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By Lynn Jones-Turpin – Jacksonville has a rich film history and has been often referred to as the first Hollywood.  The location, weather and cost of production had made this an ideal city to film […]

By Lynn Jones – 1961 was a pivotal year in American history. Civil Rights icons Martin Luther King. Jr., Congressman John Lewis, Reverend Joseph Lowry, Andrew Young and many others were on the front line for […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Is it possible the election will be up in the air and we won’t have a president on Inauguration Day: Jan. 20, 2021? Even if the election is messy and contested in […]

By Victor Omondi – Stanley Crouch, a renowned jazz critic has just died at the age of 74. Based on an announcement given by his wife, Gloria Nixon-Crouch, the 74-year-old died at the Calvary Hospital in […]

By Victor Trammell – As the ongoing COVID-19-related crisis continues to destabilize the nation’s economy, members of the U.S. Congress are not making progress in closing a deal on a second stimulus relief package for […]

Regina King and Lakeith Stanfield have joined the cast of Netflix western The Harder They Fall. Delroy Lindo and Zazie Beetz have also signed up for the movie, which will be produced by rapper Jay-Z and star Idris Elba and Jonathan Majors. The […]

By Rollingout – Dwayne Johnson has revealed he and his family tested positive for coronavirus two-and-a-half weeks ago. The 48-year-old actor admitted it was a “real kick in the gut” to discover he, his wife Lauren, 35, and […]

by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors – Meet 51-year old Lashawn Flowers and her 35-year old daughter, Shanita Vickers, the new owners of the only Black-owned gas station in Hollywood, Florida, and possibly the only Black-owned gas station […]