Former Gators frustrated by Black student-athlete experience at UF
Jaimie Hoover heard the same comments every time she changed her hairdo.
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Jaimie Hoover heard the same comments every time she changed her hairdo.
Former NFL linebacker, activist and co-host of FS1’s “Speak for Yourself” Emmanuel Acho spoke live to UF students in a free event at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Monday.
HB 1 is an anti-protest bill signed into law in Florida last month that sparked backlash from local governments and community leaders. The bill was proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in response to the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer of 2020. The purpose of the bill is to “combat rioting,” however, its broad definition criminalizes protesters as well. If a group of 25 people are protesting and one person commits a violent act, the police could arrest the entire group and charge them with a third degree felony of “committing a riot” for that one individual’s action.
A year ago, the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement reverberated around the world. Petitions, social media campaigns and demonstrations called for attention to racial equality within local law enforcement and university campuses. Now, The Alligator is checking in on how much progress has been made in Gainesville.
Across the country, people come together to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community through Pride Month.
Students have been fighting for further recognition of UF’s Black population for decades. Now, the university is working to install a marker recognizing its first Black students.
Attending conference calls with investors in the car, filing patents and staying up until dawn to discuss app updates — all in a day’s work.
“Kill their moms, rape their daughters,” is what people heard from their windows in London on May 16.
Gainesville’s City Commission approved a motion that will allow two nonprofits and the city attorney to draft a formal complaint against Florida’s House Bill 1. The complaint could lead to a lawsuit that would challenge the bill in court.
Here at The Alligator, we pride ourselves on many things, perhaps the most important being our independence.
A new set of legislation signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis Monday will affect community gatherings and protests deemed violent by law enforcement.
Living out of trash bags or driving Los Angeles residents for Uber were only pit stops to actress Tiffany Haddish and TikTok star Tabitha Brown’s Hollywood dreams.
Gainesville residents voted Tuesday to re-elect one city commissioner who saw them through a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but voted out the other incumbent in favor of a local activist.
Gainesville Herbal Aid is partnering with GRACE Grows to bring herbal education and medicine to the local homeless community.
East Gainesville activists and some residents have kept a watchful eye on City Commissioner Gigi Simmons, 48, since she was elected to represent them in 2018. Now that she’s up for re-election, some are throwing their support behind her challenger — Desmon Duncan-Walker.
Antonio Farias, UF’s first Chief Diversity Officer, who oversees diversity and inclusion efforts, left his post Sunday.
Twelve months. Three semesters. One atypical year.
Black students at UF have the opportunity to share their stories through a research project funded by UF’s Racial Justice Research Fund.
Standing halfway up the steps of Tigert Hall in a black dress, Ebony Love spoke into a microphone about the hardships Black students at UF have faced since George H. Starke Jr., the first Black student to attend the university in 1958.
Latoya Brazil didn’t know the story of how her great-grandfather Lester Watts was lynched in Gainesville until she was 17 years old. Brazil’s great-grandmother, who was with Watts when he was shot, sat Brazil and her cousin down and told them the story.