Pullman Porters/Brotherhood for Sleeping Car Porters ushered in the origin of the Black Middle Class. According to the History Channel, “The first Pullman porter began working aboard the sleeper cars around 1867, and quickly became a fixture of the company’s sought-after traveling experience…Pullman recruited only Black men, many of them former slave states, to work as porters. Their job was to lug baggage, shine shoes, set up and clean the sleeping berths…” George Pullman, the founder, sold fully pampered travel perfection to the White passengers.
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Airman Marc Lormeus, a native of Pompano Beach, Florida, serves aboard a U.S. Navy warship operating out of San Diego, California.
The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), partnering with Florida A&M University (FAMU), will host the second Air Force Historically Black Colleges & Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Digital Partnership Summit September 19-21, 2023, on the Tallahassee campus.
The aide, Rachel Perrin Rogers, and the lobbyist, Laura McLeod, declined to testify, leaving Miller to say she had little choice but to seek dismissal.
Justices are weighing a legal challenge to a 2022 law that prevented abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. A ruling in the lawsuit, which could take months, also will affect a law passed this year that would bar abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office are issuing a warning for a legal yet potentially deadly drug that is easily obtained. The drug, Cyproheptadine, potentially led to the death of an infant in Broward County.
Seven on Seventh residential rental community opens doors to those who have experienced homelessness in Broward County and offers housing opportunities for other eligible low-income households, providing much-needed relief in a city strapped with an affordable housing crisis.
The governor is blocking Biden’s IRA benefits from Floridians. There’s not much Dems can do about it.
Ol Pete’s Labor Day was a labor of love. Pete traveled through sand tunnels catching up with family and old friends. A great deal of time was spent chatting about the state of South Florida which is always a conversation worth having.
In a recent legal development, attorneys representing Alex Murdaugh have filed a motion seeking a new murder trial, alleging jury tampering by the clerk of court. This case has garnered significant attention due to its complex and high-profile nature.