New superintendent for Brown v. Board site
PHOTO COURESY OF MORGANMAPS.COM By JAN BILES The Topeka Capital-Journal TOPEKA, Kansas — Sherda Williams, the daughter of an engineer who worked for Firestone and …
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Opa-locka mayor hails achievements, vows more good things are in store
PHOTO COURTESY OF CITY OF OPA-LOCKA OPA-LOCKA — In her fifth State of the City Address, Mayor Myra L. Taylor said she and city …
Reggae greats, students team for concert
PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID I. MUIR/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES MIRAMAR — Miramar Cultural Center Artspark was ablaze with rhythm, music and soul recently, as …
Anne Moody, Mississippi lunch counter protester, dead at 74
PHOTO COURTESY OF MUSICANDCULTURE.BLOGSPOT.COM JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Anne Moody, whose memoir Coming of Age in Mississippi gave a wrenching account of growing up …
Kravis hosts discussion on race, beating adversity
PHOTO COURTESY OF RA-RA VALVERDE WEST PALM BEACH —The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts will host a panel discussion on The …
Critical lessons of fatherhood
PHOTO COURTESY OF grassroots consult There’s a good chance that if you are a black child, you have no father in the home. In fact, …
Ascension of an election Supervisor (Part 1)
PHOTO COURTESY OF galtmile FORT LAUDERDALE — When Florida’s former Gov. Jeb Bush made an executive decision in 2003 to remove Broward County’s then …
Historic marker to honor civil rights lawyer Fred Gray
PHOTO COURTESY OF LANCE CONZETT MONTGOMERY, Ala. — One of the nation’s best known civil rights lawyers will be honored in Montgomery this week. …