“Precious” leads nominees for NAACP Image Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The heart-wrenching story of an illiterate and abused teen in New York's Harlem who finds hope in a classroom of misfits …
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Eunice Johnson, who ran Ebony Fashion Fair, dies
CHICAGO (AP) _ Eunice Johnson, the widow of Ebony magazine founder John Johnson and a fashion maven who ran thousands of traveling runway shows aimed …
Kasim Reed takes office as Atlanta’s 59th mayor
ATLANTA (AP) _ Former Georgia state Sen. Kasim Reed was sworn in as Atlanta's new mayor on Monday after a runoff victory last month.
Cuba’s Santeria priests see unrest in 2010
HAVANA (AP) _ A panel of Afro-Cuban priests is predicting a year of social and political unrest, struggles for power, treachery and coups d'etat, and …
Florida detention officer fired for joining KKK
GAINESVILLE (AP) _ A prison guard who acknowledged being a member of white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan has been fired for belonging to …
Miami’s District 5 seeks to move beyond scandal
MIAMI — Athalie Range and the Rev. Theodore Gibson, the first two African Americans on the Miami City Commission, served without a hint of scandal. …
WAKE UP CALL: What time is it in our community?
I remember the images well. The lean and distinguished Barack Obama addressing the throngs of global citizens who braved freezing temperatures in our nation’s capital …
THE GANTT REPORT: We need health care reform
Happy New Year, Gantt Report readers! The struggle continues. I apologize for the recent lack of columns, but I had the swine flu…the pigs made …
AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA with ELGIN JONES 12-31-09
JANUARY Deerfield Beach Middle School teacher Nelson Smalls is investigated after hitting 12-year-old student Hezekiah Jones Jr. in the face with a walkie-talkie radio. Fort …
Clown considers himself a role model
MIAMI — Hurry, hurry, step right up! These words are coming soon to South Florida when Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Presents ZING …