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Janay Should be Celebrated for Staying with Ray Rice

December 16, 2014 Staff 0

By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Feminists claim that women should take more control of their lives, arguing that women are capable of making decisions about their lives and what is in their best interest without […]

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Police Shooting Victims Lives ‘Worth’ Less than a Ham Sandwich

December 16, 2014 Staff 0

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In Tom Wolfe’s best-selling The Bonfire of the Vanities, New York State Chief Judge Sol Wachtler famously said “a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich, if that’s what […]

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No Indictments in Brown and Garner Murders Cause Mass Protests Around the Country

December 16, 2014 Staff 0

What is the value of a black man’s life in America? That’s the question being asked all over social media after a grand jury in Ferguson, MO. decided not to charge the police officer that […]

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Jags versus Tennessee Titans

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Motown Revue at Dukes Place

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Rice wins appeal, ‘suspension vacated’

November 28, 2014 Staff 0

by Barry Wilner NEW YORK (AP) – Ray Rice has won the appeal of his indefinite suspension by the NFL, the players’ union said Friday. NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah told The Associated Press […]

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Alpha Phi Alpha Crowns Miss Black & Gold

November 26, 2014 Staff 0

Taylor Baines, a junior at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, was crowned Miss Black and Gold 2014 during the pageant sponsored by the Jacksonville Graduate Chapter, Upsilon Lambda, of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.. […]

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Broadway’s Smokey Joe’s Cafe is Coming to Town

November 26, 2014 Staff 0

Smokey Joe’s Café – directed by Tony award nominee Chet Walker – is coming to Jacksonville as part of the 20th Anniversary national tour of ‘Broadway’s longest running musical revue!’ The show, billed as ‘the […]

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Marissa Alexander Agrees to Plea Deal

November 25, 2014 Staff 0

Florida mother will serve 65 more days in jail and will also be subject to two years of house arrest. by Patrick Peck The controversial criminal case against Marissa Alexander, the Black woman in Florida […]

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Former DC Mayor Marion Barry Dies at 78

November 24, 2014 Staff 0

Ben Nuckols, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP)— Divisive and flamboyant, maddening and beloved, Marion Barry outshone every politician in the 40-year history of District of Columbia self-rule. But for many, his legacy was not defined by […]

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