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After the class finished singing the traditional “Happy Birthday song” to young Legend, the unnamed Florida Public School teacher kept going with an unofficial version of the song. “You look like a monkey, and you smell like one too,” the teacher sings.
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As Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) begins, the government shutdown casts a dark and threatening cloud over survivors of domestic violence. DVAM is meant to raise awareness about domestic violence, honor survivors, and educate the community about domestic violence. This year, because of the government shutdown, it begins under the threat of funding delays, program closures, and devastating consequences for survivors and their children.
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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 to be featured in HBO Documentary ‘Gideon’s Army,’ Work as a Public Defender in the South
(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
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