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Vogue Enlists Black Artists Kerry James Marshall and Jordan Casteel to Paint History-Making September Covers
2020 has been the most dizzying year in recent memory, upending much and not enough of our sense of our security, place, and hope in the future.
This disorientation is so pervasive that even the... Read more
Arrests made in killing of Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC after 18 years
Jam Master Jay died almost 18 years ago but two suspects have now been indicted in the unsolved mystery of his murder.
Law enforcement official sources told the New York Times on Monday that an... Read more
Elijah McClain's family files civil rights lawsuit against Aurora, Colorado
The family of Elijah McClain filed a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against the city of Aurora, Colorado, in federal court.
"Aurora's unconstitutional conduct on the night of August 24, 2019, is... Read more
Black-owned companies are shutting down twice as fast as other businesses
Black-owned businesses have been hit substantially harder by the coronavirus pandemic than companies overall, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The New York Fed on Wednesday... Read more
Florida Has Lost A Greater Share Of Revenue Than Many States Due To COVID-19
This story is part of an NPR nationwide analysis of states' revenue and budgets during the pandemic.
In a state that depends on tourists, what happens when there are few to none? After months of... Read more
The Centre for Women Opens Satellite Office in St. Petersburg
The Helen Gordon Davis Centre for Women, one of Tampa’s most venerable and innovative nonprofits, has opened a satellite office in St. Petersburg to assist female entrepreneurs and... Read more
Black girl, 9, youngest person to die from COVID-19 in Florida
Published July 28, 2020 by TheGrio
A 9-year-old girl, who had no known underlying conditions, is the youngest person in Florida to have died from complications of the coronavirus.
Kimora... Read more
FAMU’s Black Male College Explorers Program Still Relevant 30 years After Inception
For 30 years, the Florida A&M University (FAMU) Black Male College Explorers Program (BMCEP) has helped hundreds of young black men channel potential into success in the classroom and... Read more
Bryan Stevenson on how America can heal
What would it take for America to heal? To be the country it claims to be?
This is the question that animates Bryan Stevenson’s career. Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the... Read more
In Memoriam: John Robert Lewis, 1940-2020
The legislator, freedom fighter and justice warrior, who was famously beaten, bloodied and arrested in Selma, Alabama — and in other cities across the Jim Crow South — during the... Read more