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Staff Report FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – ArtServe recently held its annual volunteer appreciation reception to thank nearly 90 volunteers who donated their time last season …

Staff Report MIAMI – It’s no secret that the landscape of Historic Overtown is dramatically changing. That’s why the 6th Annual Art Africa Miami Arts …

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 …

Staff Report MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Miami based international artist David “Lebo” Le Batard completes the largest art mural approved by the city of Miami …

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON – Relatives of Jesse Owens and America’s 17 other black athletes from the 1936 Olympics were welcomed to …

MOHAMED HAMALUDIN The case for reparations by the United States for centuries of slavery and its after- math has been around for more than a …

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 …