Residents of Lemon City oppose name change
MIAMI – Some residents of Lemon City, one of Miami’s oldest neighborhoods, are voicing concern that the Miami City Commission may be poised to change …
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Fashion show pays tribute to cancer
WEST PALM BEACH — Larcenia Bullard and Brenda Coke were not present at the “2nd Annual Pink Strydes Fashion Show” held at the Palm Beach …
Employees, citizens get BSO awards
Sheriff Scott Israel on Tuesday honored the efforts of several Broward Sheriff’s Office employees and private citizens at BSO’s semi-annual awards ceremony held at the …
Overtown getting hotel, more housing under at Sawyer’s Walk
MIAMI – Miami-Dade County and the city of Miami have settled their differences over development of two parcels of land in Overtown, clearing the way …
New Gates documentary: ‘Slavery was capitalism gone berserk’
NEW YORK — Slavery in the United States was once a roaring success whose wounds still afflict the country today. So says Henry Louis Gates …
NAACP launches search for Jealous successor, names interim president
LAS VEGAS, Nevada –Lorraine C. Miller, a National Board member was named interim president/CEO of the NAACP and a search for a permanent head of …
Blacks must not let the significance of the Fort Mose museum be forgotten
Nearly 150 years before President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, there was a settlement of freed ex-slaves living in Florida in a walled city …
States need to act to protect consumers from loopholes in outdated debt laws
An old adage advises that “one man’s pain is another man’s gain.” As consumers nationwide struggle to recover financially from the Great Recession, this adage …
FDOT’s ‘magic’ is short-changing black businesses
When Jennifer Carroll was Florida’s lieutenant governor, she arranged for me to meet with Florida Department of Transportation engineers to talk about lighting.
Small business workshop headed by Beacon Council
OPA-LOCKA – Vice Mayor Joseph L. Kelley and the City of Opa-locka Mayor and Commission in partnership with The Beacon Council hosted an Open for …