The Florida A&M University community celebrated the 100th birthday of Marching “100” founder William P. Foster with music, alumni tributes and the unveiling of portraits and memorabilia destined for the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C. […]
Religious Program Specialist 1st Class Carolyn Thompson, left, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., prepares a video camera as a sailor prepares to read as part of the United Through Reading program on the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54). […]
Last Saturday evening LaToya Lain and Casey Robards took us on an intimate journey of the American Negro Spiritual that helped us to better understand the pain and the hope of the slave. The performance, entitled “The Narrative of a Slave Woman,” is a powerful presentation examining the issue of slavery by combining musical performance with spoken slave narrative accounts. […]
“Commissioner Sam Ings is a leader, who is not scared to stand up and do what he knows is right for the people,” says Attorney Ben Crump – Famous for fighting cases of discrimination and injustice. For over 40 years Commissioner Ings has quietly broke racists barriers in the Orlando Police Department, fighting the autocratic administration of Mayor Buddy Dyer. Commissioner Ings has filed grievances with the Federal Government against Orlando. His goal is to make the city transparent and inclusive. […]
Former professional football players, a Florida State Representative and the past president of The Florida Bar Foundation are among the distinguished Broward County high school alumni who have made their mark on local communities and will be honored by Broward Education Foundation during the Publix Super Markets Charities 2019 “Hall of Fame Breakfast” presented by Memorial Healthcare System at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, October 11 at First Baptist FTL | Global Grille, 301 E. Broward Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. […]
Today, Forward Florida Action announced the launch of a unique grassroots mini-grant program that will empower local grassroots groups to re-engage and register voters in their communities with $1,000 to $5,000 grants. […]
Rachel Janie Reeves, who surpassed gender norms and became the first female publisher and chief executive of The Miami Times, died on Thursday, September 12. She was 69. […]
Wildline Joseph, a 23-year old woman from Florida, has been arrested on manslaughter charges for the death of her two young sons who drowned in a swimming pool earlier this year. […]
Taj McGill is the Founder and President of South Florida Fashion Academy. She is also a graduate from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she earned a degree in Fashion Design. […]
Hurricane Dorian update on Bahamas […]
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