According to newspaper reports from August 1947, 45 families - 119 people, including 70 children - were evicted.
Timothy Coon was Polk County's first Black judge, a retired Air Force Reserve officer, an avid golfer, a married man of 48 years and father.
The state of Florida has one of the smallest wealth gaps by race and ethnicity, according to a WalletHub report ...
Where are Americans least likely to use a bank? Spokeo analyzed data from the FDIC to illustrate where banking is falling ...
There was a time when Florida set the gold standard for open government. Our Sunshine laws were the envy of the nation. Those days are over.
The relationships between Indigenous tribes and formerly enslaved Black people in the U.S. were complex, shaped by historical ...
Emmanuel George holds a deck of Black Broward Flashcards that he created to celebrate and educate about the county’s rich Black history. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com Not everyone in Broward knows ...