Monday, April 29, 2024
Entrance to "What They Fought: Resistance to Integration" exhibit at Claude Pepper Library on FSUs campus. Photo submitted by Raiyana Malone Inside the Claude Pepper Library, almost hidden on the campus of Florida State University, is an exhibit that sets out to help those who came after the 1956 Tallahassee Bus […]
Metz Culinary Management informs customers that debit and credit cards will not be accepted at this time. Photo submitted by Raiyana Malone. Many students who swiped their debit or credit cards at any one of Florida A&M’s on-campus dining facilities this week were stunned to learn that their bank accounts […]
Photo Courtesy of https://daniellemcguire.com/2018/10/25/letters-for-betty-jean-owens/ May 2, 1959, was a night that was supposed to feel like a dream for Florida A&M student Betty Jean Owens. Her dream night quickly turned into a nightmare and became a rape case that would stain the city of Tallahassee. Owens and three of her friends […]
Dustin Daniels, left, John Dailey, right face off in open candidates forum. Photo Submitted by Raiyana Malone The race for Tallahassee’s next mayor is coming to a close. The two candidates, Dustin Daniels, Andrew Gillum’s former chief of staff, and John Dailey, who has served as a county commissioner for […]
Tallahassee linemen continuing to restore powerlines. Photo courtesy of Tallahassee Democrat In the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, 97 percent of Tallahassee’s residents had power restored within five days of the Oct. 10 storm. With winds reaching up to 71 mph and strong rains raging through a city teeming with canopy […]
Terrence McNair of T&M Transportation. Raiyana Malone | The Famuan As the son of a mother who never owned a driver’s license, Terrence Kintay McNair knows firsthand what it is like to have a desire to get somewhere but not the means to get there. McNair’s personal experiences and selfless character […]
FAMU Village, currently the newest dorm on campus. Raiyana Malone | The Famuan Year after year Florida A&M University (FAMU) enrolls close to 10,000 students. As of late this number has begun to increase, and the university is often scrambling to not only find housing to accommodate this growing number, but also […]
Florida A&M University alumna Qasimah P. Boston will host the eighth annual “Ten Toes Down” symposium at FAMUs Developmental Research School. The event will focus on the connection between food insecurity and children’s mental health and public safety. The first symposium was held in 2011, the inspiration for this event comes from Boston’s efforts […]
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum stunned the political establishment last month when he received the Democratic Party’s nomination to run against Trump endorsed Ron DeSantis in November’s Florida Governor race. There was no doubt that Gillum, a graduate of Florida A&M, had the support of his alma mater’s student body as […]