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Early Risers: Mentors Focus on Respect, Leadership and Educational Success at the Elementary School Level

October 16, 2015 admin 0

Duval County Public School Educational Benefits Representative Antoine Mickle is always on the lookout for young men to mentor. After communicating with Timucuan Elementary school Principal Darrell Perry, Mr. Mickle began mentoring students at Timucuan […]

Local

Local Girl Scouts Trek to Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

October 16, 2015 admin 0

First Timothy Baptist Church Girl Scout Troop 1123 and 1124 were all smiles at the Jacksonville premier of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the classic story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, […]

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Jax JLOC, MMM “Get Back on the Bus Tour” Decends upon D.C. for Justice or Else

October 16, 2015 admin 0

On Friday October 9, at 4 p.m. in the evening, Jacksonville Local Organizing Committee of the Millions More Movement Inc., sponsored a luxury bus cruiser and departed from the Norwood Shopping Center and headed to […]

Local

BBQ Maven in Town to Encourage Seafood

October 15, 2015 admin 0

SNP Ambassador and Celebrity Chef Gina Neely Promote National Seafood Month – The Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP) on Thursday, October 8th in Hemming Plaza launched a national three-year public health education campaign and white paper […]

Editorials

Hillary Clinton Might Want to Learn from Her 2008 Mistakes

October 13, 2015 Staff 0

Sometimes two unprecedented movements cannot survive at the same time. One has to precede the other. The Civil Rights Movement paved the way for other humanitarian movements around the world – including the ending of […]

Entertainment

Wanda Sykes Joins Black-ish and House of Lies Cast

October 12, 2015 Staff 0

Comedian Wanda Sykes will have a multi-episode stint as Daphne Lido, the now ex-wife of Stevens & Lido founding partner. In the divorce, she gains control of half of the company that Dre (Anthony Anderson) […]

Editorials

The Invisible Black Republican

October 12, 2015 Staff 0

By Raynard Jackson Columnist I have been asking and will continue to ask, where are the Black Republicans? Race will be one of the top issues in the 2016 elections and none of our presidential […]

Business

Craft Beers Brewed by African Americans Gaining Popularity and Competition

October 12, 2015 Staff 0

by J. Ransom A beer fight is brewing in Harlem. Longtime Harlem brewmaster Celeste Beatty, head honcho of the 13-year-old Harlem Brewing Company, says a startup with a similar name is causing quite a brew-haha […]

Editorials

A New Breed of Bigoted Politicians

October 12, 2015 Staff 0

By Oscar H. Blayton NNPA Guest Columnist Among the many windswept cliffs that stand guard on the shores of the island of Okinawa, one is known for its particularly gruesome history. “Suicide Cliff” is located […]

Business

Blacks Still Shortchanged in Mortgage Market

October 12, 2015 Staff 0

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Financial security can often feel like a tug of war with earnings and income on one side and the cost of living and debt on the other. Which side wins […]

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