Tag: Florida
LaRoyce Marsh: The Birmingham Business Owner Who Buys And Sells From...
By Alaina Bookman | abookman@al.com
LaRoyce Marsh, owner of d’Trespa Consignment & Vintage Boutique, was 50 years old when she began pursuing her dream of starting...
ASU Football Player Suspended After Punching Security Guard
By Nyah Peebles
hbcubuzz.com
Alabama State University has suspended one of its football players indefinitely following an incident with a security guard at Saturday’s game against Florida A&M...
HBCU Roundup For Sept. 23: Tuskegee U. Looks to Stay Unbeaten
By Donald Hunt
Special to the Times
Tuskegee University is one of the hottest teams in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) putting together an impressive...
Teams Announced for TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl
BY PAT BYINGTON
bhamnow.com
The 16th TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl will host the first ever matchup between Sun Belt Conference runner-up Coastal Carolina University and East Carolina University from the American Athletic Conference...
Here’s How Birmingham Can Help With Relief Efforts in Fla.
uss.salvationarmy.org
The Salvation Army is on the ground in Florida, working to assist with relief efforts and address needs of survivors and the communities of...
Airlines Want to Recruit More Diverse Pilots. HBCUs Could be a...
By Curtis Bunn
nbcnews.com
At Florida Memorial University, a small historically Black university in Miami Gardens, Tremaine Johnson is training to become one of the country’s few...
Meet Birmingham’s Ursula Smith: Teacher, dancer, choreographer
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
If the phrase “Representation Matters” were a person, it would be Ursula Smith. Making sure Black girls and...
Florida lottery winner to use part of $52M to transform district
By Brittany Wallman
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A childhood in the black community of Memphis. A cruise line career that delivered him to...
Irma, downgraded to tropical storm, sets sights on Alabama
Times Staff Report
As Floridians continued to ride out what used to be Hurricane Irma, their neighbors to the north, including here in Alabama, braced...