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“We must work together to make a way out of no way. #goodtrouble” was the last thing John Lewis tweeted Sunday, along with a picture …

By ISHEKAN.HARRISON iharrison@sfltimes.com Ever since she was a little girl who would line up her dolls and play school with them, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson has …

By TERENCE GRAHAM Special to South Florida Times The 33rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Gala at the new Riviera Beach Event Center was …

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 VIVIAN SALAMA Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Obama administration designated three new national monuments (last) Thursday honoring civil rights history as it commemorated Martin …

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. …