State Senate approves $20 million for Dozier School victims
WEBMar 8, 2024 · TALLAHASSEE – Wiping away tears, men in their 60s, 70s and 80s watched on March 4 as the Florida Senate unanimously gave final approval to a plan to steer $20 million to survivors of abuse at ...
In Netflix show, Wilson explains why she always wears hats
WEBMay 9, 2021 · Wilson’s staple wasn’t always hats though. As a little girl she loved bows, so much so that when her favorite yellow one blew off while she was riding the bus, she screamed for the driver to ...
The St. Augustine Four is a vital part of Black history
WEBFeb 12, 2021 · Hotbed of racism. Some of the oldest written records list the first birth of a Black child in St. Augustine in 1606. Two hundred-plus years later, in 1812, a Black militia rescued the city from ...
Florida is one of 18 states to allow corporal punishment in schools ...
WEBFeb 23, 2024 · Andrew Bain speaks after being appointed as state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2023. Bain investigated a leader of a private school in Orlando for spanking ...
Darker-skinned Americans may be profiled, detained in Dominican ...
WEBNov 24, 2022 · The U.S. warns that darker-skinned Americans could lead to their being racially profiled or detained in the Dominican Republic. The government of the Dominican Republic is pushing back against a U ...
News anchor writes children’s books as tribute to late firefighter
WEBJan 19, 2024 · He was 36 years old. And his sudden death left Jones with a heavy heart. Jacksonville news anchor Brittany Jones hopes her book series will inspire children, especially Black kids, to consider ...
Study: Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in U.S.
WEBMay 24, 2024 · The survey is a highly regarded source of self-reported estimates of tobacco, alcohol and drug use in the United States. In 2022, an estimated 17.7 million people reported using marijuana daily or ...
Protestors demand change after Detroit man killed by bailiff …
WEBAug 17, 2024 · Butler allegedly had a weapon and lunged at the bailiff, said 36th District Court Chief Judge William McConico. A Detroit Police Department officer used a Taser on Butler before the bailiff shot ...
Tampa organization announces co-chairs for King breakfast
WEBNov 24, 2023 · TAMPA – The Tampa Organization of Black Affairs (TOBA) will present its 44th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Breakfast at 6:45 a.m. Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at Marriott
Remembering Dick Gregory | News | flcourier.com
WEBAug 24, 2017 · Dick Gregory, who became the first Black stand-up comic to break the color barrier in major nightclubs in the early 1960s, a decade in which he satirized segregation and race relations in his act ...
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