This is a public service announcement to all the African American visitors coming to Miami Beach for Memorial Day weekend. There are a few things you need to know when you crossover the causeways to party in the city that doesn’t want you, but wants to take your money. Here are the new rules you will have to abide by unless you want your black ass to end up in Dade County Jail:
Read more ...Over the weekend, Luther Campell joined a panel of distinguished panel of African Americans to discuss the controversy surrounding Urban Beach Weekend on Miami Beach with Helen Ferre, host of the news show Issues on WPBT. You can view the second part here.
Miami Beach could have avoided the deadly mess that occurred this past May 31 had they invested in making Memorial Day Weekend an event we can all be proud of as Americans. Nine years ago, I stepped forward to help the city of Miami Beach get a handle on Memorial Day Weekend. I graduated high school on Miami Beach. I owned a nightclub in the city too. I love the place. And I want to see everybody get along. So I came up with Umoja Festival, which is derived from an African word that means “coming together in oneness and unity.”
