The Broward County community has lost one of its most treasured educators, historians, mentors, and servants with the passing of Maude Lewis Storr, who departed this life on July 2, 2026, just days shy of her 101st birthday. Born on July 16, 1925, Mrs. Storr spent more than a century demonstrating that a life dedicated to lifting others is a life well lived.
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For Brother Johnnie Smith, that responsibility is one he has spent a lifetime preparing to assume.
“We’re here fighting for transparency,” Crump said. “We don’t need you to narrate it for us. Black people have eyes. You have eyes. You saw the video.”
With the passing of Rosetta Miller-Perry, founder and publisher of the Tennessee Tribune, Black America has lost a courageous publisher, a civil rights advocate, an entrepreneur, and a woman whose life’s work ensured that our stories would never be ignored.
A NATIONAL STAND FOR UNITY “WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED”
Some people leave their mark through titles and accomplishments. Others leave their mark through kindness, consistency, and a lifetime of service to others. As family and friends prepare to celebrate her 90th birthday, Delois Bailey Porter stands as a shining example of a life well-lived and a legacy still growing.
For decades, Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell has been known as an entertainer, entrepreneur, youth mentor, and defender of free speech. Now, he’s asking voters to send him to Washington as the next representative for Florida’s 20th Congressional District. But is a lifetime of challenging authority, building community programs, and advocating for South Florida enough to prepare him for Congress?
The U.S. has emptied the immigration detention camp in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz after the state spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the high-profile facility to support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
Such was the case at the Juneteenth Diaspora Candlelight Vigil, where history, faith, culture, and ancestry converged into an unforgettable evening of remembrance and celebration. What began with a simple request for permission from an elder evolved into a powerful testament to the enduring spirit of a people whose journey has stretched across continents, centuries, and generations.
As deaths from suicide, overdoses, and alcohol abuse rise among Black Americans, experts warn that cultural expectations around masculinity, mistrust of mental health systems, and a shortage of Black providers are preventing many men from getting help before it is too late.