Author: Carma Henry

      What some medical marijuana patients in Florida may not realize is that a registry identification card is not a license to openly smoke cannabis. Nor does it allow them to use legal treatments other than those recommended to them by a qualified medical marijuana physician

     McNeill, a Riviera Beach native and owner of M.C.O. Construction and Services, Inc., has provided services to major construction firms to ensure that government established goals are achieved on private and public projects requiring participation of businesses that are small, local, disadvantaged or woman owned.   

     “We are saddened to lose a member of the FAMUly and send our deepest condolences to the Durant family,” said director of athletics, Kortne Gosha. “Joe was instrumental to the success of the Rattlers in the early ‘90s as he managed three MEAC Championship winning teams. We ask that Rattler Nation keep the Durant family in their thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.”

Court Documents Uncover How Sojourner Truth Became the First Black Woman in History to Win Her Son’s Freedom

The guiding force behind the Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group, Garth joined a host of others enshrined, including Lenora “Doll” Carter, Marcus Garvey, Frances Murphy, Dr. Mary Ellen Strong, Charles Tisdale, and M. Paul Redd.

Founded in 2011, I Messenger Media has demonstrated its kinship to the founders of the Black Press – John B. Russwurm and Samuel Cornish – by striving to help everyone in the firm belief that all hurt, if any, are marginalized.

Citrus Health Network, a community mental health center, now has a renovated recreational area for its students and staff, thanks to Florida Power and Light Company’s (FPL) Power to Care program.

     Police, having seen the fight online, couldn’t determine which boys were part of these mundane events but arrested 11 other kids – all were Black and all of them in elementary school – who purportedly were there and watched the fight unfold.

 Evanston police confirmed Saturday the body pulled from Lake Michigan on Thursday has been identified as missing 31-year-old activist Elise Malary. 

From Freedom’s Journal to the North Star to John Abbott’s Chicago Defender, African American-owned newspapers have sparked fires for truth and equality that have burned with the passion of fighting for freedom throughout history.