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by Reggie Fullwood “You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him,” said Booker T. Washington. The U.S. justice system has held so many blacks down through improper arrests and convictions; and still […]

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. While millions of people across the United States and throughout the world will continue to affirm, discuss, or respond in various ways to the last State of Union by America’s first […]

  In honor of Florida’s Arbor Day, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today that the Florida Forest Service is providing 10,000 free trees to Florida homeowners through a partnership with the Arbor […]

The MLK Memorial Foundation held the  36th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Celebration on Monday, January 18, 2016. The Jacksonville, Florida, parade has continued to grow since its inception in 1980. Consistent with last […]

Donteacia Seymour, President and CEO of the Founders Brunch sent out a call to all entrepreneurs, Founders and CEOs of small businesses to attend a unique networking event. One attendance pre-requisite asked participates to complete […]

by Karel Danzie One year closer to a Century more for Delta. A celebration for 103 years of scholarship, service, and sisterhood globally and 70 years locally was held by the Jacksonville Alumnae Chapter of […]

Final total of people killed by US police officers in 2015 shows rate of death for young black men was five times higher than white men of the same age (The Guardian) Young black men […]

By Harry C. Alford NNPA News Wire Columnist Black people have always had a strong affinity for music. Soon after our forefathers were let off the slave ships and sold to plantations we started singing. […]

by Desire Thompson Prepare to be inspired by Oprah Winfrey’s latest endeavor — a memoir. Deadline reports the media mogul has signed a deal with Flatiron Books publishing, a division of Macmillan, to release The […]