Posts in category News

PHOTO COURTESY OF BALLERALERT.COM Washington (AP) – A jury decided Wednesday that former television talk show host Tavis Smiley, who was fired amid allegations of …

PHOTOS COURTESY OF GODFREY MEAD / MIAMI-DADE COUNTY Staff Report Miami Gardens – Miami-Dade County Commissioner Barbara Jordan kicked off the seventh annual Black Heritage …

PHOTO COURTESY OF REALCLEARPOLITICS Burlington, Vt. (AP) — Bernie Sanders is vowing to press ahead with his presidential campaign at least long enough to debate …

Washington (AP) — Members of the House and Senate are receiving classified briefings Tuesday on election security, the first since intelligence officials warned lawmakers of …

Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) _ A 100-yearold Election Day massacre of African Americans in a small central Florida town could become part of school lessons and …

Tavares, Fla. (AP) – Seven decades after four young black men were accused of raping a white woman in a 1949 case now seen as …

Photo by Alan Luby Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. – One thing for sure about business executive Paula Madison: her huge success was no accident! It …

Gainesville, Fla (AP) – Americans learn about slavery, but most do not have a personal connection to it. For Tatanya Peterson, who spent 13 years …

Los Angeles (AP) – To separate filmmaker and TV producer Ava DuVernay’s trenchant, history-driven projects, including “Selma” and “When They See Us,” from her new …

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – In anticipation of the 28th annual African-American Achievers awards ceremony, JM Family Enterprises, Southeast Toyota Distributors and JM Lexus recently held …