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Month: February 2016

Greek Life

AKA’s 29th Annual Prayer Brunch Tributes Black History and Excellence

February 25, 2016 admin 0

By: Nikki Torian – Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Pi Eta Omega Chapter held its 29th Annual Prayer Brunch Saturday, February 13th,  at 9 a.m. at the Ramada Conference Center Mandarin.  The Reverend Dr. Marvin […]

Local

HundredsTurn Out for Free Food and Clothes

February 25, 2016 admin 0

JLOC MMM Clothes Give-a-Way Promotes Charity At Home – Jacksonville Local Organizing Committee, Millions More Movement Inc., a local non-profit organization “gave-a-way” clothes and served thousands of pounds of free food to the underserved people that came […]

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Book Reviews

Best Selling Author Terry McMillan Keynotes UNF’s BHM Program

February 25, 2016 admin 0

Best-selling author Terry McMillan of “Waiting to Exhale” and “How Stella Got Her Groove Back,” was the guest speaker at the 35th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Luncheon in the Adam W. Herbert University […]

Community

Civil Rights Groups Partner To Assist Small Business Owners

February 25, 2016 admin 0

 Small business owners learned first-hand how to grow and improve their companies. The Jacksonville Urban League, NAACP Florida State Conference, the Jacksonville Branch of the NAACP, SCLC-Jacksonville Chapter and the National Association of Black Women […]

Local

Gullah Geechee Commission Remembers the Past, Prepares for the Future

February 25, 2016 admin 0

 The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission had a free dinner and celebration, Saturday, February 20, at IBEW Union Hall on Liberty Street. The event was the culmination of a week of hard work and activities remembering […]

Local

Broadway Star with Hometown Roots Delight Baby Boomers

February 25, 2016 admin 0

Broadway Star with Hometown Roots Delight Baby Boomers – Opera luminary N’Kenge was the star of the show for the Jacksonville Symphony’s “Baby Boomers songs of the 60s”. The music of the baby boomers was among […]

Editorials

All Eyes on the Black vote

February 22, 2016 Staff 0

By George E. Curry Media Columnist      Now that we have gotten the first two political anomalies out of the way en route to electing a new president – mostly White Iowa and New Hampshire – […]

Commentaries

Why Do Politicians Treat Addiction Differently in the Suburbs?

February 22, 2016 Staff 0

By Julianne Malveaux NNPA News Wire Columnist Nick Cocchi would like to be the sheriff of Hampden County, an Eastern Massachusetts county of half a million people. Springfield, Massachusetts, a city that is about 22 […]

Editorials

Black History is Bigger Than a One Month Celebration

February 22, 2016 Staff 0

“Freedom is never given; it is won,” said the great organizer and leader A. Phillip Randolph. Black history is a history of fighting for freedoms and recognitions that were once denied. If you walk into […]

Entertainment

Kim and Kanye Post First baby Pics

February 22, 2016 Staff 0

Yahoo News – Finally, we get our first glimpse of his holiness. Saint West — the divine creation of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West — has made his Internet debut. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians […]

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