Miami Times back issues from February 2003:
Historic Black building to be restored in Virginia
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 RICHMOND, Va. -- Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority IRRHA) and its developer Walker Row Partnership, Inc. have begun renovations to restore the historic W.W. Browne House, a building that testifies to the achievements of African Americans ...
Rolle creates workforce program
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 Last week the Miami-Dade County commissioners passed the Community Workforce Ordinance sponsored by Commissioner Dorrin D. Rolle, which is designed to help low income residents gain employment on various capital construction projects throughout the ...
The Rule Of Law: Forum shopping for death penalty
Feb 04, 2003; ... Jones, Donald Wheeler Miami Times 02-04-2003 A grand jury in Virginia, not unexpectedly, indicted 17-year-old John Lee Malvo on two counts of capital murder in last fall's sniper shootings, setting the stage for a possible death penalty if he is convicted. Malvo was ...
Study will target minority businesses nationally
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 WASHINGTON, DC -- The Minority Business Roundtable (MBRT), a national membership organization for chief executive officers (CEOs) of African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, Native-American and other minority-owned top-tier businesses, has ...
New homes Overtown mark a 20-year first
Feb 04, 2003; ... Louis, Wilson Miami Times 02-04-2003 Eleven families received keys to brand new homes and keys to a new beginning on Saturday when Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami dedicated the new structures in Miami's Overtown. Many of the home owners were overwhelmed with joy ....
Former Atlanta Mayor partners with Gary
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 STUART, FL--Bill Campbell, the former mayor of Atlanta under whose leadership the city hosted the 1996 Olympic Games, is joining the national law firm of prominent attorney Willie E. Gary, best known for taking on and defeating some of America's most ...
American Airlines facing bankruptcy: $350 billion lost in quarter
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 American Airlines has hired bankruptcy attorneys as it faces relentless financial pressures and a as possible war with Iraq looms, sources said. American executives would not confirm the hiring -- nor did they deny it. "American does not as ...
R Kelly faces more child porn charges
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 R&B singer R Kelly has been arrested on charges of possessing child pornography. The rap star was arrested by police outside a Miami hotel and taken into custody for three hours for questioning. Kelly, whose first name is Robert, is ...
Electrifying poet Sekou Sundiata visits Miami
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 While touring his theatre performance piece the Circle Unbroken is a Hard Bop around 1995, Sekou Sundiata found himself in a state of fatigue from which he could not seem to recover. A visit to the doctor revealed that Sundiata's kidneys were ...
Gates celebrates Black history with radio series
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 WASHINGTON -- Moments to Remember, an award-winning public radio series that celebrates Black History throughout the year is returning for a second year, hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. In 2003, the series begins with "Black Women: Great Moments in ...
A Cop's View: Bush and Rangel, common ground?
Feb 04, 2003; ... Moss, Delrish L. Miami Times 02-04-2003 President George W. Bush is a white Republican, southern political conservative who is strongly pro-war with Iraq without proof that they are in possession of weapons of mass destruction. He doesn't favor a woman's right to choose when ...
Blacks and Hispanics almost even in U.S.
Feb 04, 2003; ... Armas, C. Miami Times 02-04-2003 WASHINGTON -- Hispanics edged closer to outnumbering Blacks among U.S. minority groups in 2001, according to Census bureau estimates released last Tuesday. The nation's Hispanic population grew to 37 million, up 4.7 percent from Census ...
Drug companies money controls research
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 Troubling financial links between pharmaceutical firms and academic scientists are "pervasive and may impact the research process," according to a new analysis. The United States needs to watch over the ties between the scientists who study ...
Anti-war protests spreading nationwide
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 WASHINGTON -- Weekend anti-war demonstrations drew tens of thousands to rallies from San Francisco to Tampa in the largest protest to date against a possible U.S. invasion of Iraq. Sixteen people were arrested in Washington, D.C., on Sunday after ...
Why no moratorium here?
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 To Gov. Jeb Bush's contention that capital punishment in Florida warrants neither a moratorium nor even a review, we ask: If not now, when? We submit to him the crystal-clear evidence of injustice: a nation-leading 23 death row exonerations. And we ...
Why Governor Ryan cleared death row
Feb 04, 2003; ... Hawkins, Steve W. Miami Times 02-04-2003 Before outgoing Illinois Gov. George Ryan commuted the death sentences of 156 people, more than two-thirds of those on Illinois's death row were Black. These included 35 African Americans who were convicted or condemned to die by ...
Fleeing felon law is license to kill?
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 It comes as no surprise that the state attorney cleared Miami-Dade County Officer James Johns of any wrong-doing in the shooting death of 20-year-old Eddie Lee Macklin. One need only look to the ongoing trial of 11 Miami cops accused of falsifying ...
