Black families encouraged to buy homes with Chinese drywall
By CHRISTOPHER O’DONNELL Tampa Bay Times TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Sulfurous fumes seep from the walls of Valentine Hendrix’s home, slowly attacking her appliances and …
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Audley Coulthurst of famed Tuskegee Airmen dies at 92
Associated Press NEW YORK –A former member of the pioneering black aviation group the Tuskegee Airmen has died. Audley Coulthurst was 92. Audra Coulthurst says …
SAY IT LOUD art exhibit to showcase in Opa-locka
Staff Report OPA-LOCKA, Fla. – Just as an increasingly pro-black synergy erupts across the nation, the 5th Annual Art of Transformation Series (AOT), and its …
Emails show Clinton campaign pays attention to black voters
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON – Hacked emails from the personal account of Hillary Clinton’s top campaign official show some of the attention her …
Judges in voting dispute recall civil rights fight
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio – In Ohio’s decade – old voting lawsuit, federal appeals Judge Damon Keith said he was ” …
Black churches being pushed out of Washington, D.C.
By COURTNEY DAVIS Howard University News Service WASHINGTON — Long-standing African- American churches are disappearing from the nation’s capital one at a time, like victims …
Police apology: Blacks denied basic citizenship rights
BY ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO – For some the apology went too far. For others, it didn’t go far enough. For many, it …
Black farmers shut out of $10 Billion medical marijuana business in Florida and US
By CAROLYN M. BROWN The Pensacola Voice National support for legalizing marijuana has been growing rapidly. Now legalized in 23 states and the District of …
Clinton prioritizes HBCUs
By MICHELLE HOLLINGER Special to South Florida Times MIAMI – During her visit to the Overtown Youth Center on Oct. 11, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary …
Friends of African American Research Library honor leaders
By ALLISON HORTON Special to South Florida times Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness and Urban League of Broward County President and CEO Germaine Smith-Baugh are …