• About Us
  • Media Kit
  • Subscribe
  • Submit Photo
  • Fictitious Name
  • Event Submission
    • Around Town
    • Church News
  • Contact Us
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • rss feed
Free Press of Jacksonville
  • Home
  • News
    • Community
    • Local
    • National
    • International
    • Education
    • Business
    • prnewswire
  • Entertainment
    • Crosswords
    • Sudoku
  • Politics
  • EDITORIALS
  • Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Advice
    • Book Reviews
    • Religion
    • Urban Traveler
    • Greek Life
    • Obituaries
  • Sports
  • Calendar
  • Photos
Breaking news
  • [ November 7, 2025 ] Florida Teachers are Spending Nearly $1,000 of their Own Money on School Supplies Education
  • [ November 7, 2025 ] BofA Increases Military Hiring by 10,000, Expands Community College Hiring, Adds Jobs in New Financial Centers Business
  • [ November 7, 2025 ] The U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. Acquires Historic Former BET Campus Business
  • [ November 7, 2025 ] Florida Rising: Still We Rise Political
  • [ November 7, 2025 ] Mayo Clinic’s Transplant Center in Florida Performs 10,000th Transplant Health
Home2016

Year: 2016

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 […]

Commentaries

An Unreasonable Approach to the Black Vote

February 22, 2016 Staff 0

By Raynard Jackson Columnist Last week I had a very long conversation with a major political operative about whether there was a role for Blacks in the Republican Party, on congressional staffs, on campaign staffs, […]

OPED

Why we should never forget Black History Month

February 17, 2016 admin 0

By Gwen Lang Jones A great philosopher once stated, “If you don’t know your history, you are likely to repeat it.” With this in mind, I reflected on my past, a similar path for which […]

Sports

“Concussion” Continues to Plague NFL Players

February 17, 2016 Staff 0

Lawrence Phillips’ family has opted to donate the brain of the former Nebraska and NFL running back to researchers studying the traumatic brain injury said an attorney representing the family. Phillips was found unresponsive at […]

Greek Life

Zeta Phi Beta Honors Seasoned Doves

February 17, 2016 Staff 0

The Beta Alpha Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. honored members over the age of sixty with a Finer Womanhood Prayer Breakfast at the chapter’s sorority house. The theme for the event, “The […]

Posts navigation

« 1 … 58 59 60 … 67 »

Twitter

Tweets by @JacksonvilleFP

About JFP

JFPress provides local, state and national news.
Recent Posts
  • Florida Teachers are Spending Nearly $1,000 of their Own Money on School Supplies
  • BofA Increases Military Hiring by 10,000, Expands Community College Hiring, Adds Jobs in New Financial Centers
  • The U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. Acquires Historic Former BET Campus
  • Florida Rising: Still We Rise
Menu
  • About Us
  • Media Kit
  • Subscribe
  • Submit Photo
  • Fictitious Name
  • Event Submission
    • Around Town
    • Church News
Comments
    • About Us
    • Media Kit
    • Subscribe
    • Submit Photo
    • Fictitious Name
    • Event Submission
      • Around Town
      • Church News

    Copyright @ 2025 Website Design by No Regret Media