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By ALVA JAMES-JOHNSON The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer COLUMBUS, Ga. — Tony Watkins has fond memories of spending time with his great-grandmother in Lowndes County, Alabama. Mary …

Black activists in Miami-Dade County are asking the Miami-Dade County School Board (MDCSB) to review audited findings of a disparity study that reveal the possibility …

PHOTO COURTESY OF STRIPES.COM By JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama heralded a framework for nuclear understanding with Iran as …

By BRUCE SMITH and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — A white South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed a black man in …

PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE VAUGHN For five history-making days, from March 28 through April 2, at the ambitious rate of 15 miles per day, upwards …

PHOTO COURTESY OF MEACSWACSPORTS.BLOGSPOT.COM ORANGEBURG, S.C. — A civil rights attorney who helped secure more than $500 million for publicly funded historically black schools in …

PHOTO COURTESY OF BEACHHOUSE.COM By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — A Dominican Republic resort long known as an exclusive Caribbean hideaway, where …

PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL CLANCY NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Gardner C. Taylor, who was widely regarded as the dean of American preaching and …

PHOTO COURTESY OF COLLEGES.NICHE.COM By Loretta D. Heyward  SAVANNAH — Savannah State University (SSU) has been approved to offer in-state tuition rates to residents of …

PHOTO MONTAGE BY M JURY/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES MIAMI — While walking from the parking area to the Miami Marlins front office at Roger Dean …