Thursday, July 3, 2025
Chris Dudley is chairman of the Downtown Improvement Authority board. Photo Submitted by Alea Williams. The board for Tallahassee’s Downtown Improvement Authority met Monday to discuss and adopt the CEO job description, which will be advertised as soon as possible. The previous CEO, Paige Carter-Smith, resigned last month after she was […]
Courtesy of imdb.com The new release “Canal Street” is a faith-based adaptation from Rhyan LaMarr. This film focuses on an African-American teenager, Kohli Styles (Bryshere Y. Gray), who moves to Chicago to live with his attorney father (Mykelti Williamson). Styles is then wrongfully accused of murdering his white classmate in […]
Widmark Germain is a truck driver based in West Palm Beach. Photo Submitted by Widmark Germain. Widmark Germain was able to register to vote earlier this month, thanks to Amendment 4. A West Palm Beach resident, Germain, 38, spent five years in prison for a felony drug conviction. He was […]
A portrait of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey is featured at the Meek – Eaton Black Archives where items from their vast historical African- American collection can be seen by the public. Photo Submitted by Diasha Henley. The Kinsey family has been extremely influential to Florida A&M University. FAMU alumnus Bernard […]
Ralph Cantave | The Famuan “I have a dream,” is a phrase easily recognizable and synonymous to the late Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s often mentioned as if it is his logo or trademark, but it does not portray the totality of the figure we know as “Dr. King.” King’s vision […]
The Tallahassee Chapter of The Links, Inc., have partnered with The Florida Department of Health in Leon County to provide free HIV testing in recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Photo Submitted by the Tallahassee Chapter of the Links, Inc,. The Tallahassee Chapter of The Links, Incorporated has partnered […]
Ralph Cantave | The Famuan Social media is in an uproar as the NLF announced Gladys Knight, the “Empress of Soul” as a headliner for the Super Bowl. The news came as a bombshell to those boycotting the NLF, as a disregard for former 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick’s protest against police […]
Co-excutive Kevin Mullens (pictured left) looks on as FAMU alum and music producer Amir Windom discusses the new film "Canal Street." Photo Submitted by Christian Whitaker. Renowned music producer and Florida A&M University Alumnus, Amir Windom returned on Tuesday, Jan. 22 to the School of Journalism and Graphic Communication to inspire the […]
Photo of Kevi Barnett. Courtesy of Wilx.com Kevin Barnett, a stand-up comic, producing and writing Fox’s comedy series “Rel,” a young star who prided himself on providing laughter and entertainment to his viewers, died suddenly on Tuesday during a vacation trip to Tijuana, Mexico. He was 32. It was announced on […]
State Senator Joe Gruters addresses his colleagues in the Legislature. Photo courtesy of Joegrutors.org Florida state Sen. Joe Gruters (R-Sarasota) filed a bill earlier this month that provides remedies for unlawful discrimination in the workplace. Florida lawmakers have failed in recent years to agree on legislation that would prohibit unlawful […]