Diversity -- goal or issue?
Feb 04, 2003; ... Raspberry, William Miami Times 02-04-2003 WASHINGTON -- How can a concept like affirmative action split Americans into so many warring factions -- separating conservative from liberal, Black from white, Condoleezza Rice from Colin Powell and even George W. Bush from George ...
The Rule Of Law: A sexual predator investigates sexual predators
Feb 18, 2003; ... Jones, Donald Wheeler Miami Times 02-18-2003 A priest who once investigated sexual abuse by clergy was convicted recently of fondling a 12-year-old altar girl in 1999. While the offense of molesting a female is equally reprehensible, at least this latest case dispels the ...
Activists outraged by Detroit's NFL hiring
Feb 18, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-18-2003 Detroit, MI -- A coalition of ministers and representatives of the National Association of Black Organizations (NABO) and the National Action Network (NAN) have requested a meeting with Matt Millen, president of the Detroit Lions and William Clay Ford ...
Battles tapped by Justice Department
Feb 18, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-18-2003 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service (CRS) appointed Thomas Battles as the new Regional Director for the Southeast Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia, The Southeast Regional Office serves the states of ...
Hatchett to receive jurisprudence award
Feb 18, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-18-2003 Judge Joseph W. Hatchett, a member of the law firm of Akerman Senterfitt, will be awarded the 2003 Jurisprudence Award from the Anti-Defamation League on March 20. The award presentation will be held at the Renaissance Miami Biscayne Bay Hotel ...
Firm promotes Blacks' history in horse racing
Feb 11, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-11-2003 Houston, TX -- AdVisor, LLC, a Black-owned collegiate, sport, corporate, and entertainment brand licensing/merchandising agency announced Thursday that it has signed an exclusive contract with Marlon St. Julien. St. Julien, a 31-year-old jockey ...
Black astronaut felt 'honored, blessed' to fly shuttle missions
Feb 11, 2003; ... Walton, Marcus E. Miami Times 02-11-2003 One of the astronauts who lost their lives when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it descended to land near the completion of its 16-day mission, was one of just nine African-Americans to ever go into space. Lt. Col ...
Senate Talk: Observing National Black HIV/AIDS Day
Feb 11, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-11-2003 Friday, February 7 is Black AIDS Day all over the nation. It is important for us to recognize that more and more of our young brothers and sisters are contracting HIV and dying from AIDS. African American communities are disproportionately affected by ...
Local women leaders share insight on success
Feb 11, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-11-2003 Nationally recognized editor and author Veronica Chambers convened with some of South Florida's African American female success stories for a special reception and panel discussion hosted by Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) and its Florida Center ...
Laila Ali joins nationwide HIV/AIDS awareness campaign
Feb 11, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-11-2003 Washington, D.C. -- Laila Ali, super middle weight champ and daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, will lend her support and time to the third annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), Feb. 7. "This is an important health issue, ...
NAACP says reopen Till murder case
Feb 11, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-11-2003 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has urged the reopening of the unsolved 1955 murder case of Emmett Till whose murder, Mamie Till Mobley, died earlier this month. In a letter sent to Mississippi Attorney ...
A Cop's View: What's in a name? Indeed
Feb 11, 2003; ... Moss, Delrish L. Miami Times 02-11-2003 Hey, folks, I have two quick things to talk about this week that illustrate a similar point. The first are the findings of a recent study by the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the Massachusetts Institute of ...
Early Blacks built strong foundation in Miami: Times founder looks at Miami in 1967
Feb 11, 2003; ... Reeves, Henry E.S. Miami Times 02-11-2003 Times founder looks at Miami in 1967 Editor's Note: The following is a slightly edited version of a speech given by the founder and first editor of The Miami Times. He was addressing a gathering at the Miami-Dade Public Library, ...
Family gets state's highest damage award
Feb 11, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-11-2003 The family of a four-year-old who nearly drowned in a pool at her Hollywood apartment complex was awarded $100 million by a Broward County Circuit Court jury last week. Loren Hinton, who two years ago suffered brain damage after almost ...
Seven Haitians captured on Key Biscayne by U.S. Border Patrol
Feb 11, 2003; ... Louis, Wilson Miami Times 02-11-2003 U.S. Border Patrol officials say they are continuing to investigate what appears to be a case of human cargo smuggling that brought seven Haitians to American soil on January 16. The group of asylum-seekers was captured by the U.S ....
Comments deserve censure
Feb 11, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-11-2003 To call the comments by state Rep. Ron Greenstein, D-Coconut Creek, to state Sen. Larcenia Bullard, D-Miami, loaded is an understatement. At the very least, his comments, whether made in jest or not, were insensitive. At the very worst they were ...
