Celebrating a centennial birthday is truly a blessing, a gift from God, something that only a chosen few live to experience. Pastor Trae and the Mt. Hermon AME Church family extend a very happy CENTENNIAL birthday to you and thank you for the many countless, selfless contributions you have blessed us with. May God’s grace and mercy always be with you.
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Drawing a national spotlight as he prepares for a potential White House bid, Gov. Ron DeSantis opened the annual legislative session Tuesday by touting the state’s accomplishments and vowing to “swing for the fences so that we can ensure Florida remains number one.”
Few Floridians are aware that the establishment of Americans’ Miranda Rights was set in motion by a 1933 Pompano Beach case where violently coerced confessions almost led to the execution of four Black boys.
The DOJ said Trump’s incitement of the deadly insurrection fell outside the scope of his presidential powers and therefore disqualifies any immunity argument.
The Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) announced that the group plans to come to Florida and join the resistance to Governor DeSantis and Republican Party “anti-woke” policies. Those policies aim to finish stripping away freedoms like the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.
Bowie State University student Kiara Ebron was exuberant upon learning Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Wes Moore would be visiting her campus to encourage home ownership– specifically in the Black community.
HB 999 says that all colleges and universities must not spend money on education programs, or other things that support diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The fight to lead the Florida Democratic Party boiled down to a tug of war for delegates between former Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and former state Senator Annette Taddeo. But it was a third candidate, Rick Hoye, who pushed Nikki Fried over the top. Hoye, the Broward County DEC chairman talked to both candidates or their surrogates often. But as the election day drew near, Hoye made the case for what he described as the obvious; the need for a serious strategy on Black voter engagement.
Legalizing recreational marijuana is a high-stakes initiative that comes as Florida is poised to award cannabis-growing licenses to another 22 companies in April, adding to the 22 currently licensed operators.
Coordinated by Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, a group of Black activist, ministers, several hundred young and old descended on the state capitol, on a sunny weekday to say they will not go back to America’s racist past.