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President Obama grants Christmas clemency to almost 100 prisoners

Posted by: Carma Henry Posted date: December 28, 2015 In: Feature, National News | comment : 0

Christmas came early to 97 felons granted commutations and pardons by President Barack Obama Dec. 18, 2015. ...

FAMU names new Dean of the College of Education

Posted by: Carma Henry Posted date: December 28, 2015 In: Feature, Local News | comment : 0

Provost Marcella David announced Traki L. Taylor, Ph.D., as the new dean of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) College of Education. Taylor will begin her post in January 2016. ...

Labor of love: Family improves lives of people with special challenges

Posted by: Carma Henry Posted date: December 28, 2015 In: Feature, National News | comment : 0

Family improves lives of people with special challenges ...

100 Black Men of Greater Fort Lauderdale sponsors 10th Annual Bike Drive

Posted by: Carma Henry Posted date: December 18, 2015 In: Feature, Local News | comment : 0

100 Black Men of Greater Fort Lauderdale (100BMOGFL). For the 10th year in a row the mentoring program awarded brand new bikes to deserving students who have excelled in the classroom academically ...

President Obama & 94-year-old Black park ranger light up our nation, Christmas tree

Posted by: Carma Henry Posted date: December 18, 2015 In: Feature, National News | comment : 0

Ninety-four year old Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest working park ranger in our country, introduced President Obama at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree in President’s Park at the White House ...

FABOM celebrates decade of service; gears up 2016 agenda

Posted by: Carma Henry Posted date: December 18, 2015 In: Feature, Local News | comment : 0

The Florida Association of Black Owned Media, Inc. (FABOM) outlined an aggressive agenda for 2016. FABOM celebrates its 10 year anniversary on Dec. 22, 2015. ...

No charges for Chicago cop in Ronald Johnson shooting death

Posted by: Carma Henry Posted date: December 10, 2015 In: Feature, National News | comment : 0

Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez’s decision not to charge a Chicago police officer who fatally shot Ronald Johnson III was made after virtually no independent investigation by her office and despite a police dashboard-camera video that shows Johnson being shot in the back while running from police, the lawyer for Johnson’s family said Monday. ...

Broward Schools’ Runcie named Superintendent Of The Year

Posted by: Carma Henry Posted date: December 10, 2015 In: Feature, Local News | comment : 0

Tampa Wednesday that included the Florida School Boards Association, Broward County’s Robert Runcie was named 2016 Florida’s Superintendent of the Year. ...