At Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Miami Gardens, Florida, the spirit of resistance, resilience, and revival was alive and well as nearly 500 Black community members gathered for the People’s Meetup Townhall. And when Rep. Jasmine Crockett and civil rights powerhouse Attorney Ben Crump took the mic, it wasn’t just talk; it was a rallying cry drenched in truth and fire.
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Sylvester “Nunnie” Robinson: Inductee into the 2025 TUHOF
Thanks to the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, the Crocket Foundation partnered with Stryker to introduce their Digital Explorers to robotics, building an engineering pipeline for South Florida! Students gain hands-on experience in developing and building robots from the ground up.
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A criminal jury trial is scheduled to commence on June 9, 2025, at the Broward County Courthouse. Former Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie, who joined BCPS in 2011, has pleaded not guilty to the rarely charged but often threatened charge of perjury in an official proceeding, a third-degree felony, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. He was arrested on April 22, 2021, by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Black Fire Chief Found Not Guilty after 8 Years of Fighting
“I was raised by grandma in Delray Beach, Florida. We would go in the summertime, but it wouldn’t be for pleasure. We had to go to work. What kind of work was it? Picking beans. You loaded on the truck to go to the bean farm. One day I was on my knees with the hamper used to put beans in. When I moved the hamper, I saw this huge Coach Whip snake so I took off running. So when competing today, I think about running from that snake.” — Jo Ann Sampson
Women In Distress of Broward County, Inc. (WID) celebrated a milestone moment at its 50th Anniversary Starfish Gala on May 3 at Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort, raising more than $500,000, a record-breaking amount, to support domestic violence survivors and their families.
“Trump is demonstrating the height of his racism as he works to remove 500,000 legal immigrants from this country.”
Florida A&M University has selected Charter telecommunications executive Marva Johnson as its 13th president, a decision that comes after weeks of controversy, emotional testimony, and deep concern from many students, supporters, alumni, and faculty.