It is with deep sorrow that we acknowledge the passing of former State Senator and Representative Matt Meadows — a devoted public servant and a steadfast pillar of the Broward County community.
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Bishop, community builder, Rev. Harold Calvin Ray passes
It is with profound love and gratitude that we honor the life of Ida Elizabeth Storr Cash, a cherished daughter, devoted wife, loving mother, and beloved friend who passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Born on February 12, 1931, in Miami, Florida, Ida lived a life marked by grace, strength, and unwavering faith. Ida’s spiritual journey began early, nurtured by her family’s church, A.M. Cohen Temple Church of God in Christ, where she flourished under the leadership of the late Bishop A.M. Cohen.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Pope’s factual anthropological roots are not just symbolic. According to genealogist Jari Honora, his maternal lineage traces directly to the Black community of New Orleans’ 7th Ward, with family ties to Haiti, and census records identifying his ancestors as “Black” or “Mulatto.”
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Herman graduated from Xavier University of Louisiana, a Catholic and historically Black university in New Orleans. She later worked on school desegregation efforts in her hometown of Mobile. In 1977, when Herman was 29 years old, then-President Jimmy Carter selected her to lead the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor.
In response to the passing of former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman, the first Black person to hold the position, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies issued the following statement mourning her loss:
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