BY JEFF DIAMANT AND BESHEER MOHAMED Worship habits among Black Christians in the South, where African American churches date back to the 1770s, have long differed from practices of Black Americans in other parts of the United States. Contrasting styles of worship were a source of tension after the Civil War and during mass migrations of Southern Black people to Northern cities, when Read More…
Ocala City Manager Sandra Wilson was fired in a 3-2 vote during the Ocala City Council regular meeting on Tuesday. The termination of Wilson’s contract was not on the agenda, and council member Barry Mansfield introduced the topic at the end of Tuesday’s meeting. A motion was made by Mansfield to terminate her contract, and Read More…
By Brooks Bass, Morgan Goldwich, Kevin Maher, Michaela Mulligan, Emma Ross and Thomas Weber May 20, 2021 Florida Good, Longform, Racial equity Thursday marks one month since former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd. And Tuesday is one year since Floyd’s death, an event that sparked months-long protests across the country in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Read More…
Nationwide — Rosa Higgs, an African American educator and the author of Read in 40 Hours or Less workbook series, is celebrating that her books are being used by teachers, parents, and students all across the U.S. and all over the world. She is receiving orders from as far away as Ghana, Haiti, Mexico, and South Korea. According Read More…
Congress must be aware that without swift action children in Florida are at risk of losing access to meals this summer and many more next school year. That’s because critical child nutrition waivers will soon expire and so far, Congress has failed to authorize USDA to extend them. These waivers are an important tool that Read More…
A crypto whiz kid! 13-year-old artist becomes a MULTI-MILLIONAIRE in just one year by selling dinosaur-inspired NFT portraits of women like Jackie O and Beyonce for thousands Nyla Hayes’ art has been sold for nearly $7 million, with portraits going for thousands of dollars each She started drawing at age four, and got a smartphone Read More…
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