Dr. Woodson published this revelation in his 1933 book, The Mis – Education of The Negro. However, He was not satisfied with just identifying the problem. Through his publications and organizational efforts, Dr. Woodson made great strides to make sure African Americans started receiving a proper education accessible to everyone. However, in the year 2024, our nation is faced with another serious dilemma. It is a bacterial infection of ignorance that has appeared in Florida and is threatening to spread throughout the nation. Governor DeSantis signed into law a bill prohibiting public schools and private business from teaching “anything would make White People uncomfortable. Furthermore, Governor Santis has promoted the slogan “we don’t care for you to share.” He was referring to Black History and culture.
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An administrative law judge Monday said Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony should receive a written reprimand and be required to complete ethics training after concluding that the sheriff violated state law by not disclosing in 2019 that his driver’s license had previously been suspended. Judge Robert L. Kilbride issued a 31-page recommended order that also called for Tony to be placed on an 18-month “probationary status.” The decision stemmed from a complaint filed in 2022 by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission that alleged Tony did not disclose the suspension in driver’s license applications over a series of years.
DeSantis issued an executive order Friday reinstating Oren Miller, who filed a lawsuit in January in Leon County circuit court to try to get his job back. Circuit Judge John Cooper on April 4 issued an order that said he found a “prima facie ground for relief” and gave DeSantis and Sumter County a timeframe to reinstate Miller or respond to the lawsuit.
Brenda D. Forman, the first African American and first female to serve as Broward County Clerk of Courts, has joined the board of Children’s Harbor, the nationally accredited non-profit agency with a mission to help strengthen families who are struggling in our community, while providing safe shelter and support to teens in foster care so that they may grow into healthy, educated and productive adults
In 1860, at the start of the Civil War, there were an estimated 4.5 million Blacks (16%) in the US. Debate rested on what to do with the Blacks: emancipate, continue slavery or repatriate back to Africa? A successful campaign was put together to repatriate free and enslaved Blacks. The American Colonization Society (ACS) was the lead group. Britannica chronicled the Society, “It was founded in 1816 by Robert Finley, a Presbyterian minister, and some of the country’s most influential men, including Francis Scott Key, Henry Clay, and Bushrod Washington (nephew of George Washington and the society’s first president)…”
The countdown to the TJ Reddick Bar Association’s 32nd Annual Gala is officially on! With less than one month left until the big event, we are proud to recognize and honor the outstanding achievements of our members who have exemplified leadership, service, and commitment to the legal profession and our community. Please join us in celebrating this year’s distinguished awardees:
The Power of Prevention conference was hosted by the United Way of Broward County, Commission on Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention in collaboration with Broward Behavioral Health Coalition (BBHC) and Florida Department of Children and Families. They were undergirded by several categories of sponsors, ranging from Diamond and Platinum to Scholarship Sponsors supporting the conference.
High school students, according to research, should be particularly concerned about their ninth grade or freshman year, identified as a critical transition period, which can be especially challenging for 14-year-old Black girls, who face unique obstacles. To address this, Michelle Hollinger, CEO of The Institute for Worthy Living, has created PrepHERation, a seven-week group coaching program designed to equip Black girls with essential tools to thrive in their freshman year.
HBCUs are all too familiar with students who break barriers and rewrite history. This year, Marie Fowler became the oldest student to graduate from Howard University after receiving her doctorate in Divinity at 83 years of age. Last year, around the same time, Florida A&M graduate Tamia Potter became the first Black woman to gain entry into Vanderbilt University’s College of Medicine and Department of Neurological Surgery. No Black woman had ever been accepted as a neurosurgery resident in the college’s 148-year history.
During a nearly two-hour meeting Wednesday, frustrated members of the university’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted to open an investigation into the failed donation and the process that led up to its announcement at a May 4 graduation ceremony.