Rev. Maurice Dawkins came to the NAACP in Fort Lauderdale to work with the churches back in 1999, as I remember, and we quickly got together because I had seen his photograph in a booklet given to me by Rev. Dr. Leon H. Sullivan, Founder of Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, known as OIC. The reason that I remembered Rev. Dawkins was because he had organized the second OIC for Dr. Sullivan’s 1964 Philadelphia start up in California. It is historic how OIC quickly blossomed across America, including Indian Reservations, and later internationally.
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A Mississippi grand jury has declined to charge anyone in the death of Nolan Wells, the 18-year-old whose body was found near Horn Island two days after a Fourth of July boating trip. For his family, the decision leaves the central question unanswered: How did Nolan die?
At a century-old faith-based school in North Miami, Tiffanie Willis Archie faced a challenge familiar to many small schools: people believed in the school’s work, but it lacked a formal system for turning that support into sustained funding.
A new statewide poll finds Democrat Angie Nixon and Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody virtually tied in Florida’s Senate race, a result that challenges the assumption that the contest is already settled.
Two of Florida’s historic HBCUs join forces to create a direct bridge from undergraduate achievement to doctoral education, research, and leadership
From WRBD’s microphone to the pages of the Westside Gazette, South Florida’s Black community has spent more than half a century telling its own story
More than two months after Nolan Wells was found dead on Mississippi’s Horn Island, questions surrounding the 18-year-old’s death remain unanswered.
Another important chapter of Pompano Beach’s Black history has been permanently marked as the community gathered to honor Nellie Lee Ford Poitier, a pioneering educator, businesswoman and community servant whose influence touched generations.
Florida Memorial University (FMU) today announced that Fall 2026 enrollment has reached 2,556 students, the largest enrollment in the university’s 147-year history and a 100 percent increase over Fall 2025. The milestone marks a defining moment in FMU’s ongoing institutional transformation and reaffirms the university’s standing as South Florida’s only Historically Black College or University (HBCU).
Three days after the crown was placed on her head, Justus Kelley’s Miss USA victory remains bigger than a pageant win — it represents a barrier broken three times over.