Posts in category Black News

PHOTO COURTESY OF peter Pettus / Libraryofcongress.gov On March 7, 1965, courage and villainy collided on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, when John …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WOMEN OF COLOR EMPOWERMENT CONFERENCE   FORT LAUDERDALE — Looking to build a tighter network of support for minority women in South …

PHOTOS COURTESY OF AT&T    MIAMI — How do you get teens excited about science, technology, engineering and mathematics? You bring in a car connected …

PHOTO COURTESY OF LESLIE ELUS   

Ben Carson has launched an exploratory commitee will consider a run for the U.S. Presidency in 2016. Carson’s prominence in the Republican Party provides cover …

PHOTO COURTESY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY   In a lavish ceremony held February 26 in County Council Chambers, Palm Beach County Commissioner and former Mayor …

PHOTO COURTESY OF Vivian Azalea, City of North Miami In a standing room only city council chambers with virtually every seat filled by a member …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WHITEHOUSE.GOV / PETE SOUZA Pastor J.R. Thicklin is quite literally a Son of Selma. The 50- year-old West Palm Beach pastor  and …

By KIM CHANDLER and PHILLIP LUCAS SELMA, Ala. — Thousands of people crowded an Alabama bridge on Sunday, many jammed shoulder to shoulder, many unable to move, to commemorate …