"Tutitive Dare & Tactical Drive To Forge Ahead"
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…
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…
The man responded, “ I have a lot of felonies, and nobody wants to hire me because of that. I had to turn to the streets. I had to start stealing and robbing, in order to survive” I was short staffed that day, so I asked him.. “do you want to work”? His eyes opened Read More…
Royal, a neighborhood just west of Wildwood in Sumter County — Royal, one of the oldest Black communities in the state, houses over 150 years of history. The grove of trees where Phillip James was born is just a few yards from where he sits now: the front lawn of the Wildwood house he’s called Read More…
Photo courtesy NASA Major Robert Lawrence USA’s 1st Black Astronaut has never been mention nor have we ever knew of his greatness and brillant accomplishments to our Nation. Here it is. On December 8, 1967, a specially modified F-104 Starfighter rolled down the runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The weather was cool Read More…
Juvenile expunction bill soars through House The bill is among the most ambitious criminal justice reform efforts in decades. The House unanimously passed a bill Thursday that would broaden a juvenile’s ability to expunge their arrest record in Florida. State law limits expungement opportunities to minors who complete a diversion program after a first-time misdemeanor Read More…
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