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FORT LAUDERDALE — The Arts for the Future Scholarship Fund recently awarded scholarships to 45 seniors from 13 Broward County Public Schools to help them …

By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jermaine McBean decided one summer day in 2013 to walk to a pawn shop, …

One of South Florida’s most meaningful traditions continues on Sunday morning, June 21, from 5:30-8:00 a.m., when the 24th Annual Sunrise Ancestral Remembrance of the …

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — On June 12, the new Palm Beach County School Superintendent, Dr. Robert Avossa, officially took his new post, having been …

The oldest commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States will reach its landmark 150th anniversary Friday. The holiday, known around the country …

MIAMI — Although blacks are 27 percent of South Dade County, they accounted for an astounding 67 percent of those arrested in 2014. This is …

Miami Rescue Mission and Broward Outreach Centers recently showered guests who are homeless and in need with food, special gifts, giveaways, and birthday cake at …

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ HAVANA — A young Afro-Cuban performance artist transformed a Havana cultural center into the stage of a black hairstyle competition this weekend …

South Floridians will honor the date when Texas slaves belatedly learned of their emancipation with a variety of activities across the region. The Spady Cultural …

MIAMI — This morning, tens of thousands of kids and adults at aquatic facilities around the world will unite for the sixth year in a …