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Local park renamed in honor of FAMU’s Charles Evans

The Tallahassee City Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to rename apark and pond in honor of Charles Evans, a longtime local civil rights leader and professor at Florida A&M University. The park, located at 1115 Merritt Drive southeast of Myers Park, had been named Roy Chapman Park in honor of […]

Lifestyles

How old is old enough to talk about racism, cultural differences?

  Tiffany Cannon and her family were getting dressed to head out when she received a hypercritical comment from her grandmother. She suggested to Cannon that she tuck her son’s shirt in based on the many perceptions of African Americans. “I’m not tucking his shirt in to make him look […]

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What coronavirus? St. George Island’s ‘Wet and Wild’ tradition continues

ST. GEORGE ISLAND — It’s July 4, the day when millions of families flock to the beach for a day filled with under the sun fun. This year, however, many counties in the Sunshine State have made the decision to close their beaches, canceling any plans that were set in […]

Opinions

How do we celebrate the Fourth of July this year?

2020 has undoubtedly been a difficult year nationally and globally. With a pandemic claiming hundreds of thousands of lives, rumors of World War III and a global revolution against police brutality sweeping through neighborhoods, this year is definitely unique. The focus on police brutality and systems of oppression still in […]

News

FAMU DRS students have two options this fall

Expect life and learning to be dramatically different this fall at the FAMU Developmental Research School. The administration at FAMU DRS held a virtual town hall on Tuesday to discuss the reopening plans for the 2020-2021 school year to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Many concerns were addressed […]