Frasier was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, first graduating from Dillard in 2003, who then went on to be an alumni of Florida Atlantic University. He returned to Fort Lauderdale where he coached youth football teams. He had taught at Dillard since 2009, before returning to coach the Panthers Middle School team in 2013. […]
My 22-year-old little sister tested positive for COVID-19 almost two weeks ago. She’s a healthy, active EMT who recently passed her exams to become a firefighter – someone who’d be considered low risk. […]
Aaron and his wife, Billye, donated $250k to the school individually. Aaron’s foundation, Chasing The Dream, donated another $104k to the school. The Aarons are long time fundraisers for the United Negro College Fund. […]
This week Broward County made it mandatory to wear a face mask in stores, gas stations, and while riding public transportation, etc. Anyone outside their home must wear something covering their mouth and nose. […]
Since this is all happening, The New Mount Olive Baptist Church, Mount Olive Development Corporation, Alpha Kappa Alpha-Zeta Rho Omega Chapter, Feeding South Florida hosted a food drive for those in the community who were in need of additional community resources. […]
Charlotte E. Ray was the first African American female lawyer in the United States. She graduated from Howard University School of Law in 1872. However, Howard University’s Law School discouraged women from enrolling and Ray was forced to apply under the name C.E. Ray to disguise her gender. […]
Jenise Griffin, a Florida A&M University graduate with more than three decades of journalism experience at newspapers and magazines in Florida and Georgia, has accepted the position of publisher of both the Florida Courier and the Daytona Times, effective immediately. […]
Broward County is demanding citizens to wear masks while inside essential businesses. […]
Spurred to action by the mounting critical shortage of masks to protect South Florida’s first responders, the owners of Pompano Beach-based manufacturer Life Wear Technologies leveraged their supply chain connections and procured 3,000 additional masks to donate to South Florida’s first responders. […]
In a letter to Florida Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees, Senator Darryl Rouson, (D) St. Petersburg said, “The impact of the coronavirus on African Americans in Florida, has yet to be revealed. Florida has been slow to act on this pandemic and I’m afraid Black people are suffering most. If that’s the case, we need to take the proper steps, and utilize the necessary resources to remedy the problem. But, we need to know the what the data says.” […]
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