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JAXPORT Provides Small Business Opportunities

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More than 200 Northeast Florida business leaders participated in JAXPORT’s second annual Small Business Appreciation Day. The daylong seminar was held Tuesday at JAXPORT’s Cruise Terminal and connected area small businesses with valuable training and […]

Communities in Schools Gala Raises $170K to Support Local Students

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Communities In Schools of Jacksonville (CIS) raised more than $170,000 at its 30th anniversary gala to benefit the nonprofit’s wraparound programs designed to help local students stay on track for graduation. The event, A Toast […]

New Town Success Zone Wellness Community Day

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January 25, 2020 kicked off Wellness RX in New Town Success Zone. Wellness RX, a community led wellness programming effort to educate families, empower the community to develop healthier habits and encourage personal goals, celebrated […]

How the Founder of Black Voters Matter Thinks About Bloomberg:

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And the way the nearly all-white 2020 field is talking about race and campaigning for support from black voters. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/us/politics/bloomberg-black-voters-stop-and-frisk.html By Jennifer Medina Feb. 11, 2020 When the audio of Michael Bloomberg defending his stop-and-frisk policies in […]

FAMU Professors Salvage Journalism School Accreditation

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Controversial dean continues to generate negative press By Dante Morrison Tallahassee—A last-minute round the clock effort to complete an accreditation report paid off in dividends for the Florida A&M University School of Journalism and Graphic […]

Hair Discrimination is Alive and Well

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Dr. Julianne Malveaux By Julianne Malveaux Andrew Johnson, a high school wrestler, was forced to submit to the humiliating act of having his dreadlocks shorn or have his New Jersey team forfeit their match to […]

Local Author Debuts Book, Offers Historical Perspective of “The Vote”

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[foogallery id=”33801″] During the James Weldon Johnson Branch of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History monthly meeting, the guest speaker was historian and college professor Dr. TaKeia N. Anthony. Dr. Anthony […]

Fans Groove to New Edition Tribute

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By Lynn Jones Hundreds of fans stood in line to hear the Groove Coalition band tribute to New Edition singing group, held at Downtowns Manhattans Sports Bar. Heralded as one of the top male bands […]

Journalist Gwen Ifill Honored With Black Heritage Forever Stamp

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Gwen Ifill didn’t want it to be a big deal. The legendary journalist knew she’d served as a trailblazer for women and especially a beacon of what is professionally possible for women of color. But […]

‘Hair Love’ Director Wants to Win Oscar in Honor of Kobe Bryant

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The Associated Press / 1/31/2020 https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/01/31/hair-love-director-wants-honor-kobe-bryant-oscar-win/4621579002/ LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Matthew A. Cherry became an Oscar nominee, that was initially good enough for him, until he heard about the death of Kobe Bryant, a […]