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   Pittsburgh is home of the world’s first commercial radio station, KDKA, which began broadcasting in 1920. Twenty nine years later the first Black owned radio station went on the air. Atlanta is the home of  WERD, a completely Black owned and operated station. In 1949, bank president, professor and civil rights activist Jesse B. Blayton purchased the 1,000 watt radio station. It had to be purchased by proxy of a White businessman. The station’s owner refused to do business with a Black entrepreneur. Blanton bought WERD  for $50,000. That would equate to about $620,685 in today’s economy.

     Alumni representing chapters from across the state networked, strategized, raised resources, and got updates on the great things happening every day at FAMU.

BHG Financial has partnered with YMCA of South Florida pledging $100,000 in support of the Y’s mission, as well as BHG’s new feature space in the gymnasium in the new $20 million, four-story, 65,000-sq.-ft. L.A. Lee YMCA/Mizell Community Center on Sistrunk Boulevard. It’s the latest initiative to further strengthen BHG Financial’s philanthropic presence in Florida.

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.”

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson came home to South Florida on Monday to celebrate the renaming of a street in her honor in the community where she grew up.

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 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. 

Bank of America announced today it will donate $65,000 to Feeding South Florida to address food insecurity across Miami-Dade and Broward County by providing immediate access to nutritious meals. In total, Bank of America will donate $18 million to hunger relief organizations in local communities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. 

     The Senate Criminal Justice Committee approved a bill (SB 450) that would allow judges to sentence defendants to death based on the recommendations of eight of 12 jurors.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest, non-profit HIV/AIDS service organization, is partnering with multi-award-winning rapper Flo Rida for the 18th Annual AIDS Walk & Musicfest.