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Although last Saturday’s football game between the Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs didn’t turn out the way the Gators expected, Black Alumni still celebrated with a world-class tailgate party. The University of Florida Association of […]

For 54 years Rosa and Curtis Griffin have lived a life of love and respect.  The Griffin’s met at Johnson’s Restaurant, which was his wife’s family diner located in downtown Jacksonville. As the story goes, […]

By Carlottra GuytonGospel music is said to be food for the soul.  In fact, singer and pastor Marvin Sapp, once said, “Gospel music allows us to become closer to God and each other.” The love […]

Since 1946, the Blue Angels have represented the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps to audiences throughout the U.S. with their high-flying aerobatic jet performances. The team proudly claims to “showcase the excitement and power of […]

By Lynn Jones At the height of the civil rights movement, the NAACP was instrumental in developing strategies throughout the South to end segregation, lynchings and blatant economic inequalities. Today, the organization is still no […]

By Lynn Jones This past weekend, soulful crooner Maxwell headlined his “50 Intimate Nights Live Tour” at the Times Union Center in front of a sellout crowd.  Stepping to the stage to start the evening […]

By William Jackson – For African Americans, entrepreneurship has always been important as many Blacks struggled to find jobs after slavery and during the segregation era.  Madame CJ Walker, is known as the first Black […]

Fellowship, education and transforming lives have always been guiding principals for the national sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. (NSPDK) is a nonprofit, educational sorority founded by eight educators desiring to establish a sisterhood among […]

By Jeroline D. McCarthy – African American men have always been the foundations of the Black family, but that very foundation is often times under attack from various sources.  The Black church has historically been […]