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Dolores Huerta, the legendary labor leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers, has passed away at age 96 due to complications from cancer. A pioneering civil rights activist, Huerta was instrumental in securing collective bargaining rights for migrant workers and popularized the rallying cry “Si se puede.” From her early days as a community organizer in Stockton to receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, her decades of advocacy transformed the American labor movement and inspired generations of activists to fight for social justice. Learn more about her life and legacy.
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Signature fund-raising event has raised over $3 million for local charities; All events to take place…
U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson will receive the Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at the Broward Black Elected Officials’ Eighth Annual Black History Gala
(FAMU) alumnus Travis Williams, growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and seeing how the poor were “abused by the criminal justice system” inspired the public defender to want to work to prevent injustices from occurring.
She won two awards in the music categories: outstanding song, for the “I Look To You” duet with R. Kelly
PBS announced it will launch the PBS Black Culture Connection, a digital storybook of Black films, history, trends and discussion that’s available throughout the year on PBS.org, on Feb. 1, 2013
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