African-Americans /tags/african-americans African-Americans en-US WLRN Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:01:00 GMT Statewide campaign: Mobilize Black voters for 2024 elections to overturn 'extremist legislation' /government-politics/2024-04-18/statewide-campaign-mobilize-black-voters-for-2024-elections-to-overturn-extremist-legislation Equal Ground will launch a tour to promote its voter education and mobilization efforts on Saturday in Pinellas County with additional stops around the state. Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:01:00 GMT /government-politics/2024-04-18/statewide-campaign-mobilize-black-voters-for-2024-elections-to-overturn-extremist-legislation Sergio R. Bustos Black lawmakers press Justice and Education Departments to investigate Florida's race curriculum /florida-news/2023-07-27/black-lawmakers-press-justice-and-education-departments-to-investigate-floridas-race-curriculum The caucus wants the federal agencies to examine whether Florida school districts are violating federal discrimination law following changes to the curriculum in the state — from banning books covering racial themes to a recent decision to add language about the positive impacts of slavery. Fri, 28 Jul 2023 02:21:02 GMT /florida-news/2023-07-27/black-lawmakers-press-justice-and-education-departments-to-investigate-floridas-race-curriculum Gary Fields | Associated Press Miami Times Publisher Garth Reeves Sr., ‘Conscience Of The Black Community,’ Dies At 100 /news/2019-11-26/miami-times-publisher-garth-reeves-sr-conscience-of-the-black-community-dies-at-100 Garth C. Reeves Sr., publisher emeritus of The Miami Times and a voice for the aspirations of African Americans in Miami for most of the past century,… Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:22:14 GMT /news/2019-11-26/miami-times-publisher-garth-reeves-sr-conscience-of-the-black-community-dies-at-100 Howard Cohen For Much Of Black America, Election 2016 Has Been Rough /2016-10-16/for-much-of-black-america-election-2016-has-been-rough There are deep emotions in the African-American community behind this election's lopsided poll numbers: dissatisfaction, nostalgia, and even disgust. Sun, 16 Oct 2016 09:00:00 GMT /2016-10-16/for-much-of-black-america-election-2016-has-been-rough Sam Sanders, Sam Sanders Bahamas To U.S. Cops: You Look More Like Latin American And Caribbean Cops /news/2016-07-13/bahamas-to-u-s-cops-you-look-more-like-latin-american-and-caribbean-cops COMMENTARYWhen the Bahamas issued a travel advisory last weekend about visiting the U.S. – citing police brutality against black people – my first… Wed, 13 Jul 2016 22:30:36 GMT /news/2016-07-13/bahamas-to-u-s-cops-you-look-more-like-latin-american-and-caribbean-cops Tim Padgett