admin – Page 860 – Free Press of Jacksonville

Zeta Phi Beta Awards Scholarships to local College Students

August 6, 2026 admin 0

The Beta Alpha Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta, Inc., culminated their program year with awarding scholarships to deserving students. Each recipient was awarded a $500 scholarship to further their education. Scholarships are awarded annually […]

Omegas Celebrate Rites of Passage for Lamplighter Program

August 6, 2026 admin 0

The Lamplighters Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Theta Phi Chapter’s signature youth program, recently held a Inaugural Awards Banquet, Saturday, at Florida State College at Jacksonville. Over 300 guests witnessed 21 Duval County male students receive […]

Jacksonville Pastors Address Alleged Derogatory Racial Comments Made by Local Sitting Judge

August 6, 2026 admin 0

Reverend F. D. Newbill, Pastor of First Timothy Baptist Church joined by a dozen area Pastors from Duval County held a press conference in front of the Duval County Courthouse to address the alleged derogatory, […]

Uncategorized

Ebony and Jet Magazines Have Been Sold

August 6, 2026 admin 0

By Frederick H. Lowe Johnson Publishing Co. of Chicago has sold Ebony and Jet magazines for an undisclosed price to Clear View Group, an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm, to pay down debt and to […]

Companies Owned by Black Men Declined, but Sales Increased

August 6, 2026 admin 0

By Frederick H. Lowe The number of black-male owned businesses with employees declined between 2007, the beginning of the Great Recession, and 2012, the end of it, according to a report by the Center for […]

Good Reads

August 6, 2026 admin 0

Ray Lewis Ray Lewis, who won two Super Bowls rings as a linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens, has published his memoir, titled I Feel Like Going On: Life, Game and Glory,” in w-hich he discusses […]

Uncategorized

New Student Union Coming to BCU

August 6, 2026 admin 0

Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) announces the approval for plans to build a new student life center. The center will be a four-story, 110,000 sq ft building designed to centralize the university’s diverse array of student life […]

Uncategorized

City Offering Free Swimming Lessons for Youth

August 6, 2026 admin 0

From the ocean to rivers, swimming pools to ponds, water has a substantial presence throughout Jacksonville and its communities. With such easy access, water-related education and awareness are important in keeping citizens safe. As Healthy […]

See Obamas’ Next Home: 9 Bedrooms in a Wealthy Washington Neighborhood

August 6, 2026 admin 0

The 8,200-square-foot, nine-bedroom home in Washington’s Kalorama neighborhood where President Obama and his family will live after he leaves office next year. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, nytimes.com […]

Uncategorized

Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant Announces Nationwide Registration for 23rd Annual Event

August 6, 2026 admin 0

On Sunday, August 7, a very lucky group of young women will be inducted into a program that has become a national tradition for 23 years now. The date marks the return of the 23rd […]