Month: August 2026

By Terry Shropshire | September 17, 2020 |  – NFL legend Peyton Manning has established scholarships at six historically Black colleges and universities, including one in the name of icon Doug Williams at Grambling State University. Manning, 44, […]

Written by BET Staff – Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is putting the Trump Administration on blast for shutting down the census count a month early, with 40% of her city’s residents yet to be counted. While 87.5% […]

By Victor Trammell – As the ongoing COVID-19-related crisis continues to destabilize the nation’s economy, members of the U.S. Congress are not making progress in closing a deal on a second stimulus relief package for […]

By Victor Omondi – Stanley Crouch, a renowned jazz critic has just died at the age of 74. Based on an announcement given by his wife, Gloria Nixon-Crouch, the 74-year-old died at the Calvary Hospital in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Is it possible the election will be up in the air and we won’t have a president on Inauguration Day: Jan. 20, 2021? Even if the election is messy and contested in […]

By Lynn Jones – 1961 was a pivotal year in American history. Civil Rights icons Martin Luther King. Jr., Congressman John Lewis, Reverend Joseph Lowry, Andrew Young and many others were on the front line for […]

By Lynn Jones-Turpin – Jacksonville has a rich film history and has been often referred to as the first Hollywood.  The location, weather and cost of production had made this an ideal city to film […]

LaVilla, the neighborhood that birthed the musical heritage of Jacksonville’s African Americans has opened an outdoor exhibition honoring that 120 year legacy through portraits by contemporary artists. The nine portraits included the likes or J. […]