TRAVEL: How to travel with a group and still remain friends
So often, my trips have been to wonderful destinations with a large group of friends (20 to 30), and we’ve managed to come home still …
Harlem Globetrotters dazzle the crowd
SUNRISE – An American tradition and legacy 82 years running made its way to the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise on March 1. The world-renowned Harlem …
Lauderhill man is scholar athlete at Clark Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga. — Senior defensive end Curtis Johnson of the private, historically black Clark Atlanta University says he wants sports fans in South Florida and …
Financially strapped Fisk ends NCAA athletics
Black College Wire Clad in his Greek letters, Fisk University senior David Hill would make his way to the annual homecoming basketball game, on …
AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA WITH ELGIN JONES 3-07-08
Suicide Shooting Alburn Edward Blake, a 60-year-old Jamaican immigrant, went into a Wendy’s Restaurant in West Palm Beach this week and began firing shots indiscriminately …
Bob Simms’ life captured in new photo exhibit
MIAMI – An excited crowd of about 100 gathered on the campus of the University of Miami last week to learn about and celebrate the …
Students pose as black historical figures
PARKLAND – “I am Malcolm Little, or as people call me, Malcolm X.” Wearing a black suit, glasses and bowtie, 10-year-old Raymond Melendez stood up …
Teen leaves foster care to study medicine
BOCA RATON – As a sophomore at Coconut Creek High School, Lucienne Alexandre was a good student who seldom talked in class. Yet few people …
Agency helps renters become homeowners
BOYNTON BEACH – Faith Dickens, 31, is a new homeowner at a time when buying a home should be easier due to falling prices. But …
Entrepreneurs reclaim black hair care market
BALTIMORE (AP) – Hunched over folding tables in their Baltimore basement, Pierre and Jamyla Bennu put the “hand” in Oyin Handmade, meticulously squeezing droplets of …