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Bi-Partisan Outrage Grows After Trump Posts Video of Obamas as Primate

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WASHINGTON — A social media post by President Donald Trump showing former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama depicted as monkeys has sparked widespread outrage across the political spectrum and renewed debate […]

BofA Names Goodwill Industries of North Florida and First Coast Habitat for Humanity its Jacksonville 2025 Neighborhood Builders

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Bank of America has named Goodwill Industries of North Florida and First Coast Habitat for Humanity as its 2025 Neighborhood Builders® for their work expanding economic mobility by providing workforce support and creating affordable homeownership opportunities for families across Northeast Florida. […]

First Run Features: Honors Black History Month With Insightful & Award-Winning Films

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How They Got Over tells the story of how Black gospel quartet music became a primary source for the birth of rock & roll, and in the process helped to break down racial walls in 1950s […]

Jayne Kennedy Reflects on Breaking Barriers, Reinvention, and Owning a Full Life in Hollywood

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Jayne Kennedy on the cover of her memoir “Plain Jayne.” (Courtesy Photo) Keith L. Underwood | LA Sentinel, Entertainment Writer Jayne Kennedy has never viewed her life as a series of isolated moments. In her […]

Jill Scott’s Latest Delivers a Love Letter, a Warning and a Testimony

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Three-time GRAMMY® Award–winning icon Jill Scott triumphantly releases her sixth studio album, To Whom This May Concern, available now worldwide. Released independently through her own Blues Babe imprint and distributed by Human Re Sources/The Orchard, the highly anticipated project marks […]

‘She was Sitting on the End of the Bed Looking at the Ring, I said, ‘Will You Marry Me?’

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BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times ARVETRICE ‘VET’ WADE-JONES & LUCIUS JONES SR. Live: Pleasant Grove Married: April 14, 2019 Met: Summer 2004, at the City of Birmingham’s Public Works division, where they both worked in […]

AND STILL WE RISE: Spelman Grad Named CEO of Sams Club

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by Sylvia Perry Just in time for Black History Month, Latriece Watkins, a longtime Walmart executive, has been named president and chief executive officer of Sam’s Club, effective Feb. 1, in a leadership reshuffle announced […]

Rapper Ludacris to Headline TPC Golf Tournament

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By Sylvia Perry PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.— Rap artist Ludacris is facing criticism from some conservative Republicans ahead of his planned performance at the Military Appreciation Day concert tied to the PGA TOUR’s THE PLAYERS […]

Is the Caribbean the New Dumping Ground of the U.S.?

August 6, 2026 admin 0

By Sylvia Perry In the past week, a string of Caribbean governments announced or advanced talks with Washington to accept U.S. deportees who have not committed violent crimes — including people whose stays in the […]

Betty Burney to Chair City’s Prestigious Journey Forward Board

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By Sylvia Perry Local education leader and nonprofit CEO Betty Seabrook Burney will assume the role of chair of the Jacksonville Journey Forward Board, succeeding Attorney W.C. Gentry, who resigned unexpectedly to focus on his […]