Ida B. Wells Fund expands to include filmmaking, visual arts and creative placemaking
Atlanta, Ga. – “chromatic black” has launched Season Two of the Ida B. Wells Fund and calls for entries in short filmmaking and two new …
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Smith first Black woman president of Broward Bar
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – Alison Smith, a partner at the law firm of Weiss, Serota Helfman, Cole and Bierman, is the new president for the …
$3M expands Upward Bound in Glades
Lake Worth, Fla. – U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel has announced $3 million in grant funding awarded to Palm Beach State College by the U.S. Department …
‘Readers are Leaders’
Riviera Beach, Fla. – Juliet Bradford, who owns a home health care service in West Palm Beach, and Carla Felder have turned their passion for …
NAACP calls on Garland to probe killing of Jayland Walker
Washington (AP) – The NAACP on Thursday made a direct plea to Attorney General Merrick Garland for the Justice Department to open a federal civil …
SoFlo Live
MIAMI 4 SOCIAL CHANGE YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL: Featuring Fab 5 Freddy, American filmmaker, hip hop pioneer and original host of Yo! MTV Raps, the 7th …
Black group’s Sunset Lounge contract suddenly overturned
West Palm Beach, Fla. – Two weeks after the West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) voted June 27 to award the Sunset Lounge management …
Mary McLeod Bethune honored in Statuary Hall
Washington (AP) – Civil rights leader and trailblazing educator Mary McLeod Bethune on Wednesday became the first Black person elevated by a state for recognition …
Inflation, covid push seniors to return to work
Miami – Sixty-eight-year-old Mattie Temple was enjoying retirement, spending more time with her grandchildren and other relatives, traveling to The Bahamas on a cruise once …
Sesame accused of racism
Two video photos seconds delayed, showing two Black girls reaching out to the Sesame Street character Rosita and not being acknowledged has resulted in allegations …