August 2026 – Page 494 – Free Press of Jacksonville

Disney World Celebrates Los Angeles Lakers 2019-2020 NBA Championship Win: Lights Cinderella Castle Purple & Gold

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The Los Angeles Lakers won the 2019-2020 NBA Championship on Sunday, October 11th at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, and Disney celebrated by lighting Cinderella Castle in […]

This Moving Panels Talks Self-Love As Black Trans Women

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By Nandi Howard – Leyna Bloom, Tori Cooper, Isis King and Ianne Fields-Stewart Chat about Confronting prejudice in the queer community.During the Girls United 2020 Summit, critical conversations kicked off the virtual event. From encouraging […]

9 Women Leaders on What Gender Equality Means to Them

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, a major milestone in the fight for gender-based equality. But the early women’s suffrage movement failed in many ways, erasing the work of Black […]

Killer Mike, Andrew Young, Bounce TV’s Ryan Glover Team Up to Open Digital Black-Owned Bank

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Rapper and entrepreneur Killer Mike has teamed up with Ambassador Andrew Young and the founder of Bounce TV to start a digital bank aimed at Black and Latino consumers and to support Black businesses nationally. Ryan Glover, who owns […]

Black Voters Matters “Blackest Bus in America,” Hits the Road as Part of National Voter Outreach Initiative

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Black Voters Matter (BVM) announced a national bus tour as part of its “WE GOT THE POWER” campaign to reach Black voters in the weeks leading up to Election Day. The tour started September 26, […]

Atlanta Falcons Name Raheem Morris Interim Head Coach

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Defensive coordinator Raheem Morris has been named the Atlanta Falcons‘ interim head coach, the team announced Monday. Morris replaces Dan Quinn, who was fired Sunday along with general manager Thomas Dimitroff. Morris has coached on […]

FUNdraising Good Times: Honoring Ida B. Wells

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Ida B. Wells fight for the dignity of Black lives continues across the country. History calls Ida B. Wells a suffragist, anti-lynching activist, journalist, fighter for democracy. She was all these things are more. […]

Response to Trump’s 2016 Data Suppression Black on Black Americans

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Moné Holder, New Florida Majority’s Senior Program Director for Policy, Advocacy and Research, provides insight regarding a recent report from British investigative journalists at Channel 4 News that found the Trump 2016 campaign used stolen Facebook data […]

Black and Missing Foundation Founder Warns Pandemic Could Further Expose the Vulnerable

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#NNPA BlackPress – By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “It’s important to note that the FBI groups Hispanics in with whites, so the percentage of those reported missing in 2018 are […]

Economy and Race Relations Seen as Growing Concerns Ahead of Election

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NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “It is not surprising that voters overall rate the economy as the most important issue impacting their vote for president this year […]