Our money should back up our actions
Feb 11, 2003; ... Gantt, Lucius Miami Times 02-11-2003 They say the good die young. I say the good also die broke most of the time. People love to barbeque on Martin Luther King Junior's birthday but they didn't love Martin Luther King. They wear "X" shirts and "X" hats but they didn't ...
The loss of an 'only' hurts all the more
Feb 11, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-11-2003 The innocent expectation in his smiling face and the pure enthusiasm in his steady, congenial voice make his loss so confounding. While space shuttle launches and landings had become somewhat routine, often, a good number of us would have a passing ...
U.S. policy has America boxed in?
Feb 11, 2003; ... Raspberry, William Miami Times 02-11-2003 WASHINGTON -- President Bush -- and therefore, America -- is in a box from which there is no easy escape. If he attacks Iraq, either alone or with only the skimpiest patchwork of "allies," the long-term cost is likely to far outweigh ...
Make true reforms in police force
Feb 11, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-11-2003 It seems that newly-appointed Miami Police Chief John Timoney is attempting to make good on his promise to reform the embattled department. Timoney, who has been in his office barely enough time to warm his seat, has dismissed the department's two ...
James's sights on pros
Feb 11, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-11-2003 High school basketball phenom LeBron James was benched last week by a high school athletic association which revoked his amateur status for accepting two vintage jerseys as gifts. The senior at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School of Akron, Ohio, may ...
Former Krome detainee speaks of tough decision
Feb 11, 2003; ... Louis, Wilson Miami Times 02-11-2003 He is a father of four who was living a decent life in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He had his own business. But life turned dangerous after armed thugs shattered their dreams. This is how 45-year-old Bienemme Pierre-Louis went from being a ...
Home invasion was motive for hostage standoff
Feb 11, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-11-2003 The botched robbery of a mail truck in Carol City turned into a five-hour police chase and hostage standoff that played out on television news across the nation Friday. The drama that unfolded before the nation began around 11:15 a.m. as ...
Dennis arrested in confrontation
Feb 11, 2003; ... Smith, Jason T. Miami Times 02-11-2003 Community activists are enraged over the recent arrest of the head of a Liberty City grass-roots organization. Activists are deriding City of Miami police for arresting Brian Dennis, president of Brothers of the Same Mind, after he ...
MDHA forgets seniors
Feb 11, 2003; ... Smith, Jason T. Miami Times 02-11-2003 Sitting on metal folding chairs and singing spirituals last Wednesday, a group of senior citizens protested an unfinished construction project at their Jolivette Homes housing complex at 63rd Street and 24th Place. An $850,000 ...
Haitians lack services while in INS custody
Feb 11, 2003; ... Louis, Wilson Miami Times 02-11-2003 While the number of groups assisting Haitian asylum-seekers grows, major barriers still keep advocates from providing needed services to Haitian detainees. Advocates told The Times that a serious gap in services still exists ...
Shakeup of police brass fuels debate
Feb 11, 2003; ... Smith, Jason T. Miami Times 02-11-2003 Changes within the city of Miami police department continued last week as newly-appointed chief John Timoney dismissed two of the department's highest-ranking officers, and promoted others. Assistant Police Chief Jim Chambliss and ...
Aggressive policing courts controversy
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 The string of questionable police shootings that led to the indictment of 13 City of Miami officers and the trial of 11 of those wayward officers is cause for great concern for more reasons than one. Underneath the mountain of lies, planted guns ...
Lawmakers calling for a change after trip to Haiti
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 Saying that "the richest country in the Western Hemisphere must do more to help the poorest," U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fl., returned Sunday from a three-day fact-finding mission to Haiti that focused on the need for immediate U.S. economic ...
Oliphant still holds on
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 Six people showed up Tuesday to protest the treatment Supervisor of Elections Miriam Oliphant is receiving from the Broward County Commission. Protesters held signs in front of the Broward County Commission building while Oliphant presented her ...
Miami Gardens coasts to cityhood
Feb 04, 2003; ... Smith, Jason T. Miami Times 02-04-2003 North Miami-Dade residents overwhelmingly approved the incorporation of their community yesterday, creating the third largest city in the county and the largest Black-majority city in the state. With 81 percent of the precincts ...
Rep. Meek appointed to defense committee
Feb 04, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-04-2003 Washington -- In an honor rarely granted to freshman members of Congress, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fl., was selected by the House Democratic Steering Committee to serve on the powerful House Committee on Armed Services. "I am pleased to get ...
