Author: Carma Henry

FERGUSON Funeral services for the late Cleveland Ferguson – 87 were held June 21 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth,…

BIGGS Funeral services for the late Trevor O’Neal Biggs – 55 held June 23 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Bishop Clerence Bryant officiating. Interment:…

   Strategically-driven, smart growth are the principles guiding Florida Technical College in 2018 as it continues to expand its offerings by adding programs in industries with high demand for workers. FTC Cutler Bay is the latest of FTC’s six campuses to add to its offering with bachelor’s degrees in Allied Health Care Management and in Business-Entrepreneurship, Management, and Marketing available via hybrid and online delivery methods at the Cutler Bay campus

     Please join us for the NAACP Eula Johnson 2018 Freedom Fund Luncheon, Saturday, July 28, 2018, at the Signature Grand. This is our annual fundraiser for the Fort Lauderdale/Broward Branch.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida and Southern Legal Counsel (SLC) have finalized a settlement in a lawsuit against the City of Fort Lauderdale on behalf of 10 individuals whose property was unlawfully seized and destroyed by city workers in a homeless encampment raid in a downtown park.

      As Donald Trump’s persistent “fake news” rhetoric continues to fester in the media, Black publishers across the nation, recently took charge of the conversation, giving way to a special forum entitled “Black Press vs. Fake News.”

When rezoning of buildings means removal of people

The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shocked the world and helped inspire the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago.

Starting August 1, a new dedicated helpline called the Lilly Diabetes Solution Center will assist people who need help paying for their insulin – such as those with lower incomes, the uninsured, and people in the deductible phase of their high-deductible insurance plans, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today

     Coach Robert Alton “Pompey” Green celebrated his 90th birthday with loving and devoted family and friend on Sunday, June 16, 2018 at the Lauderhill Performing Art Center.