Mother-daughter volunteer team has stories to tell
MIAMI – The family that volunteers together can grow closer together, if Angela and Dana Deggs are any indication.The mother-and-daughter team who have volunteered for …
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Professor Discusses New Book
Special to South Florida Times The life of Professor Ralph Hogges is a rags-to-academic-riches success story. Born out of wedlock and disowned by his father, …
Champion athlete gives mom credit
MIAMI — Jontavia Dykes will tell you it’s her mother who deserves the credit. So too will her brother, Mack Jackson.
Dillard coach Marcia Pinder named to Hall of Fame
FORT LAUDERDALE — Dillard High School girls’ basketball coach Marcia Pinder, regarded as Florida’s all-time winningest basketball coach, has been named to the National High …
Black media need to be fearless and they also need your support
Black newspapers came into existence in 1827 when Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African-American periodical called Freedom’s Journal. Not long afterward, Frederick …
Stingy Brim: Old Dillard pays tribute to black social life
FORT LAUDERDALE — Old Dillard Museum explores the history of juke joints and other places of importance in the socialization of people of African descent …
Students learn to manage money through web program
MIAMI — Students at Miami Edison High School were recognized for their outstanding work and completion of the BankUnited Financial Scholars Program.
Minorities fill public schools but teachers don’t look like them
By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Almost half the students attending public schools …
Caring groups work to fill hunger gap
MIAMI/OPA-LOCKA — Lost in the South Beach glitz and tropical glamour usually associated with South Florida is the fact that hunger is no stranger to …
Workshop will teach pastors how to deal with domestic abuse
RIVIERA BEACH — Parishioners often go to their pastors about things in life that are troubling them but when it comes to domestic violence they …