Education Symposium Works to Reclaim Young Black Males

Education Symposium Works to Reclaim Young Black Males

The 7th Annual Urban Education Symposium: Reclaiming Young Black Males for Jacksonville's Future was held over the weekend in downtown Jax at the Main Library. Students, teachers a ...

City Embraces Eureka Gardens

City Embraces Eureka Gardens

For the past year when you hear about the Eureka Gardens apartment community, it is accompanied by crime statistics and unflattering remarks uncharacteristic of a stellar city. Las ...

Links’ Western Gala Not Just a Party, But a Community Tradition

Links’ Western Gala Not Just a Party, But a Community Tradition

by M. Latimer The “Western Gala,” hosted by the Jacksonville (FL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, is no longer just a party. The event, held annually since 2003, has become a N ...

Gamma Rho Omega Celebrates Alpha Kappa Alpha’s 107 Year Legacy

Gamma Rho Omega Celebrates Alpha Kappa Alpha’s 107 Year Legacy

The Gamma Rho Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. celebrated its 107th Founders’ Day observance last weekend at the Hyatt Hotel. The sorority was founded on January 1 ...

100 Black Men of Jacksonville Infinite Scholar College Fair Nets $1 Million + in Scholarships

100 Black Men of Jacksonville Infinite Scholar College Fair Nets $1 Million + in Scholarships

The 100 Black Men of Jacksonville, Inc. (J100) recently hosted their 11th Annual Infinite Scholar College Fair  at the Schultz Center. This event featured more than 20 national, re ...

Fisher of Men Tackle Mentoring, Fatherhood and Social Issues

Fisher of Men Tackle Mentoring, Fatherhood and Social Issues

Alvin W. King, founder of Fishers of Men held a “get anchored and informed” event over the weekend to inspire men to be agents of change. Founded November 2013, Fisher’s of Men is ...

Legal Mass Gay Wedding Held Downtown in Hemming Plaza

Legal Mass Gay Wedding Held Downtown in Hemming Plaza

Celebrants of all genders gathered in Hemming Plaza last weekend for a mass wedding held in honor of same sex couples. With the recent announcement that gay marriages are legal in ...

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Education Symposium Works to Reclaim Young Black Males

Education Symposium Works to Reclaim Young Black Males

The 7th Annual Urban Education Symposium: Reclaiming Young Black Males for Jacksonville's Future was held over the weekend in down more ...

February 11, 2015

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Documentary on Jordan Davis Coming to HBO

Documentary on Jordan Davis Coming to HBO

A documentary detailing the life and controversial death of Jordan Davis will soon be available on HBO. "When we started this jour more ...

February 11, 2015

National

HBCUs Divided Over Free Community College

HBCUs Divided Over Free Community College

By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNNPA) – Black college educators and supporters are sharply spli more ...

January 23, 2015

Editorials

The 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Malcolm X

The 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Malcolm X

by Ron Daniels The 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March, and the passage of the historic Voting Rights more ...

February 12, 2015

Sports

Nation’s First African-American US World Series Little League Team Stripped of Title

Nation’s First African-American US World Series Little League Team Stripped of Title

In a strange twist of fate of a story that had millions cheering for the underdog across the U.S.,  people are saddened to hear ab more ...

February 17, 2015

Political

Rep. G.K. Butterfield Becomes New CBC Chair

Rep. G.K. Butterfield Becomes New CBC Chair

by Joyce Jones Rep. G.K. Butterfield takes over the helm of the Congressional Black Caucus during what could be described as the w more ...

January 13, 2015

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