Thursday, April 25, 2024
Saturday night was replete with celebration, honors and even tears of joy at the 2020 Legend Awards. The virtual ceremony was presented by the student-run company 7233 Roots. The event began with a preview of the nominees listed in the 10 categories with music from the label H.O.M.E. Chretien Adams […]
QUINCY — About 100 Gadsden County residents, most wearing face masks, marched from James A. Shanks Middle School to the Quincy courthouse in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on Saturday morning. Black Lives Matter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman, a white […]
University systems across the country are preparing for life on college campuses after moving to remote instruction in March while the coronavirus ravaged the nation. Florida A&M and the Board of Trustees recently announced to students the university’s plans for reopening this fall. The emailed announcement included the university’s 26-page […]
COVID-19 has forced many companies to cancel their events this summer, but it did not prevent the music production company 7233 Roots from hosting its first-ever award show at 7:23 p.m. Saturday. Owned and operated by FAMU students, 7233 Roots is hosting the 2020 Legends Awards that will be streamed […]
Thursday, June 4, was the day that changed everything for FAMU athletics. That was the day the FAMU Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change athletic conferences, moving the program from the MEAC to the SWAC. This came as a shock to many, including myself. Earlier this year North Carolina […]
Tallahassee citizens assembledin droveson Saturday and Sunday, populating the busiest streets of the Sunshine State’s capital. Demonstrators bellowed cries of woe, outrage and weariness. The civil unrest pulsated across the nation as cities across America joined in a nationwide day of protest on Saturday, followed by more protests on Sunday. […]
Even in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, black people still face a never-ending battle — racism. On May 25, George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was taken down by a white Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin. Floyd was handcuffed and placed face down on the road as Chauvin knelt […]
The Florida A&M women’s basketball program gained a huge addition when it announced Thursday that Shalon Pillow is the new head coach. One month after the firing of head coach Kevin Lynum, who held the position less than 12 months, FAMU athletics confirmed her hiring. It did not provide Pillow’s annual […]
Florida A&M University and the other 11 institutions in the Florida State University System are one step closer to having an official plan for the upcoming academic year. All 12 schools switched to remote learning in late March in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. They […]
Members of the search committee to nominate candidates to be the next dean for FAMU’s School of Nursing appeared decidedly uncomfortable Tuesday talking in public during a public meeting. Several members of the committee voiced concerns about naming the four finalists who they had interviewed earlier this month, and requested […]