Publisher of black papers in Virginia, 71
Jack J. Green, founder and publisher of two longstanding community newspapers in Virginia, died Thursday, June 26. He succumbed to chronic lung-related illness. He was …
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2014 Jamaican Ambassadors
Twenty contestants competed for crowns as ambassadors of The Miss Jamaica Florida Pageant, now celebrating its 25th anniversary. The Silver Jubilee Coronation took place on …
Around South Florida with Elgin Jones 07-03-14
STATE Tests eliminated Gov. Rick Scott has come to his senses. He signed bills that eliminate the need for the unemployed to file for benefits …
Florida doctor wants to build hospital in Kenya
FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Dr. Scott Smith never had designs on building a hospital but when he realized how difficult it was for him …
MAST grad researches nuclear arms
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — When she was accepted into the undergraduate business program at Florida A&M University (FAMU), Mareena Robinson thought she had her future all …
Washington Redskins case forces review of what’s a slur
Something is happening just beneath the fight over the name of a certain Washington, D.C., pro football team: America is working through the process of …
Court Overturns Death Sentence
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The Florida Supreme Court is throwing out the conviction of a death row inmate after new DNA evidence raised questions about …
Let’s save North Miami’s museum
Half the story has never been told. Those words framed one of the presentations in the first symposium on art and culture held at the …
Caribbean fashion meets Broward mall
PLANTATION — Caribbean style received international attention when Trinidad and Tobago’s Anya Ayoung-Chee won Lifetime TV’s fashion reality show Project Runway Season 9 in 2011. …
Sickle cell woes soaring among Glade residents
BELLE GLADE — Sandy Desty doesn’t have sickle cell anemia, the most common inherited blood disease in the United States. But the Belle Glade resident …