Year: 2026

Jacksonville residents showed up and showed out for the Black Excellence Fest formerly known as the Black Expo, over a four-day confab of community connections in health awareness, generational wealth, entrepreneurship and job creation.  The festival […]

Chicago native and world-renowned promoter Dean Roberts launched Phatt Katz Comedy in July 1998 in Frankfort, Germany bringing comedy to the nation’s troops, spouses and civilians working overseas. What began as a novel idea to […]

By S. Quarles – Jacksonville native Magaret Williams celebrated her 95th birthday recently with family and friends at her Northside home. Born June 13, 1929, she attended Old Stanton. Affectionately known as “Too Sweet” she […]

By K. Harrison – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp hosted hundreds of baseball fans for Negro League Baseball night as the team honored the Jacksonville Red Caps. The Shrimps faced off against the Indianapolis Indians as […]

A. Phillip Randolph Blvd was packed with Jax Melanin Market Juneteenth revelers excited to celebrate the spirit of freedom. The vendor filled marketplace welcomed hundreds of friends, family and community neighbors excited to participate in […]

Holding court for 76 years in the Northside”s Cleveland Road community, the James Weldon Johnson YMCA held their annual family reunion bringing together generations who have made the beloved institution a family legacy.  Family, friends […]

With a little over a month before the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics, the top American track and field athletes are looking to earn an opportunity to compete for gold. One of them is […]

Liz Tung, WHYY – On a Friday afternoon last December, Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill stood on a stage next to Gov. Josh Shapiro, describing the fear he felt every time he crossed the Ben Franklin Bridge […]

by Stacy M. Brown – Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger has announced his endorsement of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris just ahead of the first presidential debate in Atlanta. Kinzinger, a self-described Republican […]