Alpha Kappa Alpha’s 1908 Playground Mobilization Day was held last weekend at Mt. Herman Exceptional Student Center. OOver 45 members of the Gamma Rho Omeg Chapter participated in the beautification of the playground area located […]
by Jeanine Ferguson Did you know that according to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 80% of land owned by Black Americans has been lost since 1910? The major contributing factor to this tragedy is not […]
The premier opening exhibit of the Gretel and Gertie Dance School honoring founders Mrs. Ernestine B.R. Cox and. Pricilla Jones, was presented by former students and the Jacksonville Chapter of The Links, Incorporated. Former students […]
By Sebastian Kitchen U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio last week called for a federal criminal investigation into the Tennessee-based owner of the Eureka Garden and Washington Heights subsidized apartment complexes in Jacksonville. Rubio toured the 400-unit […]
By Joan H. Allen Two Black productions, “Hamilton” with 16 nominations and “Shuffle Along” with 10 nominations, lead the pack for the prestigious Tony awards for 2016. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” has not only been the […]
I recently saw a sign about our veterans that said, “We honor your sacrifice, remember your service and appreciate our freedoms.” That pretty much sums it up right? We can thank the men and women […]
By George E. Curry George Curry Media Columnist When Senator Ted Cruz was running for president, Donald Trump, now the presumptive Republican nominee, enjoyed referring to him as “lyin’ Ted Cruz.” At one rally, he […]
Beyond the Rhetoric By Harry C. Alford “Education is the quintessential way in which people move beyond the circumstances of one’s birth,” Isabel Sawhill. Ms. Sawhill is absolutely correct. For too many years we have […]
by Reggie Fullwood We all know someone who has survived prostate cancer, and we all know folks who did not. Unfortunately for African Americans, we probably know more people who didn’t survive because they found […]
By George E. Curry Leave it to Pat Buchanan, a former Richard Nixon speechwriter, to summarize why Whites fear an increasingly diverse United States. As MediaMatters documented, he appeared May 5 on NPR’s Morning Edition […]
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