Mega Church Pastor and Bestselling Author T.D. Jakes Receives Prestigious Award
Mega church pastor and bestselling author, T.D. Jakes, along with his communications department, comprised of Regina…
Judge Accused of Making Racial Comments Under Review
On Monday, Verlene Jones, Labor and Industries Representative with the Seattle-King County Branch of the NAACP…
Judge Accused of Making Racial Comments Under Review
A council of federal judges in Washington will look into a misconduct complaint against a conservative…
Former U.S. Rep Allen West Blasts Bill Cosby Over Comments Praising Black Muslims
Courtesy Photo Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper Comedian-activist Bill…
Rep. Hank Johnson Helps Secure HBCU Funds
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) has helped secure $5 million to increase funding for science research at…
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2013 NBA FINALS / SAN ANTONIO
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Zimmerman jury selection starts slowly
THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL, WEEK 1 FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS By the time the Florida…
Will Orange school superintendent replace Carroll?
FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Orange County schools Superintendent Barbara Jenkins is on Gov. Rick…
WILL JUSTICE PREVAIL?
After more than a year of protests, investigations and legal wrangling, George Zimmerman gets his day…
DAVID ‘DEACON’ JONES, 1938-2013
Eatonville native, ‘The Deacon of Defense,’ dies In a 1994 file image, football legend David “Deacon”…
Trayvon’s texts tell familiar story
A Black boy influenced by street culture COMPILED FROM WIRE AND STAFF REPORTS When the George…
Pew Florida Stateline headlines
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THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL, WEEK 1 – Ready for justice
Click here for images captured by photojournalist Duane Fernandez, were taken for the Florida Courier this week at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford.…
Iconic senator weighs in on bills, Zimmerman trial
Arthenia Joyner will be first Black woman to serve as Florida Senate Democratic Leader BY MARGIE MENZEL THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – The first time Sen. Arthenia Joyner demonstrated for civil rights, in 1960,…
Journalist to headline B-CU’s national convention in Tampa
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Bethune-Cookman University National Alumni Association will host its 45th annual meeting June 19 -23 at the Sheraton Suites Tampa Airport Westshore Hotel. The highlight of the convention will be a forum and interactive…
Massage hours, wine sales bills sent to Scott
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Dozens of bills, from proposed changes to a controversial nuclear-power law to a new limit on the hours of massage establishments, have reached the desk of Gov. Rick Scott. The Legislature sent…
State objects to Muslim prisoners joining kosher food case
State attorneys Tuesday objected to an attempt by Muslim prisoners to intervene in a federal lawsuit that seeks to ensure the Florida Department of Corrections will offer kosher meals to religiously observant Jewish prisoners. Muslim prisoners…
NAACP applauds Virginia’s expansion of voting rights
Governor announces state will automatically restore civil rights of nonviolent felons after time served TRICE EDNEY NEWS WIRE “This is a great step for Virginia and we look forward to working with the Commonwealth …on expanding…
Four ‘bright stars’ to posthumously receive congressional medals
Young Birmingham bombing victims to be honored with one of nation’s highest honors TRICE EDNEY NEWS WIRE The four little girls who were killed by a bomb planted by the Ku Klux Klan at Alabama’s 16th…
School board member could lose job over derogatory emails about first lady
FROM WIRE REPORTS A school board in Virginia is calling for the resignation of one of its members, after he emailed what some called racist and inappropriate messages to his colleagues. Isle of Wight board member Herb…
Colorado residents receive invites in mail to join KKK
FROM WIRE REPORTS Several Colorado Springs-area residents received an alarming piece of mail on Sunday – invitations to join the Ku Klux Klan. A newspaper there reported that fliers in plastic zipper bags targeting minority racial…
‘Crack baby’ scare overblown, teen research says
By Lindsay Tanner, Associated Press: CHICAGO — Research in teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s “crack baby” scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during…
Craig Robinson Feature —“This Is the End”
SAN FRANCISCO – Comedian Craig Robinson, who audiences may best remember as Darryl Philbin, the warehouse manager on the long-running hit NBC TV show, “The Office,” is now enjoying even more success on the big screen.…
Winfrey and Perry: A Match Made at OWN
“The Haves and the Have Nots” His first dramatic series, “The Haves and Have Nots” premiered May 28. The hourlong drama series became OWN’s most watched premiere show to date. And the comedy-driven “Love Thy Neighbor”…
Television Journalists Acknowledge the Best and Brightest
Although the official awards season is several months down the line, some of the best and brightest are being honored by television journalists. The list of nominees for the 3rd Annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards was…
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Unsinkable’ by Nicole Bradshaw
c.2013, Strebor Books $15 ($17 Canada) 320 pages You need a vacation. Just a little getaway, that’s all. A few days outside, sand and sun, drinks with umbrellas served by someone in a uniform. Luxurious…
NABOB Targeting $750 Million in Federal Advertising for Black-Owned Radio, TV
The federal government is one of the nation’s largest buyers of advertising, and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters is asking why more of the hundreds of millions in public dollars aren’t going to African-American…
Bionic eye is now a reality
By Ronald D. White Los Angeles Times /MCT LOS ANGELES – Robert Greenberg got tired of hearing from senior engineers that it wasn’t possible to build his product idea: a bionic eye that gives sight to…
Analysts in demand as big data becomes big business
By Adam Belz Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT Kossi Gavi drives to class on Sunday afternoons to learn retail software, and the reason is simple. People who wield computers to analyze large amounts of digital information are in…
Increasingly, cameras follow you everywhere
By Abbott Koloff The Record/MCE They are watching as you work out at the gym, wait for a train, drive a car or walk down the street. Video surveillance cameras, both private and public, are just…
Samsung pulls out all stops with Galaxy S4 smartphone
BY TROY WOLVERTON SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS/MCRT Having grabbed the smartphone lead from Apple, Samsung now seems determined to overwhelm its archrival by announcing a new version of its Galaxy S4 smartphone that’s bigger and better…
Buckhorn announces new public Wi-Fi in city buildings
Tampa, Fla. – Mayor Bob Buckhorn announced seven new public Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the City of Tampa offices. Each hotspot was chosen because it is in a highly trafficked area and will be of most use…
‘Dumb’ people can learn something from Black visionaries
If you are an African-American, it doesn’t matter who you are or where you are, if you live…
Clyburn puts Obama first, civil liberties last
If one good thing has come out of Barack Obama’s ascension to the White House, it is that…
‘Nobody can stop you’
Here are edited excerpts of President Obama’s speech to the Morehouse College Class of 2013, delivered on May…
It started with a phone call from the White House
College administrator tells how president came to address Morehouse College BY ASHLEY THOMAS FLORIDA COURIER To have the…
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