Recently added articles from The Broward Times:
AKA's black Barbie may inspire young girls
Jan 18, 2008; Bennett, Brad ... FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK In the famous 1940s experiment, black children looked at a black doll and a white doll. An adult asked which one they preferred. Most chose the white doll. Thurgood Marshall used this test by psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark to help bolster the ...
Black Violin to unite hip hop, classical at MLK event
Jan 18, 2008; Reid, Joy-Ann ... Kevin Sylvester (a/k/a Kev Marcus) has fond memories of James Miles, the orchestra teacher at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale. Sylvester attended the school with his friend, Wilner Baptiste, also known as Wil b. "He is the one who got it in my head that we could do ...
Local politicians oppose property tax referendum
Jan 18, 2008; Harris, Renee Michelle ... More than 200 adult education students at North Miami Senior High School got a real-life civics lesson this week when, instead of attending their regularly scheduled evening classes, they heard from government officials about a proposal to cut property taxes. The forum, hosted by North ...
Council strives to uplift black men and boys
Jan 18, 2008; Floyd, T V ... Gov. Charlie Crist and the state Legislature this week received a blueprint to help build a firmer foundation for black males in Florida. The architectural plans, drawn up by the Council on the Status of Black Men and Boys, outlines more than 50 recommendations that group members hope ...
Obama's candidacy - a real eye opener
Jan 18, 2008; Howard, Barbara ... THE POLITICS OF BLACKNESS "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." - Matthew 11:15 As I watch the skirmishes between the Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton presidential campaigns, even I am amazed at the level of personal attacks that the Clinton machinery has leveled at ...
Income tax refunds: Bad idea
Jan 18, 2008; Henderson, Robert Jr ... FINANCE Every year, most people look forward to receiving a tax refund. In fact, some of us make plans for the money before we even receive it. Some of us even brag about how large our tax refund will be, as if receiving a big refund means you're considered smart and savvy ....
Kelly Tilghman's comment about Tiger Woods
Jan 18, 2008; McCulloch, Richard ... WAKE UP CALL I first came across the story in passing: "Golf Channel anchorwoman says lynch Tiger." With a raised eyebrow and heightened curiosity, I went on prepared to read the account of another broadcaster gone bad. Despite the incendiary headline, the facts of the incident ...
20-year-old organizes Hallandale MLK parade
Jan 18, 2008; Taylor, Tracy-Ann ... This Monday, Jan. 21, a large crowd will take to the streets of Hallandale Beach to remember the life and works of Martin Luther King Jr. The 2008 parade, themed "Celebrating Dr. King's Dream Through a Unified Mission, Vision and Brotherhood," promises to be one of the biggest parades in ...
Groups promote tax relief program
Jan 18, 2008; Floyd, T V ... The sounds of partying whistles and horns that celebrated the. New Year have been replaced with the constant tapping of calculator keys, carefully adding itemized deductions on 1040 forms throughout South Florida. From now until April 15, accountants, bookkeepers and other tax preparers ...
Dionne Warwick: A musical legend comes to Broward
Jan 18, 2008; Cartwright, Joan ... An illustrious career of four decades has established Dionne Warwick as an international musical legend with over 60 recordings. Warwick says she is "attached to all the songs" she's sung, from "Don't Make Me Over," which topped the charts in December 1962, to every song written by Burt ...
MOVIE REVIEW: First Sunday
Jan 18, 2008; Grant, Kimberly ... MOVIE REVIEW: First Sunday FIRST SUNDAY When a relationship begins, it's oh so exciting. He seems perfect. You feel perfect together. There are all of these expectations that he'll be the one. After a few months, he's not so perfect. All of his good and bad habits seem to ...
Jamaica, Farewell returns to the Broward performing arts center
Jan 18, 2008; Anonymous ... FORT LAUDERDALE - Eddy Edwards and the Riddims Cultural Foundation on Sunday will bring back award-winning writer/performer Debra Ehrhardt in her poignant autobiographical show, Jamaica, Farewell. When Edwards saw the well-received but all too brief, two-show engagement of the show in ...
AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA
Jan 18, 2008; Jones, Elgin ... SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES After more than 18 years, on Jan. 25 the Broward Times will officially become the South Florida Times. The publication is expanding its news coverage and distribution into Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties. The newspaper will also begin what is called the "auditing" ...
POSITIVELY BEAUTIFUL: Pre-vail for 21 years
Jan 18, 2008; McDaniel, Denna ... Next to childbirth (I've had four kids), learning to snowboard is the hardest thing I've ever done. Sliding down the mountain seemed so simple, but as I repeatedly fell smack dab on my tailbone time after time, I wanted to just surrender and die. Skiing had come to me so ...
Forgiving 101 (part 1)
Jan 18, 2008; Falloon-Reid, Judith ... "If you live in a glass house, you shouldn't throw stones." So goes the old saying. Last week, I wrote about the benefits of forgiving others: the idea that our willingness to forgive others is essential to healing ourselves of the hurt and pain inflicted on us by others. One of ...
Big success at the MLK Classic
Jan 18, 2008; Jenkins, Chris ... MIRAMAR- Bernie Hamrick Gym at Miramar High School had some of the best basketball the hardwood had to offer in Broward and Miami-Dade counties the weekend of January 11th-12th. In honor and in celebration of the legacy of the great civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., the 13th ...
Judge warns: Stay out of trouble
Jan 11, 2008; Bennett, Brad ... FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK You have to admire Judge Milton Wharton. From his St. Clair County, Ill. bench, Wharton metes out justice for people accused of crimes, from rape, to child molestation, to drug use and even murder. On a recent afternoon, though, he considered a ...
Leaders rally behind fired library director
Jan 11, 2008; Jones, Elgin ... Several community leaders are organizing a protest of Broward County's decision to fire Alicia Antone as executive director of the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center. Antone, who turned 46 on Thursday, was fired Jan. 2 from the $67,000-a-year job after serving in that ...
Larry R. Handfield, a humble man of loyalty, generosity and ethics
Jan 11, 2008; Bennett, Adeyela A ... WHO'S WHO IN BLACK South Florida On a Saturday morning last month, the aging minister of Northside Seventh Day Adventist Church made an unusual announcement from the pulpit. "Gov. Charlie Crist recently appointed our church member, Larry R. Handfield, to be the only minority, the ...
"Obama, Huckabee and the paradigm shift'
Jan 11, 2008; Howard, Barbara ... THE POLITICS OF BLACKNESS History shows that many men have won the battles in Iowa and New Hampshire but lost the war on the road to the White House. So let's put the Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee Iowa caucus wins into perspective as the candidates fight their way to the ...