Tag: Black lives matter
Trayvon Martin Foundation’s tenth annual peace walk and talk (includes video...
This past Saturday morning at Ives Estates Park in North Dade, the Trayvon Martin Foundation hosted its Tenth Annual Peace Walk and Peace Talk...
Remembering Miami’s music man pioneer, Bernie Mackey, part 7
Bernard “Bernie” Arthurneal Mackey, a singer and guitarist for the Ink Spots, a famed quartet of the ‘30s and ‘40s, was a Black trailblazer,...
Theodore Gibson, a legacy of change in Miami’s Black community, Part...
Nearly 40 years after his death, celebrated civil rights icon Rev. Theodore Gibson remains an influential figure in Miami’s Black history.
Today, Gibson, who died...
Newsbreak, March 12, 2021
It’s been a whole year since the COVID shutdown and mere hours since the latest COVID bill was signed into law. In President Biden’s...
Newsbreak, March 10, 2021
There's more jury selection in the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the House passes a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill and South...
Newsbreak, March 9, 2021
The stimulus bill moves back to the House with the $15 minimum wage removed, those vaccinated against COVID-19 have new freedoms, and Kobe Bryant's...
Washington, D.C. becomes the Green Zone during inauguration
Some people may believe that moving from Miami to Washington, D.C. the weekend before Wednesday’s inauguration of the 46th president, Joe Biden, was ill-timed....
‘One Night In Miami’ tells a long-ago South Florida tale of...
“One Night In Miami” gathers four black legends: boxer Cassius Clay (before he was Muhammad Ali), Cleveland Browns fullback and budding actor Jim Brown,...
Erasing the stigma attached to mental health amongst the Black community
The pandemic has negatively impacted everyone’s physical and mental health. Vulnerable populations, including the Black community, have been particularly hard hit.
According to the Centers...
Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin’s mom, reflects on a narrowly lost election
Following a loss by only 331 votes in the race for Miami-Dade County Commissioner District 1 against former Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert, Sybrina...