Month: August 2026

The Northside Coalition of Jacksonville (NCOJ) in partnership with Kids Hope Alliance (KHA) and the City of Jacksonville (COJ) sponsored the “Stop the Violence & Increase the Peace” rap contest event for all public school students. Billed as a […]

The Durkeeville neighborhood, west of downtown Jacksonville was once home to some of the city’s most prominent African American families.  The community’s mostly red brick homes were its signature and many of those homes still […]

By Dr. Janet Seabrook When I first heard that award-winning, Hollywood film producer John Singleton had been placed on life support, I immediately wanted to know why? After all, I knew he was barely 50, […]

by Krystal Franklin May 13, 2019 Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images FOX has announced Empire will end after its sixth season. The Lee Daniels‘ drama famously starred Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard, Trai Byers, Jussie […]

Women who are commandeering the friendly skies of aviation from the control towers to the cockpit were spotlighted at the 2019 Young Women of Color Empowerment Conference at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts on […]

In an effort to bring attention to recent injustice in South Georgia and Northeast Florida, Black Lawyers For Justice Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz and New Black Party Ministers Mikhail Muhammad and James Muhammad held press […]

The University of Florida Health “Little Miracles” 19th annual community baby shower was held last weekend inside the UF Health Resource Learning Center. Dozens of mothers, families, doctors, nurses and local non-profit organizations were on hand […]