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       Last Sunday, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) presented the Alcee L. Hastings Civil Rights & Social Justice Leadership Award to Rev. Dr. Marcus D. Davidson, Senior Pastor of New Mount Olive Baptist Church, recognizing his tremendous and varied contributions to the South Florida community.

        Literacy has always been more than reading words on a page. For Literacy Connection, Inc., literacy is about identity, access, empowerment, and community values deeply rooted in the organization’s mission as a Black-founded and Black-led nonprofit serving families across Broward County.

       The world has lost a towering moral voice. The movement has lost a drum major. And many of us have lost a brother.

       Across Florida, voting is still legal and elections are still scheduled. But recent changes in election laws, procedures, and court cases mean voting has become more complicated — and easier to get wrong.

 NNPA NEWSWIRE — On behalf of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) representing the Black Press of America, we extend our sincerest condolences to the Jackson family. Leadership matters. Jesse Jackson’s leadership in the Civil Rights Movement in America and the human rights movement throughout the world was outstanding. Jackson uttered a strong penetrating voice for the voiceless. His courage on the battlefield for freedom, justice and equality was unparallel.

     The high-profile civil rights attorney snagged a regional Emmy for producing the short documentary “How to Sue the Klan,” a film that revisits one of the most daring courtroom takedowns of the Ku Klux Klan in modern history.

      In this moment in Black history, we pause to remember Frederick Douglass, a man born into slavery in 1818 who would become one of the most powerful voices for freedom the world has ever known.

   Broward County Public Schools is investigating alleged improper gymnasium rentals that have already cost at least four high school basketball coaches their positions. To date, the Broward State Attorney’s Office has not filed criminal charges against any of them.

  Two Florida voters backed by the National Redistricting Foundation filed a legal challenge with the Florida Supreme Court Thursday against Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to hold a special legislative session in April to address congressional redistricting.

This week teaches us that Black history isn’t only written in headlines—it’s written in posture, patience, and persistence. Quiet revolutions last because they are built by people who refuse to move, even when the world tells them to.