August 2026 – Page 890 – Free Press of Jacksonville

NYPD Sergeant at Scene of Eric Garner Chokehold Death Placed on Modified Duty, Served Departmental Charges

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Sgt. Kizzy Adonis was served the charges as part of the investigation into Eric Garner’s chokehold death and placed on modified duty on Friday, an NYPD spokesman said. (By Todd Maisel/New York Daily News) By […]

Whoopi Goldberg Resurrects ‘African-American’ vs. ‘American’ Debate

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By Adam Howard (MSNBC) Actress Whoopi Goldberg continued the apparent tradition of polarizing racial rhetoric on “The View” this Tuesday, proclaiming she is “American” not “African-American,” while criticizing Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign for the presidency. […]

Hillshire Brands Company Pays $4 Million to Settle Race Discrimination Suit

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African American Bakery Workers Subjected to Racist Comments and Graffiti in the Worksite, Federal Agency Charged Hillshire Brands Company (formerly known as the Sara Lee Corporation) will pay $4 million to a group of 74 […]

Fox Fights Record Label to Keep ‘Empire’ TV Series Title

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By Eriq Gardner, billboard.com Empire is the television equivalent of Genghis Khan, but Twentieth Century Fox Television has a little legal problem by way of a record label, Empire Distribution, asserting trademark rights. This record […]

Off The Record: Charlamagne Tha God

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by Zon’ D’ Amour LA Sentinel Contributing Writer On Being A Husband, Father & Executive Producer Charlamagne Tha God has never been one to be politically correct. As one third of the popular morning show,“The […]

Famed Psychiatrist, “Isis Papers” Author Frances Cress Welsing Dead at 80

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By Stacy M. Brown, Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Washington Informer Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, the famed 80-year-old afro-centrist, has died. Welsing’s death was announced by close friends on social media and […]

Visionaries Create Vision Boards for 2016 Goal Setting Success

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On January 2, 2016 Visionary and Business Strategist Angela Mealer partnered with Life Coach and Event Planner Pam James to host Jacksonville’s Best Vision Board Party! The event was a rendition of the traditional goal-setting […]

Oprah Winfrey Signs Largest Memorial Deal in Recent History

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by Desire Thompson Prepare to be inspired by Oprah Winfrey’s latest endeavor — a memoir. Deadline reports the media mogul has signed a deal with Flatiron Books publishing, a division of Macmillan, to release The […]

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Pillar Sanders Will have To Pay Deion $2.2 Million-And Go Back To Jail

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Los Angeles – In the never-ending war between Deion Sanders and his ex, Pilar Sanders, Deion has just scored a key victory. Specifically, he won more than a million dollars in his defamation case against […]

Have Hip-Hop and Wall Street Destroyed Soul Music?

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By Harry C. Alford NNPA News Wire Columnist Black people have always had a strong affinity for music. Soon after our forefathers were let off the slave ships and sold to plantations we started singing. […]