The issues
Dear Editor: One thing I’ve observed growing up in south St. Pete is that the self-proclaimed “gatekeepers” have been in the business of tearing down, …
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Well done!
Dear Editor: The St. Petersburg Branch NAACP’s Freedom Fund 2017 is done! We are thankful that we were blessed with more than 500 guests who came to offer …
Being a black woman in America
Dear Editor: “The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected …
Southside Community College Fund?
Dear Editor: On June 17, the St. Petersburg Branch of the NAACP will award two $1,500 scholarships in honor of past presidents Mrs. Garnelle Jenkins and …
Dashboard cameras are needed!
Dear Editor: Retired Chief of Police Jim Bueermann of Redlands California Police Department, a job he held for approximately 13 years, ran a span of 33 years …
Freedom Fund Banquet
Dear Editor: While launching planning efforts for the St. Petersburg NAACP’s Branch 2017 Freedom Fund Celebration in January 2016, the executive committee …
Our village
Dear Editor: We’ve all heard the old African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Contrary to popular belief, this phrase could not be any …
Fight the blight
Dear Editor: One of the biggest pieces of the puzzle that seems to be missing in the city’s economic redevelopment plan for South St. Petersburg is …
Where have all the black-owned businesses gone?
Dear Editor: In a recent business article, researcher Brian S. Feldman explored the question: “What happened to all the black-owned businesses?” Feldman …
Black youth
Dear Editor: As many of you know, there has been a push in many areas of the African-American community to mentor or to get involved with inner-city youth …
Cultures of complacency
Dear Editor: The series of events that have evolved over the last week at Campbell Park Elementary should serve as an opportunity for all Pinellas County …
Can we grow our own healthy foods?
Dear Editor: The City of St. Petersburg last Monday, April 17 at the Enoch Davis Center conducted a workshop on a community gardens initiative to gather …
Authentic leadership
Dear Editor, Leaders, a word tossed around in America like a rag doll, leaving the impression that leaders are like opinions everyone can be one! As a …
Social and economic situations continue to deteriorate
Letter to the Editor: The last couple of weeks of trying to get a family of six housing, food and transportation between Pinellas and Seminole Counties have …
Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, lives on
Dear Editor, “We the people,” the first three words to the preamble to the Constitution should be tattooed on the foreheads of every elected official at …
Freedom Fund Celebration
Dear Editor, On June 17, 2017, the St. Petersburg Branch of the NAACP will host its Freedom Fund Celebration on the grounds of the historic McCabe United …
Your history book arrives weekly
Dear Editor: It is painful for African Americans when we realize we have been left out or written out of books and museums that tell the stories of the very …