Local News

ACLU, ACLU of Florida, NAACP-LDF File Complaint Against Discriminatory Hair Policies in Florida Schools

The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Florida, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) recently filed an administrative complaint with the Florida Department of Education on behalf of the family of Clinton (C.J.) Stanley, Jr., a six-year-old African American boy who was enrolled at A Book’s Christian Academy in Apopka, Florida. A Book’s denied C.J. entry to his first day of school because he wears his hair in locs which go past his ears. […]

Entertainment

“Art Blues Soul & BBQ Festival” at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center was a sensational celebration of Black Miami during Art Basel

The African Heritage Cultural Arts Center (AHCAC) presented its second annual Art Blues Soul & BBQ Festival on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, 1 to 6 p.m. on the grounds of the AHCAC, 6161 N.W. 22  Avenue, Miami, at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,  Boulevard and Moonlight Way. More than 725 attendees from Miami to Switzerland participated in the Festival throughout the day. […]