Thoughts come and go and my river flows constantly, because at night, I dream and I long to be pleased… by you sir. I’ve been thinking about you too much I love the way you touch and you smell you kiss and you tell but… I don’t mind I’m just glad to say that […]

For local children, Black History Month meant more than the typical speeches and marches. It meant taping, cutting and spray-painting their way to celebrating black history. Six Tallahassee community centers celebrated Black History Month by creating displays honoring blacks in aviation. Through a joint effort between the Tallahassee Regional Airport […]

Health experts and informational booths blanketed the Grand Ballroom Wednesday for the Second Annual Rattler Health Initiative. The event was aimed at informing the student body of the health issues that plague both college campuses and the black community. “Our aim was to promote health awareness for the students of […]

FAMU’s goal is to educate the young black minds of tomorrow. However, how can they achieve this goal if the professors who educate these minds are not at the top of their game? Many black professors, especially in the fields of math and science, are lacking doctorate degrees. Some people […]

I inhale the fragrance of your magnificence and the vision of you marinates in my brain. My soul dances happily as I feel you deep inside of me and I exhale your name. If I can look you that must mean that I can look at you that must mean […]

The Beta Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. congratulates its spring 2005 Black Family Essay Contest winner, Anthony S. Ray Jr. Ray is a senior newspaper journalism student from Miami. Printed below is the winning entry in its entirety: One of the most drastic problems that black families […]

Abuse and rap have no correlation I read the column in Friday’s paper on domestic violence and rap and I wanted to commend the writer on a job well done! He really put his foot in that article and made many points that people aren’t willing to understand. I truly […]

American society shuns domestic abuse victims The old cliché, “no one can do nothing more to you than you allow them to do” is relative in most domestic situations. Through all forms of media, America has turned these domestic abuse victims into defendants, having to prove beyond the bruises and […]

Please don’t hate me too much when I say this, but I don’t think Jamie Foxx should have gotten an Oscar Sunday evening. Don’t get me wrong, I know Foxx is an incredible actor. He did very well portraying the late Ray Charles in the movie “Ray,” belting out “Georgia […]

Florida Conference of Black State Legislators Prayer Breakfast will be held March 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Civic Center Arena. The event speaker is Bishop Paul Morton and local and state gospel choirs will perform. For more information, contact Shamika Baker at 575-4846 or e-mail mikakemo@hotmail.com. […]