Archive for 2009

OUR TOP 10 STORIES OF 2009

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The Florida Courier staff chose the top 10 of the hundreds of stories our newspaper staff reviewed, covered or wrote during 2009. Factors considered include newsworthiness, relevance, uniqueness, familiarity of the issue, the intensity of statewide interest, emotional impact, and whether there is a uniquely “Black’’ perspective.

With end in sight for ‘Oprah’ show, Chicago wonders what will change

BY WILLIAM LEE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE/MCT

SCLC scrutinizes suspicious jail death

Southern Christian Leadership Conference officials ask hard questions

Fight for quality schools moves to courthouse

COMPILED FROM WIRE AND STAFF REPORTS

Cancer claims life of Tampa bookstore owner

Felicia Wintons Taylor operated Black business for 15 years

Random thoughts of a free Black mind, v.34

QUICK TAKES FROM #2:
STRAIGHT, NO CHASER

Whites replace Blacks in UK ‘Couples Retreat’ poster

There’s something missing on the UK marketing material for Universal’s motion picture "Couples Retreat" – the Black people. Co-stars Faison Love and Kali Hawk, who play the film’s lone African-American couple on the couples retreat, were...

ONE YEAR LATER

It’s gone by quickly: The Florida Courier’s award-winning front page of Nov. 7, 2008, told the story of Barack Obama’s election.

After the historic 2008 election, and after nine months, where does Barack Obama now stand?

Bill OK’d to increase Blacks at Coast Guard school

WASHINGTON (AP) – The House voted overwhelmingly for a bill that includes a provision giving members of Congress a say over who is admitted to the U.S. Coast Guard’s 1,000-cadet service academy in New London, Conn. The measure – part of a ...