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By KIMBERLY GRANT Special to South Florida Times It’s finally here; the release of the highly anticipated Birth of a Nation. It’s a film that …

By MICHELLE HOLLINGER MHollinger@sfltimes.com He began drawing during the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010 and hasn’t stopped. Jason ‘JaFleu’ Fleurant’s work is soul stirring, …

Associated Press ATLANTA – Grammy-winning singer John Legend will play an iconic runaway slave-turned abolitionist on WGN America’s drama series Underground. Sony Pictures Television and …

Staff Report DETROIT – The former Detroit home of civil rights icon Rosa Parks is set to be torn down and refashioned for a new …

Staff Report ARSHT CENTER 10TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Saturday, October 8 – 7:30 PM This October, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade …

By CHARLES WHISNAND Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) – Charles Adams is on a mission. People know about Muhammad Ali, the boxer. But Adams …

Staff Report Miami-Dade has the highest rate of domestic violence in all of Florida. According to published reports, there were 25,000 reported cases of domestic …

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO – The filmmaker Mira Nair was familiar with the regal grace of Lupita Nyong’o long before most. The …

By MOHAMED HAMALUDIN Special to South Florida Times MIAMI – Nearly a century of a black life well lived went on display Sunday night when …

Staff Report Miami, Fla. – In honor of the 101st anniversary of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), an …