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Host Walter Smith II and the Fourth Estate’s Annie Miles talks with attorney Chuck Hobbs. The Forum takes an investigative look into the process to find a new president for the historically Black Florida A&M...

“Freedom, in any case, is only possible by constantly struggling for it.” -Albert Einstein On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed legislation designating Juneteenth (June 19th) as a federal holiday. Although the Emancipation Proclamation...

Listen: The Tampa Theatre, in partnership with Film Tampa Bay, is highlighting Black filmmakers at its third annual Juneteenth Film Celebration on Thursday.  The celebration will preview upcoming films and display shorts by Tampa Bay...

Jarvis El-Amin and Gannette Stewart from The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County join the Forum to announce Barbershop Conversations. The barbershop as a symbol of a safe place for men to have conversation about the...

There will be a three day celebration for Junetheenth will be hosted by City of Clearwater starting on June 15th.

The Barbershop Conversations program is training barbers to be mental health and wellness advocates for their clients in underserved communities.

Listen: This weekend will mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police.  Tampa activists plan to rally against an April executive order by President Trump they say emboldens...

Howard Gunn, an African-American farmer, joins the Forum to discuss a host of issues around agri-business. African-American farmers represent only 1.24% of all farmers in the U.S. although Black people make up 12.4% of the...

But the House version of the Florida Museum of Black History bill has not moved through committees.

Attorney Danielle Hernandez, Esq (center) at WMNF on Sunday Forum. From the Left: Patro Mabili, Annie Miles, Hernandez, host Walter L Smith II and Keto Nord, the photo guy

Voting was a right limited to men or property owners before the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. constitution in 1920. States’ rights was invoked as a way of preserving white supremacy in...

Listen: Before there was Tropicana Field and its surrounding acres of asphalt, there was the Gas Plant Neighborhood in St. Petersburg. Now, there’s a new documentary shining a light on the primarily Black neighborhood destroyed...