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Sollie Mitchell Celebrates 99th Birthday Throwing Out Shrimp Opening Pitch

July 6, 2017 admin 0

Since 1997 Sollie Mitchell has been a retired man of leisure. Always an activist, he spends time working toward helping to build a better community. In honor of that continued commitment, elected officials, community leaders and […]

Community

Rare Augusta Savage Sculpture Found in Library

July 6, 2017 admin 0

The Jacksonville Public Library recently learned that a sculpture buried deep in its archives is an original sculptured by acclaimed artist Augusta Savage.  The library had the unnamed small-scale, painted terra cotta female bust appraised […]

Local

Bring It! Live Brought it to Jax!

July 6, 2017 admin 0

Ms. D. the woman behind the Dancing Dolls of the Bring It! reality dance show, took the stage last week to a sold out crowd of young lady tweens, teens and their mothers eager to […]

Lifestyle

Karen Britt Selected as Ms. Corporate America

July 6, 2017 admin 0

Karen Britt, a native of Jacksonville, has been selected as the 2018 Ms. Corporate America Jacksonville following an application and an intensive interview process. The MCA competition provides a forum for women to promote themselves, […]

Editorials

Give Us the Ballot: Restore the Voting Rights Act

July 4, 2017 Staff 0

  By Marc H. Morial “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty […]

Editorials

Should African-Americans Celebrate the Fourth of July?

July 4, 2017 Staff 0

by Reggie Fullwood Happy Birthday America. Exactly 241 years ago our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence.  Many of the forefathers would be extremely proud of their “baby.”  The United States of America quickly ascended […]

Editorials

Trump Ratchets Up the Use of Guns, Bombs, Troops, and Insults

July 4, 2017 Staff 0

by Jesse Jackson In his campaign, Donald Trump promised “we’re going to start winning again.” In office, he has defined winning largely in military terms. His budget decimates the State Department while adding billions to […]

OPED

Senate Healthcare Plan Could Leave 50 Million Uninsured

July 4, 2017 Staff 0

by Reggie Fullwood Seven years later, are we better with Obamacare? Congressional Republicans and The Donald don’t think so, but their healthcare plans don’t look viable at all. In fact, the latest Senate health care […]

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Sports

Venus Williams at Fault in Crash That Led to Death of 78-year-old, Police Say

July 3, 2017 Staff 0

A police report says that Venus Williams is responsible for a car accident earlier this month in Florida, which caused injuries to a 78-year-old man who later died. Pictured is Venus Williams from an interview […]

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Local

Local Man Says He is a Victim of WWB - Walking While Black

July 3, 2017 Staff 0

A Black man was stopped and questioned by a Jacksonville sheriff’s officer last week for walking while Black, or walking without identification, reports the Miami Herald. J.S. Bolen, who is White, targeted Devonte Shipman, 21, […]

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