced, and critical
infrastructure sits damaged. Its unmet need is enormous, the governor
says, and they aren’t getting the money. (Washington Post)
Its very sad to see how we have let many be displaced and put under distress with lack of housing and food. Some have done their best to make shift their own repairs. But without funds to buy materials those repairs will be temporary at best. Hopefully our national relief effort can step in to do all it can.
I know, I know you came to see Angela Bassett and I made you read about the Flood. No apologies but I will give you what you came for.
Now Back to Angela Bassett the amazing!
Enjoy the Fabulous pics.
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