Posts in category Martin Luther King Jr.

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA – As Americans celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leaders and activists are trying to …

By PIERRE B. BLAND, DVM On April 4th, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated. I was 7 years old. It was around this time I began …

By BRIANNA LUBERISSE Special to South Florida Times Keynote speaker Ava L. Parker, president of Palm Beach State College, challenged listeners to take action rather …

Staff Report Pembroke Pines, Fla. – January is National Mentoring Month and some of South Florida’s organizations take their responsibility to positively mold the region’s …

We live in perilous times. But when has that ever stopped us before? Since before our ancestors were brought to America on slave ships, people …

Staff Report Under the theme, “The Path to Peace Begins With Me,” Florida International University’s (FIU) Department of Multicultural Programs and Services will honor Dr. …

Staff Report LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, an American Book Award recipient and two-time NAACP Image Award winner, is the keynote speaker …

Staff Report NEW YORK – Just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the ninth season of the award-winning documentary series AfroPoP: The Ultimate …

By ISHEKA N. HARRISON iharrison@sfltimes.com Dr. Enid C. Pinkney may be small in stature, but she is mighty in spirit. The 85-year-old dynamo is one …

Staff Report Miami – In commemoration of the annual Martin Luther King Day of Service, Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel (HM&B), LLP, in collaboration with other …