Beloved teacher is the essence of art
Alexandra harris / for south florida times His seemingly ageless appearance and energetic personality have been mainstays at Miami Jackson Senior High School for decades. …
Pinch hit king joins Marlins coaching staff
He was seven years old when he first picked up a bat at a youth sports club in Miami. More than four decades later, Lenny …
Georgia Jones-Ayers, fearless community legend, dies at 86
PHOTO COURTESY OF GEORGE JONES When nine-year old Sherdavia Jenkins was shot and killed in 2006 while playing with a doll near her family’s …
Making activism an everyday thing
Photo Courtesy of thegrio.com For many people, activism is something that they observe from afar as other, “radical” people carry out its functions of …
Power U youth and staff reflect on Black History
Photo Courtesy of Alexandra Harris What started out as a week-long celebration was eventually expanded to a month, a time period that many feel is …
Spady Museum helps keep history alive
Photo Courtesy of Spadymuseum.com In 2012, Delray was named the “’Most Fun Small Town’ in the USA, beating out 700 other towns in a …
Black History 365/24/7
Photo Courtesy of gregkucera.com It tickles me when one of the children in the family hears a song that their parents and I know …
Power U youth embrace black history year-round
Photo Courtesy of Alexandra Harris Martin Luther King, Jr.’s peaceful approach to pursuing equality for blacks would not have succeeded without Huey Newton and …
Archives preserves Miami’s Black History story
Photo Courtesy of the Black Archives Unlike New York’s historic Harlem community and Miami’s Liberty City, which were originally populated by whites, Overtown was built …
Patrons discover their roots at library
Photo Courtesy of roadtrippers.com Harvard professor and historian, Henry Louis Gates has become known for helping celebrities to discover their family origins, surprising many whose …