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Month: August 2026
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Changing Party Affiliation is Not the Answer to Impacting Local Elections
by Leslie Jean-Bart The Supervisor of Elections offices have been inundated with voters switching from Democrat, Independent, and NPA (no party affiliation) to Republican. Is there a conservative wave taking over Northeast Florida? Not quite. […]
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Ava DuVernay Becomes First Woman of Color to Direct a $100m Film
Ava DuVernay Nigel M. Smith, theguardian.com Ava DuVernay has made history as the first woman of color to direct a live-action film that boasts a budget over $100m, with Disney’s upcoming A Wrinkle in Time. […]
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BLACK AND GOLD: Blacks Ready to Dominate Rio 2016 Summer Games
By Erick Johnson and J. Coyden Palmer, Crusader Gold always looks good on black. Together, they radiate the dominance and grace of a dynasty. From the ornate relics inside the grand palaces of kings and […]
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Uber Passenger Raises Over $8,000 to Send Driver to Rio to Watch His Son Compete in the Olympics
Thanks to the efforts of an Uber passenger, an Olympian’s father is now heading to Rio to watch his son compete. Uber driver Ellis Hill was driving passenger Liz Willock on an hour-long trip in […]
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Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., Last Surviving Birmingham Bomber, Denied Parole
by CORKY SIEMASZKO An Alabama parole board has denied the last surviving Birmingham church bomber’s first attempt to get out of prison. Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., an 86-year-old Ku Klux Klansman serving a life sentence for […]
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Comedian Cocoa Brown Wows Her Audience with Educational Humor, Fun and Everyday Life
By Lynn Jones – Appearing at Jacksonville Comedy Club, Friday, August 5th and Saturday, August 6, is Southern girl and single mom Cocoa Brown! Well-known for her role on Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse, Ted 2, Single […]
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Students Recognized For Keeping Jazz Genre Alive
This past weekend, the Jacksonville Jazz Society (JJS) held their fifth Annual Scholarship Affair. The evening commenced with the Limitless Band which consist of approximately eight music students of Douglas Anderson School of the […]
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Celebrity Housewife NeNe Leakes Brings Her Life to Fans in Jax!
Actress and now comedian NeNe Leakes ascended on the Comedy Zone this past weekend to deliver jokes and antics on her career, family and her hit TV show, “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”. NeNe came […]
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A Journey of Vision, Passion, Purpose, Entertainment and Workshops Enriches the 2016 Odyssey Media Network Retreat
[foogallery id=”12719″] Odyssey Media CEO Linda Spradley Dunn, known for her moniker: “I’m Dunn talking” was in rare form for the 2016 Odyssey Network Ultimate Business Retreat conference held May 31st – June 3rd at […]