Gloria participated in the local public school system as a youth, attending the renown Dillard High School. Excelling academically, she became Valedictorian for the Class of 1958. After graduation, she ventured onward to the highest hills in Tallahassee to attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education, a Master’s Degree in Guidance & Counseling, and an Educational Specialist Degree in Administration & Supervision.
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Next week, the Morgan State University Magnificent Marching Machine will proudly perform in the D-Day 80 Normandy Parade on June 6, 2024, in Normandy, France.
Julia Mae Troutman Cherry, a retired teacher, organizational activist, church mother, and business owner who took over Florida’s largest Black-owned media company in 2004 after the death of her husband, died on Sunday, April 24, at her Daytona Beach home. She was 94.
Bobby Henry has been nothing but kind to me, especially considering that, up until today I’ve never met the man in person. But when he asked me to introduce him I knew I was ill-equipped.
George L. Burrows, Sr.
Decades before today’s brand leaders in fashion, music, and sports leveraged their personas into market share, Graves perfected the blueprint. In the ’80s,
Black Enterprise Founder and Publisher Earl G. Graves, Sr., the quintessential entrepreneur who created a vehicle of information and advocacy that has inspired four generations of African Americans to build wealth through entrepreneurship, career advancement and money management, has died. According to his son, Black Enterprise CEO Earl “Butch” Graves Jr., he passed away quietly at 9:22 p.m. on April 6, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Graves was 85.
The “Black Firewall” has changed the dynamics of the 2020 presidential campaign. The question is what has the firewall earned? What will be the return on the Black firewall’s political investment? And what difference will the political contribution that the firewall is making, make in the individual lives of African Americans and in the African American community?
Victor G. Harvey, Sr., owner of locally based Victor George Vodka (VG), recently completed his first of several scheduled acquisitions of property in the Sistrunk corridor by purchasing land at 1012 Sistrunk Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Harvey has plans to use the property as part of his plans to build a 13,000-square foot facility that will house the Old Sistrunk Distillery along with a tasting room, restaurant, cigar bar, wine lounge, and meeting space for distillery-based private and corporate events in the area.
The life of Dr. Isaiah L. White, Sr. is a remarkable story of grit, determination, and perseverance. As a young student, he was bullied and had to deal with teachers who told him he would be nothing. He also had multiple learning disabilities like dyslexia and spent most of his schooling in special education. Despite all of this, he still managed to recently graduate with a Doctorate degree from Wilmington University in New Castle, Delaware.