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"I saw this guy with the gun," said Richard Beckford. "He tied my hands behind my back. He tied my feet." Beckford, 30, was describing one of the most frightening moments of his life.
Richard Beckford called his shot. “We are history in the making,” Beckford said in April 2021, a little more than a year after being hired to build Florida Memorial University’s the ROAR ...
Richard Beckford, the director of band, speaks to Florida Memorial University students during a recent rehearsal of The ROAR Marching Band on Friday, June 9, 2023, in Miami Gardens, Florida.
“Being able to represent South Florida’s only HBCU and to have the HBCU presence in the MLK Parade in our own city is a great honor,” Beckford said. To show support to the ROAR Marching Band ...
Miami Proud: Florida Memorial Univeristy's marching band set to make history 02:21. MIAMI - A local college marching band is getting international attention and is making history while doing so ...