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Written by Destiny Golden
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 Black History Month 2013
Black America: Looking Back, Forging Ahead
AARLCC’s Black History Month Essay Contest:
50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
When: Entries due on Feb. 8
Where: AARLCC, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
Cost: Free
Contact: Call 954-357-6282
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Written by Staff Report
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 Black History Month 2013
Black America: Looking Back, Forging Ahead
In celebration of Black History Month, Disney Junior has debuted We Are Doc McStuffins interstitials featuring Doc McStuffins, a young African-American girl who aspires to be a doctor like her mom, alongside three real life female African-American physicians sharing what their jobs entail, and saluting their heroes.
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Written by DESTINY GOLDEN (South Florida Times Intern)
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Black History Month 2013
BLACK AMERICA: Looking back; Forging ahead
Situated off the coast of southeast Florida, between Elliot Key and Old Rhodes Key, is Caesar’s Rock, a tiny island named after Florida’s first and most notorious pirate, Black Caesar.
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Written by JOHN L. GUERRA (Special to South Florida Times)
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Black History Month 2013
BLACK AMERICA: Looking back; Forging ahead
KEY WEST – They are from an area of Ghana known as the Kingdom of La. More than 100 Africans, stolen from their homeland and put on slave ships bound for Cuban sugar plantations in 1860, now lay buried beneath the sand and earth on the south shore of Key West.
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Written by C.B. Hanif
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 Black History Month 2013
BLACK AMERICA: Looking Back; Forging Ahead
When Barack Hussein Obama on Jan. 21 paused for a last look back at the presidential inauguration multitude on the Washington Mall, he provided yet another metaphor for how far Americans, and particularly Americans of African descent, have come.
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Written by Destiny Golden
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Holiday Celebration “Kick Off Breakfast”
When: Jan. 17, 7:30 a.m.
Where: Doubletree Hotel, 711 N.W. 72nd Ave., Miami
Cost: By invitation only
Contact: 305-261-3800
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Written by Staff Report
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 MIAMI – As Americans descend upon Washington D.C. for the second term inauguration of President Barack Obama, South Floridians once again will gather at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County for a special Community Celebration and Live Television Simulcast of the inauguration.
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Written by DESTINY GOLDEN
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 FORT LAUDERDALE – Throughout South Florida, communities assemble every year to celebrate the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In his remembrance, people young and old conduct workshops and maintain other observances to commemorate the many protests, sit-ins and boycotts King led along with the powerful words be shared.
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Written by Staff Report
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 FORT LAUDERDALE – The Martin Luther King Celebration Committee will host the King Holiday Parade and Non-Violence March on Monday Jan. 21 with NASCAR’s first black female driver, Tia Norfleet serving as grand marshall.
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Written by DESTINY GOLDEN
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 On Oct. 23, 2010 the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial – “The Stone of Hope” – was unveiled in Washington, D.C. to a mound of criticism stemming from a quote attributed to King inscribed on the side of the sculpture. The inscription reads, “I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.”
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Written by Staff Report
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 MIAMI — Hosted by the MLK Parade and Festivities Committee of Miami, Inc., the Miami-Dade MLK Parade will celebrate the national holiday and the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., beginning at 11 a.m., on Northwest 54th Street from 10th Avenue to 32nd Avenue.
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Written by Staff Report
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 LAKE WORTH – Morris Dees, co-founder and chief trial attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in Montgomery, Ala., will be the keynote speaker at the Palm Beach State College 14th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast.
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