The Florida A&M University (FAMU) Board of Trustees (BOT) voted to give President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., a 3.5 percent raise, a 17.5 percent bonus, and to extend his contract for another year. […]
The Eisenhower administration created the Interstate Highway System in 1956. The planners, through intention or indifference, segregated the Black from the White communities. The trend of Redlining minority neighborhoods devalued Black properties. This made this land cheapest for the Interstate Freeway project to purchase. The legal doctrine of Eminent Domain prohibited any challenges to Federal purchase of the land. […]
On the heels of winning re-election, Florida Rep. Fentrice Driskell, a Democrat who represents District 67 in the Tampa Bay area, also will serve as the first Black woman leader of the Florida House Democratic […]
The FAMU NAA Broward County Chapter Christmas Celebration is happening this Sunday, December 18, 2022, and you are invited. Please join us as we celebrate and welcome our Special Guest and Mistress of Ceremony, Social Media Sensation Ms. Kitty Lundan from West Palm Beach Florida. […]
In the words of James Brown-‘Get up offa that thing and try to release some pressure’ […]
A 2-year-old girl is recovering after being attacked by a coyote in front of her house in a Los Angeles neighborhood on Friday afternoon. Ariya required multiple rabies shots following the attack, which occurred around 3:45 p.m. after he returned his children from daycare. A video from a Ring security camera shows the coyote approaching Ariya and grabbing her before her father can react. […]
Friday, Dec.9, friends, families and neighbors are invited to enjoy a holly jolly night of reindeer games, at Rudolph’s Winter Wonderland, from 6 – 8 p.m., at Tamarac Park,7501 N. University Dr. Festivities include inflatable rides, face painting and pictures with Santa Claus. Come ready to cheer, jingle and dance to live holiday tunes throughout the evening! […]
Delvin Sayles is a U.S. Air Force veteran. His car was stolen on Veterans Day, and after having no luck finding the person responsible, he went to BSO for help. […]
Lost Black History Part 2 • By Don Valentine John Stanly was a Black millionaire of faulty character. He started his path to wealth as a freed mulatto barber in North Carolina. He was born […]
Black slaves were brought to California as chattell/property, like a horse or plow. The gold rush of the 1840s lured adventurous slave owners to California. A necessary tool is someone to dig up the gold. This migration began about 15 years before the Civil war. During this time Blacks could be found working in the gold fields and domestic spaces of California. […]
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