G Phi, the Gibbs Hall step team, won a year’s worth of bragging rights Monday night at the Al Lawson Center. The second night of Homecoming Week at Florida A&M University was alive with cheers as G Phi reclaimed its title as University Housing Step Show champs from the Truth […]
Author: Amanda Jean-Mary
FAMU alumnus returns as youngest member of the Count Basie Orchestra
Ray Ellis Nelson II, 23, returned to Tallahassee to perform at the Florida Jazz & Blues Festival last month as the youngest member of the Count Basie Orchestra. The Count Basie Orchestra has been the gold standard of jazz for over 80 years. They have done so by winning 18 […]
It’s Show Time at Essential Theatre!
Yesenia Ozuna (Angel) and Christopher Beckford (Leland) rehearsing for "Blues for an Alabama Sky" The Florida A&M University Essential Theatre will be debuting two shows for the fall season in the Charles Winter Wood Theatre. The Essential Theatre will open its curtains with “Blues for an Alabama Sky” on Oct. […]
Thousands to Cross the Hispaniola Border
The Dominican Republic has deported thousands of people, including both Haitians and Dominicans. Wednesday, June 17 was the deadline to legalize undocumented foreigners living in the country. In September 2013, the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic ruled to denaturalize children of undocumented Dominican migrants born in the Dominican Republic […]
Race to Celebrate Africa Day
Participants racing at the Africa Day 5K The Tallahassee African Coalition organized the 4th annual Africa Day 5K Race on Saturday at Tom Brown Park, commemorating the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now known as Africa Union. Africa Day is celebrated on May 25 of each year. […]