A Florida school district has fired a middle school teacher after investigating a viral video of her hanging a Black baby doll by wrapping a cord around its neck in the front of a classroom full of students.
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During a Special School Board Meeting, members of the Broward County School Board presented a proclamation honoring the life, vision, and enduring legacy of Levi Henry Jr. to the Henry family and staff of the Westside Gazette, recognizing his lifelong commitment to community service, leadership, and advocacy throughout Broward County and beyond.
For the more than 10 million Black Americans who rely on federal food assistance to feed their families, the projected damage from food-aid cuts was not just a warning. They were all but a done deal.
For many Americans, emancipation is remembered as a single moment January 1, 1863 when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. But for Black Floridians, freedom did not arrive with the stroke of a pen. It came slowly, painfully, and only after generations of struggle, sacrifice, and survival.
Such is the story of Emma Mike and Lillie Mike, two little Black girls whose lives were stolen in Calhoun County, Georgia, in 1884 during one of America’s many acts of racial terror. One child was reportedly only six years old. The other was just four.
On April 25, 2026, friends and family gathered in celebration of the 60th wedding anniversary of Floyd and Jewell Johnson who were joined in matrimony, April 18, 1966. The Johnsons were high school sweethearts in Richmond, Virginia and made their way to Florida after Mr. Johnson’s military service and education in California.
The Morehouse School of Medicine administration is facing pushback from students over the institution’s decision to select U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick, a Georgia Republican, to deliver the graduation address.
What was expected to be a routine political gathering Monday night quickly transformed into a passionate and emotionally charged public reckoning over the future of Florida’s Congressional District 20 a historically Black congressional seat now standing at the center of a statewide political storm.
Florida’s largest teachers union is suing the Florida Department of Education (FDOE), accusing officials within Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration of failing to uphold their constitutional duty to give students a consistent, high-quality public education.