Posts in category Black History

By ISHEKA N. HARRISON iharrison@sfltimes.com I am the daughter of immigrants – and unless you are a purebred Native American, so are you. Whether your …

By CHASSIDY SIMPSON Special to South Florida Times Editor’s Note: Recently the South Florida Times ran a contest giving our readers an opportunity to win …

“We must work together to make a way out of no way. #goodtrouble” was the last thing John Lewis tweeted Sunday, along with a picture …

By ISHEKAN.HARRISON iharrison@sfltimes.com Ever since she was a little girl who would line up her dolls and play school with them, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson has …

By VIVIAN SALAMA Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Obama administration designated three new national monuments (last) Thursday honoring civil rights history as it commemorated Martin …

By PATRICIA SULLIVAN The Washington Post ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The dying afternoon light was just enough to illuminate the little yellow rowhouse now for rent, …

Staff Report Courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command Yesterday marked the 75th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. In honor of those who …

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT – The Fidel Castro that Sam Riddle and many other African-Americans admired was not the revolutionary dictator who plunged …

By CHIKA ODUAH Republished, TheGrio 11/24/11 You’ll be hard pressed to find the face of an African American in any artistic depiction of that all-too …

By KIMBERLY GRANT In writer/director Jeff Nichols’ interracial love story, Loving, we find two people who are in love and don’t see color in a …