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Fly Jock Flies in to Receive Coveted UNCF Leadership Award

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Tom Joyner popularly known as the The Fly was in Jacksonville last week to receive an award at the United Negro College Fund 11th Leaders luncheon. The luncheon was hosted by UNCF Jacksonville chapter and […]

Delta Cave Celebrates 100th Birthday

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Mrs. Delta Cave was born December 9, 1916 on the Southside of Jacksonville, Florida celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends at the Arlington Senior Center . A graduate of Douglas Anderson and Old Stanton […]

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YMCA Partners With Baptist to Offer Free Community Services

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The partnership between Baptist Health and YMCA of Florida’s First Coast is yielding benefits for Jacksonville northside residents with the opening of the fourth Y Healthy Living Center. The Y Healthy Living Center at the […]

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Essence Festival Announces Initial Lineup

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Essence Magazine has announced the initial lineup for the 2017 Essence Festival Concert Series in New Orleans featuring headliners Diana Ross and Mary J. Blige, among many others. The 23rd annual event will take place June […]

International Longshoremen Association Celebrates 80th Anniversary

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Wise Up and Please Stop Drinking the Fool-Aid

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By James Clingman Negroes…sometimes choose their own leaders but unfortunately they are too often the wrong kind. Negroes do not readily follow persons with constructive programs. Almost any sort of exciting appeal or trivial matter […]

International Longshoreman 80th Anniversary Ignites a Celebration of the Past, Present and the Future

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[foogallery id=”13697″] International Longshoreman 80th Anniversary Ignites a Celebration of the Past, Present and the Future. Saturday, December 10, 7 p.m. Hyatt Downtown Jacksonville, 225 E. Coastline Dr. “Second to none, still getting the Job […]

Facebook “Ethnic Affinities” is Digital Racism and It’s Time to End It

August 6, 2026 admin 0

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) Racism is a malignant, powerful, and harmful reality for millions of persons of color throughout the world. Here, inside the United States, racism is […]

If Donald Trump is Serious About Fighting Terrorism He Should Try Registering White Nationalists First

August 6, 2026 admin 0

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I have been trying to figure out how there can be any discussion of registering Muslims due to alleged national security concerns, when it is documented that […]

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Politics in America is Changing, the Economy is no Longer Determining Elections – Ask President Obama

August 6, 2026 admin 0

Elections in America over the past 50 or so years have been fairly predictable based on factors like the economy. There is a widespread belief that the economy, jobs, etc. determines the Presidency. If the […]