Lawyers press for release of Haitians
Feb 04, 2003; ... Smith, Jason T. Miami Times 02-04-2003 Calling the indefinite detention of Haitian asylum-seekers illegal, a group of Haitian lawyers has filed suit against the INS to release Haitians who reached South Florida last year. The suit, filed by members of the Haitian Lawyers ...
Macklin shooting ruled justified
Feb 04, 2003; ... Smith, Jason T. Miami Times 02-04-2003 This much is clear: the officer who shot and killed Eddie Lee Macklin will not face criminal charges, according to a report issued by the State Attorney last Wednesday. But what remains unclear is whether Miami-Dade County Officer ...
Three Blacks named to police review panel
Feb 04, 2003; ... Smith, Jason T. Miami Times 02-04-2003 Three Blacks were among nine Miami residents tapped to sit on the newly-formed City of Miami Civilian Investigative Panel (CIP). Pastor and civic activist Richard Dunn, banker Peter Roulhac, and business owner Fred St. Amand will be ...
Senator Bullard disrespected in Tallahassee
Feb 04, 2003; ... Smith, Jason T. Miami Times 02-04-2003 Politics turned ugly recently in a state Capitol parking garage when a white state representative allegedly made a rude statement to a Black state senator. A vulgar comment by Rep. Ron Greenstein, D-Coconut Creek, to Sen ....
Seven Haitians captured on Key Biscayne by U.S. Border Patrol
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Federal judge to check Broward Miranda forms
Feb 18, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-18-2003 The federal judge who will decide if Tim Brown should go free has asked to see all versions of the form Broward Sheriff's detectives have used to inform suspects about their rights in the past 13 years. Brown, who is serving life in prison for the ...
FAMU seeks $250 million for campus improvements: University commons, library, science building, cultural center on list
Feb 18, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-18-2003 A new university commons area and cultural center in the hub of campus. Renovated residence halls with better hookups for personal computers. Endowed faculty chairs to lure professors with national prestige. The list of dreams is long at ...
UM gets $2.5 million for AIDS study
Feb 18, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-18-2003 Against a backdrop of unprecedented attention to the Third World AIDS epidemic, University of Miami doctors treating patients in Haiti -- the hemisphere's most HIV-ridden country -- have gotten a $2.5 million boost from a South Florida foundation, ...
Weekly Nutrition: More 'buts' than a pack of Newports
Feb 18, 2003; ... Mason, Ann Miami Times 02-18-2003 Black women want to lose weight like white women. However, when I listen to a sister who desires to lose weight, there are a lot of `buts' in the conversation. For example, "I want to lose weight `but' I have to cook because of the kids." "I ...
GlaxoSmithKline launches Healthy Communities program: PBS documentary "Partners of the Heart" is inspiration for education and outreach initiative
Feb 18, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-18-2003 Washington, D.C. -- Today on Capitol Hill, the Congressional Black Caucus Spouses, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) unveiled a health education and outreach program designed to advance healthy living among African ...
Florida pastors minister to grieving space community
Feb 18, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-18-2003 For members of churches near Florida's Kennedy Space Center, the loss of the space shuttle Columbia amounted to losing seven family members all at once. Since the Feb. 1 tragedy, church clergy have been helping NASA workers and their families cope ...
Hijack suspect intended to get kids back
Feb 18, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-18-2003 The man who hijacked a Carol City postal truck and led police on a slow-speed chase in North Miami-Dade County described last week what led to the abduction and the five-hour-long drama. At his bail hearing last Thursday, Nevia Abraham called the ...
Reflections of an early rebel: Facing off against a racist system
Feb 18, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-18-2003 John Due and his wife Patricia, South Dade residents, are living heroes of the U.S. civil rights movement. In a series starting this week, Due recounts some of his experiences. Part One Brown v. Board of Topeka, Kansas, by the fall of 1954, ...
Blacks, Jews targets of terrorism in Miami in 1951: Carver Village bombing caused serious tension here
Feb 18, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-18-2003 (Editor's Note: The following editorial was printed in the Dec. 8, 1951 issue of The Miami Times. It comments on a period when Blacks and Jews were both targets of terrorism in this city. Miami has always been able to keep in the limelight. She is ...
February a time to reflect on the future
Feb 18, 2003 ... Miami Times 02-18-2003 With another February comes another opportunity for the country to review and reflect on the contributions that Blacks have made to this nation. Our progress and our setbacks, our triumphs and our collective disappointments. As the only group of ...
Powell's performance makes case for peace?
Feb 18, 2003; ... Raspberry, William Miami Times 02-18-2003 WASHINGTON -- It was a spectacular performance, and by the time Colin Powell was finished, I was a complete convert. But what, exactly, have I been converted from and to? It's a question I've been turning over in my mind ever ...