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Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Thursday, July 27, 2023

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Moves 2025 Convention From Orlando, FL due to Governor DeSantis’ Racist Policies Against The Black Community

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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. General President Dr. Willis, L. Lonzer, III announced the relocation of the Fraternity’s 99th General Co...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Judge Rules That a Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Againts the state of Florida by Florida A&M University Students May Proceed

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In September 2022, six students at historically Black Florida A&M University in Tallahassee filed a federal class-action lawsuit again...
Sunday, May 21, 2023

NAACP Issues Travel Advisory in Florida

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The NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory comes in direct response to Gov...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Florida chapter of NAACP calls for travel advisory due to concerns about 'anti-Black legislation'

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The state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is calling on national leaders to impose a travel advi...
Saturday, February 04, 2023

PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS ANNOUNCES “BAN ON BLACK HISTORY PROTEST”

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February is Black History Month. Today, February 1st, the first day of the month long observance, the People’s Organization For Progress (...
Wednesday, July 13, 2022

WATCH: Mary McLeod Bethune Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall

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It was a historic moment Wednesday, as marble statue of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune,the founder of Bethune-Cookman University and champion of ...
Saturday, November 10, 2018

Andrew Gillum withdraws concession as Florida recount begins

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Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum (D) withdrew his concession to Republican candidate Ron DeSantis in the Florida gubernatorial race on Sa...
Thursday, November 08, 2018

Andrew Gillum campaign issues statement on possibility of a recount

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Officials with the Andrew Gillum for Governor campaign have released a statement regarding the results of the Florida governor's rac...
Monday, October 01, 2018

Former President Barack Obama endorses Andrew Gillum for Florida governor

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Former President Barack Obama has endorsed Andrew Gillum to be the next governor of Florida. Gillum has made health care a central plank...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Florida to replace Confederate statue in US Capitol with statue of black woman

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Florida could soon help diversify the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, by replacing a Confederate general's likeness with the hall...
Monday, December 04, 2017

Former Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown sentenced to 5 years for fraud

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Former U.S. Representative Corrine Brown of Florida was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison for her role in helping raise more t...
Monday, August 07, 2017

Rev. Jesse Jackson visits Fla., discusses voter suppression

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson says there was no evidence of voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election but says President Trump's Comm...
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown convicted of federal fraud charges

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On Thursday, a federal jury in Jacksonville convicted Corrine Brown, a former 12-term Florida congresswoman on 18 of 22 corruption count...
Friday, April 07, 2017

Lawmakers and Advocates Rally to Support Mary Bethune Statue in Washington D.C.

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FLORIDA-Several current and former state lawmakers, as well as members of the nation's oldest Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha gath...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Prosecutor In Trayvon Martin/ Cases Loses Primary

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Controversial Florida state attorney Angela Corey lost her primary bid to fellow Republican Melissa Nelson, Tuesday night. Nelson garne...

After 12 terms in Congress, Corrine Brown defeated in primary

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Longtime U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown has lost her re-election bid in a radically redrawn 5th Congressional District. Al Lawson, a former s...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

Why Florida's Stand Your Ground laws make it a great place for punks to live. (ad campaign)

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Hi all, this is George Cook of AAreports.com. Recently there has been a spate of Stand Your Ground cases in Florida that have gained n...