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The community continues to mourn the loss of a young man taken too soon. Jordan Davis was a 17-year-old high school student when he was murdered for playing his music “too loud”. On what would […]

Local organizations united to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Black National Anthem “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” by Jacksonville’s very own James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson. Held at he Ritz Theater and […]

The Live Long and Like It Senior Citizens Club was organized January 1970 at the Emmett Reed Center and under the direction of Anne Hedgecloth of the Jacksonville Recreation Department. The purpose of the club […]

By Russell Contreras The Associated Press https://www.telegram.com/entertainmentlife/20200221/black-in-space-looks-at-final-frontier-of-civil-rights Posted at 3:01 AM    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In 1959, Ronald Erwin McNair walked into a South Carolina library. The 9-year-old aspiring astronaut wanted to check out a calculus book, […]

Ruth UmohForbes Staff Diversity & Inclusion Brianne GarrettForbes Staff ForbesWomen https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthumoh/2020/02/03/celebrating-black-history-month-2020/#7ea72b3a2b45 African-Americans have played a profound role in shaping the U.S. business landscape. Technological innovations like the traffic light, automatic elevator doors and even caller […]

Written by Isheka N. Harrison Feb 19, 2020 With the primaries in full swing and this year’s presidential election on the line, The Black Vote is a much-coveted prize. Specifically, in the Democratic party, Black […]

The first three months can make you or break you as a professional who is entering the job market, or changing from one organization to another. Congratulations, you got the job. Now all eyes are […]

https://travelnoire.com/amsterdam-banning-touristsPUBLISHED: Feb 18, 2020 12:44 PM Amsterdam has been working hard over the past few years to crack down on the number of visitors to the city. From banning vacation rentals, moving the popular “I AMSTERDAM” […]