For Runcie equal opportunity is schools’ priority
Superintendent of Broward County Public Schools, Robert W. Runcie seeks to provide the leadership needed to ensure that black businesses will share in the contracts …
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Professor Discusses New Book
Special to South Florida Times The life of Professor Ralph Hogges is a rags-to-academic-riches success story. Born out of wedlock and disowned by his father, …
King papers sold at auction
NEW YORK (AP) — Some civil rights movement history went up for sale Thursday, Oct. 17 as papers from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., …
Former lieutenant governor says Scott and staff bullied her
Weeks before Gov. Rick Scott’s bid for re-election is decided, his former lieutenant governor has released a book that explains why he shouldn’t prevail. The …
African-American men find a new way to give back
Part one of a two part series Readers of our column know we are supporters and promoters of women’s philanthropy including women’s foundations and giving …
Oprah Winfrey salutes the mission of Estella Pyfrom
By DAPHNE TAYLORSpecial to South Florida TimesIt’s not everyday that Oprah Winfrey comes calling! But when she does, most people are sure to answer the …
Champion athlete gives mom credit
MIAMI — Jontavia Dykes will tell you it’s her mother who deserves the credit. So too will her brother, Mack Jackson.
No morgue space for crime victims
SPANISH TOWN — Corpses, the suspected victims of violent deaths, are wrapped in plastic bags or covered loosely in stained sheets. There is no air …
WPB tackles youth violence with new program
Staff Report WEST PALM BEACH — City leaders hope a new program backed by federal dollars will curb youth violence and improve the health and …
Liberia children orphaned, ostracized by Ebola
By KRISTA LARSON, Oct. 9, 2014 (AP) First 16-year-old Promise Cooper’s mother complained of a hurting head and raging fever, and she died days later on the way …