Motorists along one of Lakeland's major thoroughfares are being greeted with a billboard asking a provocative question: "Don't believe in God?" ...more

November 3, 2009

It took me a while to find the column. I read it and then looked at the date. It had happened on March 27, 1991, exactly 18 years ago. ...more

March 27, 2009

The first time Terry Durham preached, he was not in front of a group of people or even inside a church. He was in the bathroom of his grandmother's home in Fort Lauderdale, delivering his first sermon surrounded by toothbrushes, soap and towels. He was 6 years old. ...more

March 1, 2009

A group of black ministers who supported U.S. Sen. Roland Burris as he fought to get his job now plan to ask for his resignation following revelations that he tried to raise money for the disgraced governor who appointed him, one of the ministers told The Associated Press on Thursday. ...more

February 19, 2009

The third Sunday in January, known as "King Sunday" in Atlanta after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., easily could've been called "Obama Sunday" this year. ...more

January 18, 2009

Watch Night services are about as old as black churches in America. ...more

December 31, 2008

The Rev. James Favorite had long favored changing the state constitution to ban gay marriage, but he sharpened his message when the Florida NAACP came out on the opposite side. ...more

November 6, 2008

Booker Lundy doesn't need to be told too much about the Florida Black Heritage Trail. ...more

October 24, 2007

Tampa has its share of sites to explore along the Florida Black Heritage Trail, a state-published list of historical places, including St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church. ...more

October 24, 2007

Booker Lundy doesn't need to be told too much about the Florida Black Heritage Trail. ...more

October 22, 2007