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Closing out summer with music, food, fun
Midtown’s first Community Unity Festival draws hundreds to park FROM STAFF REPORTS Hundreds turned out Aug. 17 for live music, food and fun for Midtown’s first Community Unity Festival at Daisy Stocking Park. Hosted by Daytona Beach Commissioner Paula Reed, the festival was designed to give residents a family-friendly venue and age-appropriate activities to celebrate […]
More than 1,100 new students at B-CU
School term includes new master’s degrees, renovations of dorms and dining hall FROM STAFF REPORTS Bethune-Cookman University’s fresh crop of new students arrived Aug. 15 and school officials expect more than 1,100 freshmen and transfer students. More than 3,500 students are enrolled at the university for fall classes. B-CU also has raised admission requirements such […]
Deltona wins fight about right to speak at meeting
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A woman who sought to speak at a city commission meeting about a massive development plan did not have the right to be heard under the state’s Sunshine Law, an appeals court ruled last Friday. The 5th District Court of Appeal sided with the city of Deltona, which did not allow […]
A growing movement: Peace Riders promote way to unity and harmony
BY CHARLENE MUHAMMAD THE FINAL CALL COMPTON, CALIF. – A multi-ethnic, multi-faith coalition recently gathered for the 10th United in Peace Foundation’s Peace Ride in honor of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Hundreds of motorcyclists and low riders participated in their largest ride ever on July 28. Decked in orange, grey and classic black leather, […]
Lucas signs charitable trust with B-CU; starts with $100,000 gift
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES Daytona resident and retired educator Harold V. Lucas Jr. signed a charitable trust with Bethune-Cookman University on Tuesday. Lucas initiated the trust with a $100,000 gift to the institution. Lucas has a 75-year history with Bethune-Cookman, beginning as a child whose father worked closely with institution founder Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. […]
University opens campus in Deltona
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES Bethune-Cookman University is extending its reach in Florida with the opening of its Deltona Campus on Monday. A crowd milled around new classrooms and administrative offices at 1555 Saxon Blvd., a renovated medical complex that houses the new campus. A performance by the Wildcats Marching Band followed a ribbon cutting at […]
A brand-new problem for Republicans
During the past year, we have watched monumental change take place all over the world; not just in terms of democracy, but in terms of culture, law, and politics, etc. Our major institutions have not been immune from this change that is sweeping across the globe. There has been a major push to redefine what […]
Another warrior rises in St. Paul
In my travels I have met many outstanding warriors. The late Arthur A. Fletcher and Parren J. Mitchell have cultivated the nation’s landscape in terms of economic empowerment. There is no one who can possibly mess with Dorothy Leavell in Chicago and get away with it. These greats and legions of others give us hope […]
Hip-Hop artists miss a beat by avoiding D.C. march
JINEEA BUTLER NNPA COLUMNIST Beginning this weekend, there will be two celebrations of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom – one on Saturday, Aug. 24 and another one on Aug. 28, the actual anniversary of the march. Yet, I haven’t heard or seen much enthusiasm from the hip-hop community and began to […]
Celebrating the ‘masses’ of the mass movement
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wasn’t there by himself. On that sweltering sunlit day of Aug. 28, 1963, King and the other leaders of the national civil rights organizations didn’t stand at the Lincoln Memorial and speak their powerful words to an empty outdoor auditorium of the National Mall. They spoke to the masses of […]
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